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Pastor's Pen
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who
build it labor in vain
On November 20, 2007 God blessed us to
accomplish the most significant task our
church has faced since building our new
sanctuary, the refinancing of our loan with
PNC Bank. September 17, 2007 was the ending
of our existing mortgage and was the time
when we would have been required to make the
balloon payment of 6.8 million dollars or
refinance, the amount remaining on our
original loan. PNC carefully examined our
financial records, our tithes and offerings,
our expenses, our audits, and determined
that they would refinance the loan. This
refinancing will amount to a savings of
nearly $10,000 per month in our monthly
mortgage payment or some $120,000 per year.
To God be the glory.
Our deepest gratitude is extended to our
Trustee Board and members of our Finance
Committee who worked diligently and
tirelessly in endless meetings and written
communications to make the refinancing a
reality. Also, we are grateful to our
auditors, Bert Smith and Company, one of the
nation’s premier auditing firms, for the
outstanding way they have scrutinized and
examined our finances over the last 15
years. The officials of PNC, in granting
this loan, have shown their unqualified
support for Shiloh’s financial health and
well-being.
Over the years I have come to see ever more
clearly, the way God looks after and cares
for the righteous. One cannot but be
reminded of the words of Nehemiah as he
worked to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and
was confronted by those who meant him and
his people only evil. He was asked to attend
a bogus meeting where the plot was to take
his life. To those of evil intent Nehemiah
responded, “I am doing a good work and I
cannot come down.” (Nehemiah 6:3)
Reading through the Bible
December
9, 2007 - Second Sunday of Advent:
Isaiah 11:1-10;
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12
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