Church loans from The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma help build local ministries while serving the higher calling of the Southern Baptist church. Rather than funneling dollars to secular organizations, Foundation loan recipients receive competitive loan rates while keeping their money within the Baptist ministry.The Foundation offers loans for new construction, facility renovation and expansion, and any other church-related purpose. And all of our church loans offer significant benefits, including:

All Interest Distributed to Kingdom Causes Interest paid on church loans through The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma is distributed to more than 300 Southern Baptist ministries and charitable causes each year. In a typical year, almost $4 million in interest from church loans helps support Baptist and charitable organizations across Oklahoma, the nation, and around the world.

Competitive Terms and Interest Rates In most cases, the Foundation terms and interest rates are competitive, if not better, than other lending sources.

Low Closing Costs The only closing costs associated with the Foundations loan program are an Origination Fee, the cost of mortgage title, Insurance and a mortgage filing fee. The Foundation doesnt require a certified appraisal, a land survey of the churchs property, or EPA or other environmental reports.

No Prepayment Penalties We recognize that anytime a church borrows money, they want to get out of debt as quickly as possible. To that end, we never penalize a church for prepaying a loan.

Fast and Convenient Financing All that is required to begin the loan process is to submit a Church Building Loan application.

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Church Grants for Ministry Programs

Churches looking for grants and donations face a difficult challenge. Getting money for your church from the government has become an endeavor, that with few exceptions, is a waste of time, especially from the Federal and State sources. There are millions of dollars of money for ministry and faith based programs, unfortunately, most churches do not have the experience or training to compete for this money. Did you notice the word compete? You have to compete for the money.

There are hundreds of thousands of applications every year by churches and religious organizations for grant money from foundations and private contributors. Many of those non-profit organizations applying for funding are anything but Christian, but they do have more experience, and they are getting dollars that could be going to your faith based organization.

Many of the grants available for new church construction are limited to denominational, and in some cases, geographic resources. There are going to be few government resources for construction. However, most mainline denominations have grant programs for church development that can provide some funds for new church construction. There are also foundations that offer church grants for planting churches in rural or urban areas. In urban areas undergoing redevelopment, the local government might provide a church grants to assist in renovating existing property in the redevelopment area.

Your Biggest Source of Money is Probably Sitting in Your Pews! All too often churches start looking for money outside the congregation when they should start a little closer to home! According to a recent Barna report, only about 5% of Christians give 10% or more to the church. It varies by demographic group, 24% of born-again evangelicals tithed, while 20% of conservatives did, and only about 2% of Catholics did. The good news is that there is a vast untapped potential right in your own church.

A proven church stewardship program can increase giving in your church 20, 30, or 60% in just 5 weeks! If you would like to increase giving and help grow people spiritually in the important grace of giving, the Dynamic Giving Stewardship Program has been used in over 1,000 churches in 13 countries.

If you are planning on building and feel your members are already giving well to the general fund, you should investigate a church capital campaign.

The Abundant Giving Capital campaign is a biblical and proven method that will help your church raise money for building, relocation, or debt retirement.

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Building For TomorrowToday Evangelic Pentecostal Church NJ District Council Assemblies of God Sacred Heart R.C. Church St. Andrew the Apostle R.C. Church St. John R.C. Church St. Francis of Assisi R.C. Church Evangelic Pentecostal Church Union City, New Jersey

New 22,000 s.f. church building inclusive of worship space with balcony, fellowship hall, commercial kitchen, offices, classrooms, baptismal pool, parking garage and elevator. Project involved installing 185 wood piles for foundation support.

New 18,000 s.f. Assemblies of God Headquarters inclusive of meeting rooms, board room, offices, full kitchen with cafeteria, work rooms and elevator. Site work entailed extensive work on an 11 acre site.

Complete interior painting and restoration inclusive of plaster repair, mural restoration, gold leafing and lighting upgrades.

New Narthex addition to existing church building inclusive of double grand entrance staircase, elevator, sacristy and gathering area.

