Friday, August 8th, 2014 Issue 32, Volume 18.

The future, present and past were intertwined with the young and old of all ages attending an official groundbreaking for a new facility at Rancho Community Church. Since people of all ages were at the event it seemed fitting the newest phase of construction for Rancho Community Church and Rancho Christian Schools would be called "Generations."

On Saturday, August 3 a ground breaking ceremony was held to start the building of a 80,000 square foot expansion campus. This campus will include many vital facilities that will help fuel the mission of the church and school for the next decade as they service the Temecula Valley.

Located off the Temecula Parkway, the campus will be referred to as the "Generations" building, and will provide world-class facilities for every age.

The groundbreaking started under gray skies with rain clouds looming over the ceremony. President and Lead Pastor of Rancho Community Church Scott Treadway was concerned over flooding during the ceremony. He said he didnt pull permits yet for Noahs Ark and was doubtful they could be pulled in time even though city officials were in attendance.

This third phase of expansion will include a new Rancho Christian School Middle School campus, a new Rancho Christian High School campus, a gymnasium, a student union center, a cafeteria, four science labs, a STEM lab, art rooms, and a performing arts center. This facility will be a premier school campus in the valley.

Families and children at the

ceremony were able to write messages on stones that will be used in the new construction and were handed shovels to participate in the groundbreaking as a community action event.

The Generation building will also offer new worship facilities for Rancho Community Church, including a 1,400-seat contemporary worship venue, a 400-seat traditional worship venue, a new nursery, new Sunday school rooms, and a youth activity center that will also be open as a recreation center for community youth. This campus will enable the church to continue its mission to grow as a family of faith, build stronger families, and help those in need.

Temecula Mayor Maryanne Edwards was in attendance at the event. A long standing member of the church, Edwards said she was excited to see the facility blossom into something that would benefit the Rancho Christian students as well as the community at large.

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After reviewing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' plans for an apartment tower, townhouses, retail space, and a meetinghouse at 1601 Vine St., the city Planning Commission's Design Review Committee advised the church to open a garden to the public, work with the Streets Department to improve traffic flow on adjacent Wood Street, and use a higher-grade material than blacktop in a public courtyard.

The committee then closed its review, with little information on the large amount of public art the church is required to provide.

CDR committee members, who met earlier this week, weren't totally thrilled about that last bit.

Whatever we decide here becomes the way future developers come before us, said committee member Cecil Baker. This is part of the public realm. When jobs get this large, it's a very important part. This is a major, major opportunity, the likes of which come rarely.

But the committee let the project through, seemingly persuaded by the Mormons' attorney on the project, Peter Kelsen, and senior real estate manager, Michael Marcheschi, who said that it would be months before the public art program was finalized. The project's construction schedule would be greatly delayed if the committee made the church return with that plan before closing its review, Marcheschi said.

The church has a conditional zoning permit but can't get a final permit until the CDR process is closed.

Besides, Kelsen said, this is a special circumstance. The complex of residential, church and other spaces triggered CDR review because it is more than 100,000 square feet and calls for more than 100 residential units.

Because the proposed complex sits on land controlled by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, it must also earn RDA approvals. It is part of the Franklintown Renewal Plan. Redevelopment Authority rules also require the church to spend 1 percent of the project's total cost on public art.

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August 8, 2014 Judge: Church of God fraud case closed Deadline set to settle investment fraud case with Church of God members

By Traci Moyer The Herald Bulletin The Herald Bulletin The Herald Bulletin Fri Aug 08, 2014, 08:25 PM EDT

ANDERSON -- No objections have been filed preventing the closure of a decade-old investment fraud case involving the Church Extension of the Church of God.

The deadline for objections to a plan resolving the case was Aug. 4.

In 2002, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an $85 million investment fraud suit against the Church Extension, United Management Services Inc., James Perry Grubbs and Shearon Louis Jackson alleging Grubbs and Jackson misled investors.

According to court documents, the Anderson-based Church Extension helped fund construction or renovations of churches for the Church of God and from 1996 to 2002 selling millions of dollars in investment notes to its church members.

Investors were told the funds from the sale of the investment notes went for construction or renovations, but court records state the money raised made interest and principal payments to prior investors and that the safety and the risk associated with the investment notes was misstated.

