Some of you will remember when someone jumped our fence, broke into the Foley House, vandalized it and stole some items. He made numerous attempts to break into the church.   

He severely damaged our round-top door leading into the church from the plaza but didn’t get in.

We had recently installed impact-resistant protective glass over our beautiful stained glass windows. The intruder attempted to make entry into the church by trying to break the protective glass. While he damaged the protective glass, the stained glass was not harmed.

The protective glass proved to be a good investment and security measure.

Since then, we have been gradually working to install security cameras around our church and campus, inside and outside.

This will help us to monitor and notify us if it identifies intruders in the night and during times if there were to be unscheduled-unauthorized movements and activities in our church and campus.

There are so many people coming and going on our campus at various times throughout the daytime and evenings that makes it difficult to be sure doors are locked and the church and other buildings are secure at all times.

These measures are important for protecting our people and safeguarding our church and other buildings.

We are working to install an electronic system that will control scheduled access to doors and ensure doors are locked when not in scheduled authorized use.

This is just one of the projects we are pursuing on an ongoing basis. When we discover problems in need of repair and/or upgrades in our church and on our campus the repairs are usually very expensive.

My team of staff and dedicated volunteers maintain a disposition of vigilance. We conduct multiple inspections annually and on an ongoing basis.

We always seek to find the most economical and effective solutions that provide us with the most bang for the buck.

You would be amazed to know how much time and attention all these issues are required of me and our team that works to research solutions, secure bids, and assist in seeing to it that we make progress toward getting the projects done.       

The care of our church and campus is a shared privilege and responsibility among all of us.

As Pastor, I need and appreciate your support in keeping our beloved Church of the Annunciation in sound condition both, physically and spiritually.

Thank you for your support in prayer and sacrificial giving!

Oremus pro invincem (Let us pray for each other), 

Yours in Christ,
Fr. Paul Felix
Pastor
Church of the Annunciation

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