In November 2024, KAC will be launching a fundraising campaign titled “Beyond All Stewardship Campaign” with a goal of raising approximately $2.9 million to renovate our building, enhance ministry space and impact, as well as address key projects to ensure our building is usable for years to come.

In 2022, we launched the KAC Beyond All Strategic Plan. This plan was the outcome of a two-day planning session where
congregants, staff, and elders came together to dream and pray about the direction of our church for the next three to five years. Through this, we established five key directives: Formation, Community, Renewal, Missional Engagement, and Leadership
Development. As a follow up to the plan, KAC hired a consultant to determine the suitability of our building for our future goals and dreams. Through meeting with staff and other professionals, the consultant made several recommendations which were compiled together into what we now call the “Beyond All Stewardship Campaign.”

Our building is an important KAC resource and hosts over 1300 people throughout an average week. The Lord has used this building to serve our community, however it has become our conviction that we must optimize, and better utilize, the space within our building. Ten areas of renovation were identified and prioritized within our church that fit within the Strategic Plan.

Included in the renovation projects are upgrades to our the children’s area, Rivers Café, the gym, office space, and more, but also included is upgrades to the building shell including much needed new siding, doors, windows, and HVAC replacement. These required maintenance updates are necessary to extend the life of our building, ensuring it continues to serve us well for
generations to come.

With membership approval on October 2nd, we will officially launch the fundraising portion of the campaign in November 2024. This campaign will run for 2 years until the end of December 2026. We hope to receive pledges of support in November 2024 which we will then use for the budgeting of cash flows for the projects over the 2.5 year renovation period.

During the consultation period we looked at all options for our building including holding meetings with the City of Kamloops. It was made clear that any change to the envelope of the church would require us to update the entire building to new building code, including, among other things a new fire suppression system. The cost of doing this would be $1 million+ before considering the additional renovation. We do not believe this is a wise expenditure of funds and stewardship.

Our strategic plan outlines growth pathways in the future through new campuses, expressions, or multi-site churches in other locations in Kamloops and surrounding area. For example, we are launching a new campus of our church at Sun Peaks in the Fall of 2024. Additional square footage will come from initiatives like this in other buildings (either rented or bought).

There are several spaces that will be updated over the project period, but our goal is to be as least disruptive as possible. This means some renovations will take place during the summer months when attendance is down, but we will work closely with staff to ensure we continue to serve our community well throughout the campaign.

There is a desperate need for the members of our church to be involved in 3 ways. 1) Please consider a commitment to pray diligently for all aspects of this project, 2) Please consider contributing your time to both the campaign events and renovation projects, and 3) Please consider what gift you would give to help jumpstart this campaign.