Complete interior renovation inclusive of flooring, painting, woodwork refinishing and reconfiguration of Chapel of Reservation.

Complete interior painting and decorating inclusive of glazing and gold leaf highlighting.

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HiFive Development Services is a leader in providing design-build construction services in the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region. As a design-builder, we offer a one-stop shop for all of your church construction project needs church design, church architects, financing assistance, church capital campaign consulting, land consulting, and much more.

Design-build construction when a single company both designs and builds a facility offers advantages that cant be found in other project delivery methods, especially for faith-based organizations. HiFive Church Group was created to ensure our clients capitalize on those advantages with every project.

Single point responsibility With HiFive, you have a single point of project responsibility. There is no finger-pointing. Your project team is focused on delivering quality and meeting your goals rather than protecting their individual interests.

Minimized claims and changes HiFive is responsible for both supplying the designs and specifications for the project, and bringing them to life during construction. You wont face the delays and additional construction costs arising out of errors, ommissions and ambiguities in plans found in traditional construction methods.

Improved coordination and cooperation HiFive is a single, coordinated team focused on serving you and delivering a quality, exceptional facility. Team members make decisions cooperatively. Communication is simplified and chances of miscommunication are reduced when there is a clear source of project responsibility and a focused project team.

Shortened project delivery time Because there is a single source of project responsibility, design and construction activities can overlap, resulting in reduced time to project completion and cost savings.

Limited risk With design, construction, and cost knowledge working together cooperatively to develop a quality facility, you have better control of design and cost. Communication errors, conflicts of interests, and fragmented construction responsibility are risks the HiFive team will control.

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Often pastors or building committees come to us with nothing but an idea for their church or religious building. That vision quickly turns into reality through our complete Design Build General Contracting services in Tampa. Miller Contracting offers the conceptual thinking and project leadership skills to turn a simple sketch into a new worship center or fellowship hall. From early sketches and concepts we will begin developing accurate estimates to produce a design of a project within your budget, an important consideration when you want your entire congregation behind the endeavor. When you want to build a church, pre-engineered steel church buildings are often a great choice. The church building sites showcase our projects of church construction in Tampa.

A 7,100 square feet masonry, wood truss and terra cotta tile roof church with full kitchen, ancillary offices, nursery and choir room was constructed while services were being held in an adjacent modular structure. The site was completely altered so that all the parking was paved, a complete storm water retention system installed including a re-grading of 500 of right of way to convey overflow from the pond to the state highway. Over 700 of sidewalks were constructed in the right of way including a small bridge over the outfall from the pond.

A 6,000 square feet pre-engineered steel church building with stucco applied over wire lathe over steel wall panels to save costs over conventional masonry construction. A design build project utilizes a septic system with pump to convey effluent to a remote drain field behind the existing church offices. Extensive precautions were taken throughout the construction to protect the large oak trees that surround the church.

A 5,000 square feet masonry wall and pre-engineered steel church building roof with HVAC package units located at exterior of the rear of the church to save interior space. This design-build project was completed in 4 months once on site construction commenced.

Four interior columns and wood girder trusses support this distinctive clerestory roof of this Buddhist Temple.

This pre-engineered steel building church has a full kitchen, fellowship hall and several classrooms.

A mirror was placed above the baptistery so that the ceremony can easily be seen from anywhere in the sanctuary. Extensive lighting and sound equipment was installed for the choir productions that the church is known for hosting.

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Last night the Mayor was admitted to the hospital and received treatment for a stroke. He is currently under doctors care. The doctors are continuing to provide expert treatment to facilitate his recovery. We are waiting for further updates on his condition and on his expected return. We do not have any information as to how long he will be in the hospital.

The road work originally scheduled for Wednesday June 8th has been moved to Thursday June 9th.

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Due to an issue with Verizon's 911 emergency phone lines that run underneath Meadowlands Parkway, Verizon crews will be working to repair the system for at least the next two weeks between9 am to 4 pmon weekdays and7 amSaturdays to7 pmon Sundays in an effort to complete this important work as expeditiously as possible. During this work it will be necessary to close lanes on Meadowlands Parkway and you may experience traffic delays. Please plan you travels accordingly.