During a final hearing in June, U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana Judge David Hamilton ruled that pending any additional objections the case would be closed. The deadline for objections was Aug. 4, but court officials say none were filed.

Hamilton approved the final terms of the case and granted related relief in the case. His ruling allows for a final distribution to creditors. Any cash remaining in the estate for undeliverable checks will be sent to Indiana Unclaimed Property.

The ruling states that an order to dissolve the receivership, discharge all parties from additional duties, approve all pending fee applications and allows properties creating a financial drain on Church of God assets to be disposed of must be filed on or before Oct. 27, 2014.

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NEW LONDON (WITI) A New London church was severely damaged by a tornado one year ago. Church members gathered on Thursday, August 7th to reflect on the past year.

It has been an amazing journey weve been on, Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor Bill Sutlief said.

As he did one year ago, Pastor Sutlief gathered his faithful once again in the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran Church on Thursday.

A year ago we were outside worshipping in the parking lot with the devastation as our back drop. Tonight, were outside up closer to the building having a chance to worship with the newness of the building as our backdrop, Pastor Sutlief said.

A year ago a tornado tore through New London and the church.

I think back to when I got that phone call to come up here on the Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. I live four houses down . I was just stunned as I came up and I was just crushed, Sunday school teacher Patty Dyerson said.

Now, the church members say theyre filled with joy tosee the handwork construction crews and kind hearts in the community have made.

It was just a blessing to be here a year later, Dyerson said.

Its exciting in a sense that a year later, we can see all that has been accomplished, Pastor Sutlief said.

Pastor Sutlief says most of the building was salvaged.

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The city of Orlando announced this morning that it is dropping eminent-domain proceedings against a church that has stood in the way of Orlando's Major League Soccer stadium. Instead, the city will move the planned new stadium.

The city of Orlando on Monday dropped its eminent-domain fight against a family-owned Parramore church, the lone holdout in the way of the city's plans to build a new Major League Soccer stadium downtown.

Instead, Orlando will move the new $110 million stadium about a block west, using property the city bought last week for $2 million.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the move avoids a costlier condemnation fight with Faith Deliverance Temple. It also ensures stadium construction starts this fall, which should allow the team to play in its new facility at the start of the 2016 season.

"This presents a better opportunity for the city," Dyer said at a news conference in City Hall.

The decision also eliminated a sensitive issue for the city as it negotiated with a black neighborhood church whose owners did not want to move.

"It's wonderful," said Jonathan Williams, whose parents founded the church. "It wasn't expected, but it was welcomed."

The city had been in negotiations with the church since last year, but the two sides remained far apart.

City officials had offered Faith Deliverance $1.5 million for the property, or more than twice the appraised value.

The church, however, initially demanded $35 million basing its price, in part, on Orlando's decision in 2007 to spend the same amount for part of First United Methodist Church's downtown property that made room for the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

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The city of Orlando announced this morning that it is dropping eminent-domain proceedings against a church that has stood in the way of Orlando's Major League Soccer stadium. Instead, the city will move the planned new stadium.

The city of Orlando on Monday dropped its eminent-domain fight against a family-owned Parramore church, the lone holdout in the way of the city's plans to build a new Major League Soccer stadium downtown.

Instead, Orlando will move the new $110 million stadium about a block west, using property the city bought last week for $2 million.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the move avoids a costlier condemnation fight with Faith Deliverance Temple. It also ensures stadium construction starts this fall, which should allow the team to play in its new facility at the start of the 2016 season.

"This presents a better opportunity for the city," Dyer said at a news conference in City Hall.

The decision also eliminated a sensitive issue for the city as it negotiated with a black neighborhood church whose owners did not want to move.

"It's wonderful," said Jonathan Williams, whose parents founded the church. "It wasn't expected, but it was welcomed."

The city had been in negotiations with the church since last year, but the two sides remained far apart.

City officials had offered Faith Deliverance $1.5 million for the property, or more than twice the appraised value.

The church, however, initially demanded $35 million basing its price, in part, on Orlando's decision in 2007 to spend the same amount for part of First United Methodist Church's downtown property that made room for the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

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