WCC E-Newsletter
WEBSTER CONFERENCE CENTER IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE:
Each year we are thrilled to see the number of people who are saved, discipled and called to vocational service through events at WCC. 2010 has continued this marvelous trend with 219 children and youth saved at the Associational Children’s Camps and Super Summer and over 35 were called into vocational service. Please pray regularly for your conference center and the people being transformed through ministries conducted at the facility. Thank you!
USER DAYS AND REVENUES:
2010 continues to break last year’s record usage figures:
2010 User Days to Date: 38,140 (37,023 in 2009/Up 1,117)
2010 Revenues to Date: $675,670.73 ($669,173.37 in 2009/Up $6,497.36)
OCTOBER WCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Plans are beginning to be formulated for the Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in anticipation of the completion of the Multi-Purpose Building in the near future.
2. Fund Raising continues to be a need for completing this facility. (See other notes in this newsletter for details.)
3. It was reported that the participants of Super Summer 2010 gave $6,282 to begin funding the anticipated renovation of the Chapel. (They also gave the same amount to assist KNCSB Disaster Relief efforts.) It is hoped that others will see the need to install new carpet, paint, purchase chairs and install new windows in this building to better assist those using the facility and that this “seed money” will begin to grow to accomplish this task.
4. An engineer is now developing plans for the beautification project on Mulberry Creek. Likewise, plans are being developed to enlarge the Dining Hall and to improve the RV Park.
5. Soon a new storage facility will be built to give the WCC Staff a place to store chairs and tables when not needed in the Chapel. This will greatly improve the appearance of the Chapel.
6. WCC Reports have been given at all of the Associational Annual Meetings to date and other reports will be given later this fall. The response to these reports has been VERY positive!
7. A Stewardship, Energy, Labor and Equipment Audit will be conducted this winter and presented to the WCC Board Members in the February 2011 Board Meeting.
8. Suggested procedures were presented for nominating people to serve on the WCC Board of Directors.
9. Two constitutional changes were discussed:
• A change regarding the process of electing people to serve on the WCC Board
• A change regarding the annual audit process.
Both of these changes are awaiting approval by the KNCSB Mission Board.
10. A new Volunteer Application Form is being developed for future use at the conference center to assist the WCC Staff in better utilizing the many volunteers who work at WCC each year.
11. It was noted that all funds that were borrowed without interest for the development of the Multi-Purpose Building have been paid in full and a plan was developed to begin paying the $200,000 loan with the KS/NE Southern Baptist Foundation.
12. The 2011 Budget and Fee Schedules were approved. None of the KNCSB User Fees were increased, and some were reduced, to assist all KNCSB churches, associations and the state convention during these times of recession.
13. New Officers were elected for 2011:
a. President: Lyle Williams, Pastor of Reading Baptist Church in Reading, KS
b. Vice-President: Jerry Smith, Pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Andover, KS
c. Secretary: Kenny Kelly, Pastor of Hillside Baptist Church in Wellington, KS
14. Board Members rotating off the board at the end of this year are:
a. Delbert Callaway, Director of Camp Weir in southeast KS
b. Al Fransen, Member of First Baptist Church in Bellevue, NE
c. Kirk Stricker, Pastor of Bel Air Baptist Church in Salina, KS
15. A new logo and color scheme was approved for WCC beginning this winter. Below is the logo that was adopted by the Board Members:
NEW BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED:
At the 2010 KNCSB Annual Meeting in Lexington, Nebraska, the following people were elected to serve on the WCC Board of Directors beginning in 2011:
1. Paula Langworthy, Member of Pleasantview Baptist Church in Derby, KS
2. Carl Hubbert, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Bellevue, NE
3. Ron Loomis, Member of CrossPoint Church in Hutchinson, KS
4. Eric Franklin, Pastor of CrossPoint Church in Salina, KS
FUNDRAISING UPDATE:
In January of this year, a challenge grant of $100,000 was given to the people of KNCSB. The grant will match dollar for dollar all money given and will enable us to finally finish the building. To date, $60,715.00 has been given toward the $100,000 Matching Grant. If every church in KNCSB would give $100, we would see this challenge grant fulfilled. Another way to meet this goal would be for 400 people in KNCSB to give a one-time gift of $100. Would you prayerfully consider a one-time gift to bring this project to completion? We are so close, yet we are still not there. Please designate any gifts to the “2010 Matching Grant” and send them to: WCC Administrative Office, 5410 SW Seventh St., Topeka, KS 66606.
ELEVATOR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD:
WCC recently received a pledge of $30,000 from a church in Parsons, Kansas to be used for the completion of the elevator at WCC (This pledge is contingent on the sale of their church building). This coupled with the $40,487.31 which has been given to date leaves the project approximate $8,000 short of being fully funded. Join us in praying that the other $8,000 will be raised quickly so that this final portion of the new building can be constructed soon!
WCC STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM:
At the September Meeting of the WCC Strategic Planning Team, updates regarding the progress of the Five Year Strategic Plan were reviewed and evaluated. Areas reviewed were:
• The Security System (Completed)
• The Master Plan of the Conference Center (In Progress)
• The Beautification Project on Mulberry Creek (In Progress)
• Technology Upgrades (In Progress)
• Expansion of the Dining Hall (Plans Being Developed)
• Conversion of Chapel Dorm Rooms to Motel Rooms (In Progress)
• Development of the Lindsay Leadership Center (Plans Being Developed)
• R. V. Park Improvements (Plans Being Developed)
• Recreation Improvements (In Progress)
Paintball Course (Funds Needed)
Skeet/Target Range (Funds Secured)
• Coffee Shop and Bookstore
• Review of Budget and Personnel (Completed for 2011)
• Marketing Plan (In Progress)
• Fund-raising updates were shared.
• Updates on ministries being developed to reach the people of the Salina area by members of the WCC Staff were also shared.
