Plans for our cathedral/church

I'm sick and tired of the building we're in. What a pain it is when you are trying to serve and worship God, and do His will, but you are not allowed to fully use the building you are in. The days of renting are over. The days of having non-believers dictating what, where, when and how we worship God is over! AMEN! HALLELUJAH! Last night at our prayer meeting, GOD brought a few thoughts back to mind. I've been thinking about these things for the last couple of months, but the idea and vision as a whole came together last night. You'll notice that I use the pronoun "we". The reason is that this is a decision and a plan that needs to be executed by my church, led by my pastors. And I am more than willing to do more than my share to see this come to pass. Anyway, here is the plan.

1. We need to decide exactly what we need out of a cathedral... And we should not minimize it!

a) We need parking for at least 100 cars (even if it is on the street)
b) We need classrooms
c) We need a sanctuary that seats at least 500
d) We need a sanctuary that is heated
e) We need a kitchen that can serve a meal for 200 people
f) We need an area that can be converted into a coffee shop/lounge
g) We need a fellowship room for after services by the coffee shop
h) We need a gymnasium where kids can run around, with basketball nets!
i) etc... This is still in the works with the pastors.

2. We need to put together a professional fund-raising campaign and presentation.

The reason for this is that, right now, we don't have many people with deep pockets in our church. However, I believe that there are many wealthy people and companies just waiting for us to present to them our vision, and they would be more than happy to support and fund us to buy our new cathedral.

3. We need to decide on an amount that would be "sufficient" to buy our cathedral.

$1,000,000?

4. We need to make a huge fund-raiser poster to put in the sanctuary on Sunday.

This would give everyone a visual of how our campaign is going and to encourage everyone to own the vision and to do their part.

5. Last, we need to declare, promote, and display our vision of our cathedral.

When we see it with our eyes of faith... Then we will be able to conceive it in the natural as well!