A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR:

Dear Church Family,

God has a way of giving His people a vision for His plan for them in His
tme. I truly believe God is giving our church a vision to inspire us to make
a positve impact on our community and the world in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
With vision comes opportunity. In our Found Faithful capital stewardship
program, God has given us a challenge and an opportunity for right now.
Through this campaign, we now have the capacity and the actual ability
to strengthen the ministry of our church for the immediate future and for
generatons to come. The program guide you hold in your hand introduces
you to the vision of our church and door of opportunity to which God
invites us to enter.
Please take the tme to study all of the material enclosed in the packet.
As you do, pray for God to give you clarity about His will for you and
your family and how you can take advantage of this opportunity to invest
yourself in something eternal here at Highland Terrace. It is a simple
prayer: God, what would you have me do to accomplish your will in our
church? Im simply asking you to pray that prayer as a family, from the
heart, and then, by faith, follow His leadership.
This guide and the other materials will assist you in this spiritual journey.
What God has in store for us as we enter a new chapter of great
opportunity as a church family will be excitng. May God bless us in these
strategic days.
In His Love,
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
PRAYER DEDICATION DAY:
Sunday, October 26
In worship, our pastor calls us to pray for the next 28 days encouraging each of us
to seek Gods will in our giving and to faithfully accomplish it. Upon turning in your
Prayer Dedicaton Card, you will receive our 28 Days of Prayer packet.
28 DAYS OF PRAYER:
Monday, October 27-Sunday, November 23
Our simple prayer guide will provide directon as to how we can pray each day. We
are asked to follow the guide as individuals, couples and as families. Let us be found
faithful to pray. Each Sunday we will hear Biblical messages and partcipate in Bible
studies and prayer emphases to encourage our prayer and decision journey.
LEADERSHIP GATHERINGS:
November 13-19
Several leadership gatherings will be conducted to invite our churchs leaders to lead
the way in prayer, involvement, and commitment. This follows the Biblical model of I
Chronicles 29. Anyone desiring to partcipate may do so by calling the church ofce
to make a reservaton.
FOUND FAITHFUL ALL-CHURCH COMMITMENT WORSHIP:
Sunday, November 23, 10:00 am
Our 28 Days of Prayer culminates as we gather as one body in Christ for one great
worship celebraton. We will meet at the Greenville Municipal Auditorium for family
worship. We will receive our commitment cards, fll them out, and turn them in. This
is our day of destny. May we be found faithful.
FIRST FRUIT OFFERING:
Sunday, December 7
We announce the total of our commitments in worship and begin our three years of
giving today. Each of us is asked to give at least one weeks worth of our fnancial
commitment. Some may be able to give far more. We will celebrate what God has
done among us as we are found faithful.
Pastor Chet
HIGHLAND TERRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
3939 Joe Ramsey Blvd
Greenville, TX 75401
highlandterrace.net | 903-455-2970
OUR FUNDING PLAN
Found Faithful is the name of our program to raise the $3.6 million needed for our building projects.
Found Faithful invites us to give prayerful thought to making a fnancial commitment to complete our
projects. This fnancial commitment is to be over and above our current giving to the church and can
be paid over three years.
Our Stewardship Theme: Give as God Gives.
The Bible teaches that we are to give as God has enabled each of us. Found Faithful is not about
giving what we do not have but giving signifcantly out of what we do have. When God gave us His
Son Jesus, that gif was sacrifcial. Though we cannot match Gods act of sacrifce, through giving
of our resources we, too, can give sacrifcially. Sacrifcial giving by each of us will be required
to raise $3.6 million.
HOW CAN WE GIVE SACRIFICIALLY? HERE ARE SOME IDEAS:
FOUND FAITHFUL
THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
At Highland Terrace Baptst Church, in a season of His favor, the Lord has chosen to pour out His
blessing on our church in a spirit of unity, a tme of growth, and a burden to reach our city, Hunt
County, and the furthest parts of the world with the salvaton story of Christ.
Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. -I Corinthians 4:2
Whether we speak of the early days of our founding, building projects along the way, or the decision
to relocate from Washington Street to this locaton, our history is a testmony of a church found
faithful to the stewardship God has entrusted to us. As in tmes past, we want to be found faithful to
Gods open doors of opportunity to extend our witness of the gospel to our community and beyond.
Looking ahead, we long to leave a legacy that emboldens future generatons to be found faithful in
their proclamaton of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through HTBC.
Our Door of Opportunity
Several months ago, a door of opportunity opened when the funeral home property adjacent to ours
became available. In a near unanimous vote, we commited ourselves to purchase the property and
renovate the facility for ministry.
But God had more for us
Afer thought and prayer, we determined God would have us address some key needs of our churchs
existng facility. The tme is now to enlarge and upgrade our kitchen, renovate the fellowship hall, and
upgrade our childrens ministry areas.
And even more
By purchasing the funeral home property, we can now begin to plan and prepare for constructon of
our new sanctuary.
Our Building Project: Amount
Purchase and Renovaton of Funeral Home Property $1,500,000
Fellowship Hall Renovaton/Commercial Kitchen Installaton $500,000*
Childrens Ministry Area Upgrades $100,000*
New Sanctuary Planning and Preparaton Fund $1,500,000*
(*denotes estmated costs)
TOTAL PROJECTED COST: $3,600,000
Now is the tme to be Found Faithful in Prayer
For 28 days we are asked to seek Gods leadership in what He would have us give over the next three
years to accomplish these projects for His work and ministry. Our Found Faithful prayer is
God, what would you have me and my family give to accomplish Your will in our
church?
We believe if each of us pray, faithfully commitng ourselves to following Gods leadership through
our giving, God will supply our need and more.
We believe that if we are found faithful today as bright as our heritage has been the best is yet to
come!
Do Away with something
By eliminatng items in our current spending, we can redirect those savings to our Found Faithful
program. Subscriptons, dining out, vacatons, gif giving, etc., are areas people have curtailed to
increase their giving.
Delay something
By delaying the purchase of items for a later tme, one can increase their present level of giving.
Do More of something
People have goten jobs, worked overtme, dedicated bonuses, etc., to increase giving.
Donate something
Giving assets like real estate, cars, jewelry, stocks, etc., greatly enhances ones level of
contributon.
Current Youth
Ministry Facility
Fellowship Hall
& Kitchen
New Property
Acquisiton
Potental Site of
New Sanctuary
Current
Sanctuary
Ofces
JULY 1907
West Greenville Ladies
Missionary Union Organized
2002
Current student
building added
2005
Atrium project completed
1972
WSBC purchases 13 acres of
land on Joe Ramsey Blvd.
1913
Brick building completed; would
come to be named Washington
Street Baptst Church
JULY 4, 1976
New sanctuary completed. First
service held under the name
Highland Terrace Baptst Church
20??
Ground breaking for new
worship center
NOV. 21, 1907
West Greenville Baptst
Church formed
1948
A new sanctuary is
completed for WSBC
1986
Educaton wing added
2003
Administraton building
completed
SEPT. 1975
Ground broken on
new sanctuary