You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light so shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16

Capital Appeal Goal

$1.1 million in financial gifts above and beyond the general fund from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013

How We Will Use Appeal Funds to REACH and FORM

  • Make our Epiphany light visible in our community, improving visibility along Peachtree Industrial and adding access from the north
  • Provide formation space for our children and adults, including a dedicated space for middle and high school youth
  • Within the current facility, expand our space outside of the worship center to welcome visitors and encourage relationships to flourish
  • Staff and equip Epiphany to grow deeper in relationship with Jesus and one another, including adding a formation staff member
  • Surpass the financial requirements of our mortgage and release funds for mission

The Great News of Biblical Stewardship for Being Formed in Christ:
10 Principles

As baptized members of the Body of Christ, we confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We proclaim the Gospel as the Word of God. In our faith we recognize the gifts which God has first given us through grace and accept our role as stewards. 

Click here for the 10 principles.

Our role as God's stewards is one of many dimensions -- grateful, responsible, self-sacrificing, willing, sharing, proportionate, committed, regular, genuine, and challenged. By generouosly giving of ourselves, we discover joy in Christ.

"... you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
- II Corinthians 9:7

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Reaching and Forming in Christ

We Will Make a Difference

3-Year Capital Appeal, 2011-2013

Progress Toward Reaching Our Vision

Our entire facility has been updated and blessed for God's work in the world!

The completion of our construction signals a beginning, not an end. As we work to use these new tools, please remember that:

  • The capital appeal is a three-year appeal. Please continue to honor your pledges. And if you have not yet pledged, please consider making a commitment to the "We Will Make a Difference" appeal.
  • We still have some spaces -- particularly our children's formation spaces -- that need work and the necessary funding to support that.

Mission Moments

Take time to read the Mission Moments and prayerfully consider how you and your family will step forward in faith so that Epiphany continues to REACH and FORM.

Called to Share God's Grace with the World, Pat and Martha Barron

The Holy Spirit Is Moving Through Epiphany, Greg and Debbie Richardson

Being Challenged by God to Give, Frank Ditore

God's Vision Is Big and Bold, Erin Murphy

We Will Make a Difference Update
as of February 28, 2013

Overall goal of capital appeal: $1.1 million

Commitments received: $930,720

Amount received: $667,010 (72%)

This capital appeal will remain open through Fall 2013. If you have not yet made a commitment to the appeal or if you want to increase your pledge, complete a Commitment Card and turn it in to the church office. If you have questions about your pledge, contact Susan Ditore.

Appeal Prayergroup prayer

O God, you fill us with your light and fill us with your grace. You call us to be a beacon of hope for our community and the world, bringing wellness and new life to all. Send your Holy Spirit to move and breathe among us these days so that we can come together as a congregation, celebrating the gifts and passions of every person among us, and unite as a body to take a huge step in our formation to reach out, raise up, and change the world in the light of your living Son. Let your perfect love cast out all fear in us and free us to be your Epiphany people, manifesting your goodness and making you proud. Amen.

Breaking New Ground

 

Kids breaking groundOn Sunday, August 21, Epiphany people gathered on the hill that fronts Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to "break new ground." This important milestone in the life of Epiphany was also a statement to the world and to ourselves that we are committed to breaking new ground as a congregation.

 

To view video highlights and photos of the groundbreaking service, access Epiphany's Facebook page.

 

Click here to view archtectural renderings of the exterior and interior building modifications. (These drawings are not final but are representative of the modifications.)

 

From the August 21st Service of Groundbreaking
A Litany of Thanksgiving and Supplication

This is the day the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

God gathers us here because God is doing a good thing through us.

Today we take one important step in the mission to which we are called -- to reach out, raise up, and change the world through the light of the living Christ!

For what purpose?

So that all might thrive and serve in the light of God's grace!

The Lord be with you!

And also with you!

Let us pray together.

Blessed are you creator, sustainer, and redeemer of the entire universe. You fill the entire world with your presence. Your name is holy throughout the earth. Bless all those who have worked and contributed to bring us to this day. We set apart this ground and this site for your purposes. May the vision and hope that brought us to this day come to full fruition.

May our sacrifices and your grace equip us to better reach out and connect with those in this community.

May the light of your grace shine like a great beacon to all of the troubled, confused, and lonely.

May our sacrifices and your grace equip us to keep our promises we have made to our children and youth.

May we not only be a place that truly cares about kids. May we also be a commuity that forms all people who will change the world.

We pray for the safety of those who will work on this site on our behalf.

We pray for good weather and a good season for building.

We pray for the space that will arise from this work to be holy space where holy, healing, and hopeful conversation takes place.

Where laughter takes place.

Where worship is our priority.

Where we always remember that the tomb is empty.

May we always be that place where all are embraced, where all are welcomed, and where all are invited to experience the best of God's goodness, because ...

The gifts of God are free!

 

 
Epiphany Lutheran Church | 1350 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard | Suwanee, Georgia 30024 | 770-831-1966