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Welcome to the Church Blog section of baconheights.com. Browse blog posts from our Lead and Executive Pastors as well as our Music, Youth, and Missions Pastors.
On this page you will see the most recent blog posts from staff members; however, you can also click the links on the left to go straight to each individual minister's blog.
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Written by Jim Gerlt
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 17:29 |
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Absolutely fascinating, that’s what our weather is. Toward the end of last week we had temperatures flirting with the 80 degree mark (tropical temperature) and this Monday morning the weather gurus were talking about snow possibilities. So I guess Lubbock has become the city of tropical snow. Of course we really don’t think of “tropics” and “snow” in the same sentence, but Lubbock may be setting a new standard for weather abnormalities.
Two words that are linked at BHBC are “budget” and “February.” For the next few weeks we will be preparing the new budget for our fiscal year that begins April 1. Two years ago we shifted our fiscal year away from the calendar year and moved to an April 1-March 31 fiscal year. This move has greatly helped us with our budget planning as well as relieving some of the stress that normally comes at the end of the calendar year. We’ve now added The Commons to our heating and cooling requirements as well as purchased another house. Even if we keep everything else flat in the budget, we’ll be looking at some increases to allow for the added space.
Just like everyone else we’re struggling to hold down health care costs. Over the past few years we’ve decreased the health benefits to the staff by raising deductibles and increasing co-pays—significantly, I might add. By doing this we avoided a huge spike in costs the first year. In spite of our best efforts, our rates have increased significantly. (Who knows what will happen to our medical insurance rates if Obamacare becomes fully operational. I’m kind-of holding my breath on this one.)
We’ve scheduled the budget presentation for Sunday night, April 1, during our quarterly business meeting. (No, this is NOT an April fool’s joke.) Our other option was to schedule a called business meeting to deal with the budget and decided against that option. This should work well for us.
Many of you have been aware that we had to pass an inspection by the Fire Marshal AND to obtain a variance for our vertical element serving as our sign. Last week we took care of both items. We passed the Fire Marshal’s inspection and WERE granted a variance to our sign. These two have been the last hurdles we had to jump to obtain our Certificate of Occupancy. IT’S DONE—WE PASSED. WE GOT THE VARIANCE. We should have our Certificate of Occupancy by the end of this week. YEAH!!!!!!!!
It’s exciting to see our attendance holding up so well and to have new members joining. This just encourages me in my belief that our best years are still ahead of us. |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:27 |
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Read the article here. |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:40 |
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Read the article here. |
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Grace Notes: Ask the Blind Man - He Saw It All |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Monday, 09 January 2012 17:44 |
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Read the article here. |
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Grace Notes: A Charlie Brown Christmas |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 16:46 |
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Read the article here. |
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