A complete list of events taking place this month throughout the community

On Monday, May 9, police Chief Kevin Flaherty announced the Secaucus Police Departmentwent live with a new State of the Art Motorola Police Radio System. Chief Flaherty said, Thenew system provides crystal clear radio transmissions from both the car and portable radios atany location within the town. Read more ...

The Town of Secaucus is excited to announce the upcoming events, concerts, and movies for the summer season.

Download the Summertime in Secaucus brochure (movies, tot center, parks, pool and summer camp)

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Clayton Construction Company has a deep Christian foundation that perpetuates through its daily operations and guides the company in all its endeavors. Our company has worked diligently over the past three decades to establish a solid reputation of excellence in the religious community.

Through our ability to work together with church leaders and the entire church community, Clayton Constructionhas proven its reliability and trustworthy nature on diverse church building construction projects in Greenville, Spartanburg, and surrounding Upstate, SC areas. We strive to make the construction process a great experience that has a deep impact on the lives of those who worship, work, and play in spaces we build.

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The North Carolina Annual Conference is in a unique position when it comes to helping your congregation when in need for construction/renovation project assistance. Through the NC Conference Board of Missions Incorporated, our Conference is itself, a licensed General Contractor within the State of North Carolina.

No project is too large or too small for us to be in consultation with you, and through our construction consultant, we can assist you with total new construction, new additions, renovations and historic preservation.

What makes us unique is that we attempt, where possible, to blend the use of professional sub-contractors with volunteers arranging with you to tap into the volunteer pool within your own congregation, or from other church communities beyond. We view this as an opportunity for mission outreach and connectional growth.

Whether you are in a position to raise all of the funds you need, or need to take advantage of loan opportunities through the Conference or traditional lender, our general policy is to offer a compensation program that could significant lower the congregations construction costs.

A vision of possibility

The Board of Missions Incorporated, also offers a very competitive revolving-loan ministry. Loan rates are competitive and fixed. The only additional cost borne by the congregation is the loan filing cost with your local county. Typically these fees are less than $50. Also, there are no penalties for early loan pay-off. All proceeds from interest charged are rolled back into the construction ministry.

In addition to offering construction oversight, we do strive to be a good host in partnership with the congregation doing the building and in providing a hospitable environment for out-of Conference individual and group volunteers.

You can learn more about the NC Conference construction ministry and see updates on the latest jobs at

For more information, please feel free to contact the Board of Missions at: Church Construction Ministry

800-849-4433 ext 256 or contact Kathy Duncan at kduncan@nccumc.org

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Holy Thursday/March 24th:Holy Mass will be at 7:30 PM with the washing of the feet followed by adoration until 12:00 midnight. We will be sharing the Pesaha Appam as a community at 10:00 PM. As per the direction of diocese, Holy Thursday collections will be send to diocese for seminary formation.

Good Friday/ March 25th: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Reflections of the Way of the Cross by Adults. 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Passion play of the Way of the Cross by the Youth and Children. 7:30 PM Passion of Christ. Good Friday collections will be utilized for the preservation of the Holy Land.

Holy Saturday/ March 26th:Holy Mass at 9:00 AM and Blessing of the new holy water and new fire. There will be a talk on liturgy by Fr. Siby Pulikeyil from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. All CCD teachers and theology students are asked to attend the special class. All parishioners are welcome to join.

Easter celebrations and Holy Mass will start at 7:30 PM on Saturday. Dinner will be served after the Holy Mass.

Easter Sunday/ March 27th: Only one Mass at 9:00 AM. No CCD and Academy on Easter Sunday.

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Our Town

Residents, as well as visitors staying at the community's many fine hotels and motels, can be in Manhattan in as little as 20 minutes via express bus. Or they quickly can be on their way to other points in via the New Jersey Turnpike or State Route 3, both of which pass through the town.

And just across the Hackensack River, a mile away, is the area's sports and entertainment center, The Meadowlands, home of the Giants, the Jets, concerts, circuses, ice shows, weekly flea market; and the Meadowlands Race Track.

