PGC Announcement

This is an announcement I have been waiting to make for several years now. And I couldn’t be more excited. We have sold the baseball field side of the PGC property. It has been a long time coming. Throughout the process of the sale there have been many ups and downs. Times we thought, this is it” and it ended up falling through. Last Monday June 30th the sale was completed. Hallelujah!!

Now the work begins. A word of caution first, the camp didn’t get in disrepair in a year it will not be updated in a year. It will be very important that we take our time before jumping in feet first. We will take time to pray, time to think and time to plan. We will do all of these things and then we will move forward.

Next, we will not accept dreams and vision from outside sources. For years people have had all sorts of dreams but there is a difference between having a dream and having the capacity to set a direction with the determination and resources to get it done. We have the people and the pieces in place to see the camp functioning again. The money we received for the sale will enable us to accomplish some of our immediate goals at the camp. This will include finishing the bathrooms, maintaining the tabernacle, building a pavilion, putting a roof on the pumphouse and updating the basketball courts. This will all take time and patience because we want it done right. We want it to last.

What does this mean for the church? First, my priority is Malaga Assembly of God. I am the pastor of Malaga Assembly of God. Should the Lord allow, I will continue the pastor of Malaga Assembly of God. It is essential to keep the church the main priority. If the church is not strong the camp will kill the church because of the amount of work and upkeep it will involve. Sometimes the emphasis was the camp at the expense of the church we are turning that around. The emphasis is the church with the camp as a tool. The camp will be added to the tools God has given us to reach out in this community. We are a strong church right now and we must continue to be in order to be an effective outreach in this community.

Secondly, as a church we need to renovate. Our platform works against our philosophy of team ministry, our décor is outdated, the bathrooms are embarrassing and we need some lobby space. We have never stopped working toward this goal, we have just shifted gears. The good news is with the pattern of giving to the building fund over the past couple of months it is obvious that the people want to see this renovation happen. If we could get a few more people on board with their monthly giving we can see the renovation happen.

What does the money we received from the property have to do with the renovation? Whether we borrow some from the sale or not we still need to pay for the renovation from this church and this people. We cannot and will not exhaust the money for the sale of the property in order to renovate. Should we borrow we must pay it back to continue the ministry of the church and the camp.

Let me reiterate, this is an exciting time! God has been and He is good. If we take our time to be good stewards we can see all of this happen and more. Let us maintain the spirit of unity as we work to reach this community, surrounding communities and around the world with the message of the gospel. Hallelujah!!