Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

WCC board sees God at work

Summer campers at Webster Conference Center will have the convenience of lakefront showers. Lakeside Baptist Church in Silver Lake, Kan., paid for and constructed the showers.

The Webster Conference Center board of directors in mid-May got to see how God is working despite financial challenges. They learned how God is raising donors to fund numerous projects.

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The board voted to begin preliminary studies on several projects:

• Remodeling the chapel—This will include installing new windows and carpet along with buying new chairs.
 
• Expanding the Dining Hall —tentative plans call for expanding the building on the west side, plus constructing a solarium on the south side.
 
• Constructing a building at the WCC RV park. Plans call for the building to house showers, restrooms, laundry facilities and a meeting room.

The board also received updates on:

• The 2010 Matching Challenge Grant—As of mid-May, contributions of nearly $25,000 had been given to the $100,000 matching challenge grant. “It is being matched immediately dollar for dollar,” Terry McIlvain said.
 
• WCC Elevator Fund—The Elevator Fund is nearing the halfway mark with contributions in mid-May of slightly more than $34,806.
 
• Lakefront showers—Summer campers at WCC will have the convenience of lakefront showers. Lakeside Baptist Church in Silver Lake, Kan., paid for and constructed the showers.
 
• Lakeside volleyball court—Volunteers from Ogden Baptist Church, Ogden, Kan., completed the retaining wall for the volleyball court on the north side of the lake.