Location! Location! Location! What makes Secaucus great for residents and visitors also makes it great for business. Secaucus is the corporate home of many major businesses and a distribution center serving Manhattan and Northern New Jersey. Its proximity to New York offers quick delivery.

This distribution center, cleverly separated from most of the town's residential areas, has spawned the other activity for which the community was once well known - outlet shopping. Outlets have greatly deminished in number. However, along with the manufacturers' outlets, you'll find the true warehouse outlets, where the store's in the front and racks of clothes are behind. Periodically the storehouses themselves are opened for that shopper's dream, a real warehouse sale!

The town has not neglected it's traditional business center, which residents call The Plaza. Flowers are pridefully planted in park areas in the center of town, where a beautification program was undertaken a few year's ago. There, businesses thrive, many in the hands of local families who have served their customers for generations.

Harmon Meadow, at the eastern side of Secaucus, has a pleasant town square atmosphere. There, you'll find many restaurants, some shops, a number of the major hotels, an attactive multiplex cinema and the Meadowlands Exposition Center. Nearby are the convenient big box stores that draw thousands of shoppers.

Secaucus has also become a communications hub, home of NBA Entertainment (and NBA draft), Major League Baseball Network, MY Channel 9 and news bureaus for other networks.

Sports and recreation abound for town residents. There's a swim center for summer and an ice rink for winter and a Recreation Center for year round activities. There's a soccer field and a roller hockey rink. There's a boat ramp into the Hackensack River. There are gyms and fields and organized teams for virtually all outdoor and indoor sports.

Nature is preserved in areas large and small; Snipes Beach Park, The Duck Pond, Schmidts Woods, and a major Meadowlands preserve, Mill Creek Marsh, in the northern sector of the town. The trailhead of the 1.5-mile long Mill Creek Marsh Trail is located adjacent to the big box stores, providing access for birding especially. With its patches of marsh grasses, mud flats and long winding brackish waterways, the Meadowlands is home to 260 bird species, including 15 state-endangered species.

Canoe and kayak trips through the meadows are available at Laurel Hill Hudson Country Park in Secaucus. The Hackensack Riverkeeper (201-920-4746) rents canoes and kayaks on weekends from April through October. The Hackensack Riverkeeper Cruise Program, (201-968-0808) offers two-hour guided naturalist trips on the river and through the marshes of the Meadowlands The park also boasts two floating docks and the only free, unrestricted public boat ramp on the River. The Meadowlands Enviornment Center is a short drive from Secaucus. More on eco-tourism.

While sports and recreation serve the young, the town has also remembered its older residents. Secaucus has led the State in Senior housing. Three major Senior Citizen residences and a Senior activity center serve the needs of those who have served the town.

Secaucus is community centered, with clubs and organizations - Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, Masons, Unico. etc. One can become active with the Shade Tree Commission, or any number of other organizations. The Volunteer Fire Department is a focal point of activity and civic pride.

Secaucus offers fine schools for its children. There are two public elementary schools and a middle-high school. There, children get a caring education and are offered a range of extra curricular activities. The new Arthur F. Couch Performaning Arts Center was opened at the High Schoool/Middle School facility in 2005. There is a library preschool and day care centers for the town's youngest. The public school system uniquely offers full day kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs.

The Secaucus Public Library and Business Resource Center offers outstanding facilities for research and recreational reading, plus ample computer facilities with free wi-fi access, a small-business center and meeting rooms.

Eight churches and a Hindu temple serve the religious needs of the community. The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, First Reformed, Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic, St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran and Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple each maintain their own religious centers. Quimby Community Church meets at The Church of Our Saviour, and North Jersey United Pentecostal Church meets at the First Reformed Church.

All this and more in a town of 16,000 residents! It's a great place to live, work, raise a family, and a great place to visit.

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Meadowlands License Plate available!

The Motor Vehicles Commission offers a license plate to support land preservation and conservation in the Hackensack Meadowlands and River Watershed.

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