Building Transition UpdatesIn 2013, the congregation entered into discussion about the possible sale of the Ranchlands facility through an intentional congregational renewal process. In 2016, the Ranchlands building was sold to the Muslim Association of Canada, and the Calgary congregation relocated to Lion's Village at 2528 Bowness Rd. NW as a temporary location.
A Facility Planning Team has been established to help facilitate this transition, and the congregation has entered into an acquisition process as it seeks to relocate to a new space. This purpose of this page is twofold:
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After an extensive search with nearly 50 sites considered, the Facility Team is excited to invite you to visit a promising lease space this Saturday, August 29 between 10 a.m. – Noon to get a feel for the facility and the surrounding area. Our realtor, Julie Stefan, Pastor Doug Hayden, and Parker Johnson will be on site to answer your questions and will also have concept designs (provided to us by our architect) available to help you get a better sense of how the space could become our own. This is a come-and-go event. Come when you are able. Here are the details for this weekend’s site visit: WHERE: 422 11 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0Y4 (Google Maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/PJ5Rq2yetYVsdk3p9) WHEN: Saturday, August 29 between 10 a.m. – Noon IMPORTANT In order to remain in compliance with provincial, municipal, and World Church guidelines, we will be enforcing the following measures:
In order to accommodate a variety of schedules, this is the first of what will be two site visits. Another group site visit will be scheduled in the near future. If you are out of town and will not be able to attend any site visit in the near future or if you are not able to/comfortable with attending an in-person gathering like this, please contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca and he can provide you with a virtual walk-through video of the space being considered.
As is the Facility Team’s mandate, we bring this site to the congregation for their input. No agreements will be made without congregational approval at a formal business meeting. This is an exciting time in the life of our congregation as we enter into a new phase in our building transition. Since 2017, Calgary’s Facility Team has worked alongside the congregation to locate an ideal space that best meets the needs of the congregation. Needs analyses were conducted, presentations were given, and casual check-ins with the congregation throughout the process provided valuable feedback to ensure the mandate was clear, reasonable, and focused. Work has continued despite the COVID-19 pandemic which has put us in a better position with negotiations. Should you have any questions, please contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca. We look forward to seeing you there! With excitement, Doug Hayden Pastor, Calgary Community of Christ
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On October 20, 2018, the Facility Planning Team met with the congregation to discuss its findings from the property search and feasibility study. The Team’s mandate throughout this process was to research and explore options that met the criteria of the congregation’s Needs Assessment Survey. The Facility Planning Team’s presentation was on-time and under budget. Thanks to the clear mandate provided by the congregation, the Facility Planning Team was able to present a detailed analysis – including a financial forecast – ensuring congregants had the best information in front of them ahead of any decision-making. Ultimately, the congregation acknowledged that the options before them were financially unsustainable and provided positive feedback to the Facility Planning Team concerning next steps. This leads us to today. As we close the previous chapter in our facility transition process, we are blessed with a great deal of useful information, research, and budgeting that will be invaluable to us in our next phase. We would like to now pause to provide you with opportunities to brainstorm other possible ideas and solutions. We will be offering three face-to-face one-hour brainstorming sessions at our Lions Village location on the following dates and times:
Coffee and donuts will be provided! Alternatively, if you would like to provide written input, you may do so by emailing Parker Johnson, Facility Chair, at parker@communityofchrist.ca. For our out-of-town members and friends, we will be offering an online brainstorming session via Zoom. We will be connecting with these individuals soon to set a convenient date and time. We now stand on the knowledge from the findings of the 2018 Feasibility Study Report, and our future looks bright. We look forward to hearing your creative feedback. Blessings, Calgary Community of Christ Facility Planning Team Doug Hayden Parker Johnson Ken Moor Sam Smalldon Facility Planning Team to Present Draft Feasibility Study Report on Saturday, Oct. 20, 201810/12/2018 Members and friends of the Calgary congregation are invited to attend an informative session at our regular Lions Village meeting location on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 at 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. MT.
