BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT
God has blessed our church and our desire is to be a blessing to the greater Williamstown area.
Over the past few years our church has been growing and the elders believe the time is now for us to expand and renovate our facilities so we can invest into the next generation of CBC and serve the greater Williamstown area with God’s Word and through His hospitality for generations to come.
Please read more and support this project with your sacrificial generosity.
PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
Aerial Perspective
This rendering shows us the street perspective of our new building highlighting a new parking lot and new main entrance. The eastern wing (the existing facility) continues to house our sanctuary, while the newer, western wing provides classrooms, a kitchen a new multi-purpose fellowship hall.
Important note - All renderings shown here are preliminary and subject to change.
Floor Plan
This rendering shows an updated floor plan. While the existing sanctuary remains largely intact there are numerous additional classrooms, storage, offices and a multi-purpose main hall with entrances to both the front and rear of the building.
PROJECT TIMELINE
For the past 12-18 months the Elders & Building Committee have been discerning the need, exploring various concepts, and engaging preliminary fundraising efforts.
JAN - APR '26
Building design, development and construction documentation.
MAY - JUN '26
Construction bidding & procurement.
JUL '26 - DEC '27
Project construction to completion.
PROJECT COST
After working with professionals over the past several months and considering our community’s current and future facility needs, we are anticipating the project to cost approximately $3,500,000. Our current facility is 6,697 square feet (s.f.) and the new facility is projected to add 6,938 s.f. In addition to expanded fellowship & classroom space, this project allows us to increase our sanctuary seating capacity from 274 to 350 people.
The total cost can be broken down into the following major categories:
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$600,000
Site Prep​
$600,000
Renovation of Existing Building​
$1,900,000
Construction of Building Addition​
$400,000
Design & Development Fees
PROJECT FUNDING
The Building Committee is working with architects & contractors to value engineer and manage the construction costs. We are also working with financial institutions to help us finance this project in a responsible manner that stewards our church’s resources wisely. We are seeking to finance about 43% of this project and fundraise the other 57% of the project.
Total funding sources for this project are summarized as follows:
(figures are updated as of Dec 31, 2025)
$0
$3,500,00
0%
80%
Mortgage
$1,500,000
Cash
$714,779
Pledges
$594,965
Fundraising
$690,256
Mortgage
Given our current level of general giving, we believe we can service a $1,500,000 mortgage without hindering current ministry budgets.
We continue to work with financial institutions to secure long-term mortgage financing at favorable rates and terms.
Cash on Hand
We have $714,779 in cash. This is comprised of $219,535 in pledges already received for the building fund, plus an elder designation to use $534,779 in cash reserves towards this project.
At the recommendation of the Finance Committee, we will keep at least $180,000 in cash reserves set aside to help cover general operating needs.
Pledges
We have received giving pledges from our CBC church family for $814,500 for this project! ($219,535 of which has already been received)
You can click HERE to make your pledge & help our family all have a part in reaching our goal!
Questions? Please email Tim Reisler at treisler@williams.edu or Pastor Tyler at t.hallenbeck@gmail.com