Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Letter From Pastor Shane

August 18, 2009

Dear Parents,

We are looking forward to the beginnings of a new school year. Welcome Back. We are excited to see your kids again.

This summer, Christian City Church has been involved in a large remodeling project. Very recently, during the course of this project, it was discovered that some of the structural beams on the building have significant damage due to dry rot and carpenter-ant infestation. This will result in the repair and/or replacement of the beams during the coming weeks. The specific time line has not been set for this as the Church is still in the stages of receiving the official report from the structural engineer.

Because we care about you and your children, we want to minimize the impact on your families. So we are putting in place a couple of contingencies. If all goes well, the repairs will be completed on time and school will start as scheduled on Tuesday, September 8th. If however there are unforeseen delays, we are considering two possible scenarios. The first would be to start school one to two weeks later in which case we would make up the lost days. The second option would be to temporarily relocate the pre-school to another suitable location.

We apologize for any concern this letter may cause, but rest assured we are doing our best to minimize the impact on your family and your children. We understand that many of you will have questions and so we are scheduling a meeting on Thursday, August 27th at 7pm on the playground lawn area (please bring blankets and chairs to sit on) where Pastor Shane will be available to address any questions or concerns you may have. This will be a Parent Only meeting and we thank you for making other arrangements for children. We will send another email if the location changes due to poor weather. At that meeting, we are confident we will be able to give you the details. As you can appreciate, your child’s safety and security is our utmost concern . We appreciate your patience as we are currently waiting for reports from structural engineers so that we can make a fully informed decision. If in the meantime you have questions or concerns please feel free to call Pastor Shane on his cell (503-997-6051) or Pre-School Director, Kathy Hawkins (503-638-0725).

We are confident that this minor inconvenience will not impact your child’s overall experience at our pre-school this year. As always we are looking forward to a great year for you and your child.

Blessings,

Shane Crawford, Pastor