The Facility Planning Team has concluded its Feasibility Study on schedule and will present its Draft Feasibility Study Report to members and friends of the congregation. The committee will be available to answer any questions you might have about the process, present opportunities for site visits by members and friends of the congregation, and provide next steps in the process. Please make plans to attend this presentation as it is an important juncture in the ongoing building transition. Coffee and donuts will be provided. Questions? Contact the Facility Planning Team by completing the form on our website. Greetings – The Facility Planning Team remains on schedule with Step 4: Feasibility Study in the Space Planning Phase. The purpose of this communication is to provide the congregation with an update on the topic of the Feasibility Study (presented at the March 18, 2018 Business Meeting). For the purposes of the Feasibility Study, the Facility Planning Team has identified, selected, and contracted with professional groups in following four areas:
Members of the Facility Planning Team have met with each of the professional groups, briefed them on the details of our Feasibility Study needs, and all have agreed to assist our congregation by providing us with their professional evaluation of potential models and sites. The Real Estate group initially provided the Facility Planning Team with 26 potential sites that were each ranked by Doug, Parker, Ken, and Sam. We then averaged the scores, leaving us with the ten highest scored sites. These ten sites have now been handed over to the Feasibility Study Team, and our professional groups will tour each one, completing a Needs Assessment Questionnaire and providing us with a score for each site. Please see the graphics below to review the projected timeline for the Feasibility Study. You can see the Facility Planning Team has met its June 30 target and is currently awaiting feedback from the Feasibility Study Team professional groups before progressing further. Should you have any questions, please complete the “Connect with Your Owners’ Representatives” form at the top of this page, and we will respond to your inquiry as soon as we can. Respectfully submitted, Parker Johnson Sam Smalldon  See detailed process steps and milestones in the graphic below.  Greetings – The Facility Planning Team has now received approval from both the Congregation at our Business Meeting on March 18, 2018 and from World Church on April 10, 2018 under the current World Church Capital Pause Policy based on our Mission Imperative, to proceed with our Feasibility Study as presented and committing up to $50,000 from our Congregation’s Restricted Reserve holding proceeds from sale of the Ranchlands Church. (Minutes from the March 18, 2018 Calgary Congregation Business meeting can be viewed here.) This Feasibility Study is a standard step in due diligence to ensure any project proposal answers all the necessary stewardship model questions and specifically will review the risks of financial or project activities for the project and for the operations of a church home post-construction. (Further details on the Feasibility Study process can be found here.) Thanks to your engagement, the Facility Planning Team has been able to develop and distribute a helpful FAQ document in response to your questions. You are encouraged to continue sending questions, concerns, and/or comments. Responses to questions will be published in future FAQ documents. The Facility Planning Team seeks open and transparent conversation with all stakeholders. As such, a Contact Form has been created on the Building Transition page that connects you directly to the Owners’ Representatives (Parker Johnson and Sam Smalldon). If you have any questions or concerns, please fill out the Contact Form and a team member will respond directly to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support, and please don’t hesitate to connect with us via the Building Transition page. Onward! Calgary Community of Christ Facility Planning Team Click on the graphic below to enlarge. Please note that the Property Team has put together a FAQs supplement for our business meeting tomorrow. Click the button below to review it prior to the meeting. Paper copies will be distributed tomorrow for your convenience. A previous email was sent out on 03/15/2018 containing important documents for Sunday's business meeting. Questions? Contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca.
Members of the Property Team met today to discuss the details of the upcoming March 18 Business Meeting. The Property Team also discussed and shored up the strategy surrounding the feasibility study. All present were in support of this plan of attack.
Please continue to hold this committee in your prayers. Questions? Contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca. When: Sunday, March 18, 2018 (following worship) Where: Lions Village (our usual meeting place) Action: The Property Team is requesting approval of up to $50,000 from the investment fund from proceeds of sale for a feasibility study re: the acquisition of a new facility. The following document was shared at the February 11, 2018 Coffee & Conversation group. Click/Tap "Download File" below to view/download/print. 
The realtors have been very proactive with their searches and have already spoken with members of the Property Team several times. Thanks to the diligence of our architects in Step 3, we have a clear wish list for our realtors to work from. This list reflects your input on what you'd like in a facility, so rest assured your voice continues to be at the table.
Next week, the realtors and several members of the Property Team will meet to finalize the contract and begin site visits. Please continue to hold those tasked with the building transition in your thoughts and prayers. Questions? Contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca.  Parker Johnson, Property Team Chair, presented the congregation with a brief overview of where we are in the process before introducing Jeffrey Riedl, of Robert Pashuk Architecture, who presented the general model. On Saturday, December 9, 2017, the Calgary congregation met to review the general model that was put together by our architect, Robert Pashuk Architecture (RPA). Jeffrey Riedl was there to represent the firm. Canada West Mission Centre President, Steve Thompson, also made the trip from Edmonton to participate. The general model that was presented by RPA is the direct result of the congregation's wishes. (This information was captured in the Building Transition Survey that took place in December 2016.) The Property Team met on several occasions with the firm to ensure the congregation's wishes were reflected in the overall layout and design that was presented, and those in attendance on Saturday seemed to be energized by the visual representation of their feedback. Click the link below to view/print RPA's presentation:
After the presentation, attendees had the opportunity to directly engage the architect as well as Parker Johnson and other congregational leaders in a Q&A discussion. Much conversation revolved around details such as spatial needs, acoustics, curb appeal, handicap accessibility, location, etc. Many wonderful ideas were contributed by those in attendance...thank you! With the December 9 meeting behind us, we have now progressed to (Phase I) Step 4: Engage Realtor. We will again be partnering with Royal LePage Solutions' Julie Stefan and Gary Yip, the same team that so greatly assisted us with the sale of our beloved Ranchlands facility. As we move ahead with the acquisition of a new home for our congregation, it is imperative that we strategically partner with those who best understand our needs and wants: our architect and realtors are certainly those people! I've updated the process map below to indicate our progress in the planning phase. Questions? Contact Parker Johnson at parker@communityofchrist.ca.  With the completion of the Dec. 9 meeting, we are now in Step 4: Engage Realtor. |
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