Along with the excitement of following God’s vision for Hillside comes the need for a reasonable and practical plan for how to follow it. Your leadership is confident that a phased, pay-as-we-go approach is very wise.

What does phasing mean?

It means that our dollars follow our priorities. As funds are received over the next 24 months, we begin to use them in the order of greatest need at our Soncy campus:

    1.   New 3rd – 5th grade Children’s Building

    2.   Expand our current Student Ministry Building

    3.   Expand our current Chapel for traditional worship/ modify office area

    4.   Expand our current parking to replace lost spaces to building expansion

    5.   Create new Recreation spaces: new gymnasium/banquet space and outdoor athletic fields and fitness areas

Phasing also means we will use:

    1.   45% of received funds for Soncy campus expansion

    2.   45% of received funds for debt reduction

    3.   10% of received funds for multi-site and missions

So, every dollar given to NEXT will be allocated in those proportions. While we build to meet needs for facilities to reach lives for Christ at the Soncy campus, we are also reducing our debt and extending the reach of Hillside through our multi-site approach in the Panhandle and around the world through missions. The one exclusion to this plan involves our first expenditure, the new Children’s Building. Depending on the amount of NEXT commitments received, we may choose to begin construction before all the funds are received for that building. You will regularly be informed of the progress of both funds received and construction completed. Phasing will keep us focused and balanced.