We have been operating as a portable church for almost 20 years, and while that has afforded us low costs and flexibility, God seems to be moving our congregation away from our regular rental in Lisgar Middle School. Rising prices and inconsistency with our permits leads us to believe that we need a different solution. 

So, as we move into our future together, we are pursuing the possibility of leasing a facility for the next five years as we move towards building or buying and renovating a permanent facility for our ministry. We believe that this will not only give us consistency, but will also allows us to serve the community in ways that were simply not possible from a middle school gymnasium for 5 hours a week.

Of course, this will cost money. But rather than say, "Here's the monetary goal. Let's give until we reach it." we wanted to approach our stewardship like Jesus approaches it. Jesus was never concerned about the amount, he was always concerned with the heart. So, we have asked those who consider Cross of Life their church home to go before God in prayer during this campaign and ask him this simple request: "God, you have been so generous with me. Teach me how I can be generous with you and your Church."

At the end of November, our congregation is going to make commitments to turning up their generosity so we can serve the next generation of people in Mississauga and the western GTA. At that point, we are going to make a special gift to our sister church, Saviour of the Nations Lutheran Church, in Vancouver, British Columbia because we believe that generosity changes lives, and we want to be a generous congregation. Then, with the remaining gifts that we receive, we will pursue a space that we can lease for the next 5 years.

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