00:00:10.67  >> On my way into the church office this morning, I went past a piece of land on Campbell Avenue and the freeway that had a for-sale sign on it. I think we should consider buying that land and building a bigger church.
00:00:23.57  >> I don't know, Reverend. Seems to me we're better off buying an existing church. Our membership has grown and all, but that piece of property, it's going to be especially expensive.
00:00:32.97  >> I think we should buy the land, Jared. It'll be a great location, and we could build the church exactly the way we want it.
00:00:40.22  >> Yeah.
00:00:40.66  >> Let's draw up a fundraising plan to buy it. We can estimate approximately what we'll need from each member over the period of years for our mortgage, then -- >> Slow down, everybody. Remember what happened with the remodeling plans? We asked the designer to draw up the plans before we had a clear idea of what we really wanted, and we ended up having to start all over again. We need to think this through carefully.
00:01:01.03  >> Sharon, we haven't done any analysis of our needs as a congregation. What do we want to be able to do that we can't do already? Let's just back up. We're getting ahead of ourselves here.
00:01:10.77  >> Right, Jared. We need to assess our needs first. Then we'll know whether we need to build a new church, buy an existing building, remodel this one, or dos something else. First, let's decide why we think this facility isn't adequate. Reverend?
00:01:25.11  >> Well, for the past three Sundays, we've had to set chairs in the aisles in the sanctuary. Our church is just too small.
00:01:33.01  >> And the Hospitality Committee tried to meet on Wednesdays [Scoffs] but we couldn't find a space. We've ended up having to meet at my house.
00:01:41.29  >> And there's no place big enough for the youth fellowship meetings anymore.
00:01:44.69  >> And the Sunday-school classes are still cramped.