St. Martin in the Fields – 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign
All are welcome.
At St. Martin’s, all are welcome. Before communion each week, we hear, “all are welcome at God’s table - it’s God’s table, so of course, all are welcome.”
All are welcome in ‘God’s house.’ Of our strategic planning priorities: outreach, formation for all ages, and tending to buildings and grounds, the last category is about ‘God’s house’ - a place for the tremendous growth and vitality we are experiencing and for important mission and ministry over the past many years.
We are celebrating our 75th Anniversary throughout 2026. For the sake of St. Martin’s Church and all who will be welcome in the future, we tended to the long-identified projects that the Capital Campaign was designed to support: enhancing the Prayer Garden, renovating the Kitchen and Gable Hall, creating a Cafe, and replacing the Sanctuary's HVAC. All this to ensure that St. Martin’s is a place where all are welcome for 75 years to come.
This $2 million Capital Campaign succeeded with your commitment and payment over the course of these three years - 2024, 2025, 2026. The Vestry timed the campaign and project completion to match the celebration of the church's 75th anniversary in 2026. You may continue to pledge and give to this campaign.
Completed Projects
The Prayer Garden
Gable Hall, Cafe, and the Kitchen
HVAC System
Here is a close-up photo of the finished HVAC duct work
Cost
The total cost of all projects was estimated at $2 million.
Prayer Garden: $400,000 | COMPLETED
Gable Hall / Kitchen / Cafe: $1,333,000 | COMPLETED
HVAC: $250, 000 | COMPLETED
Capital Reserve Account (Facilities Study): $17,000 | COMPLETED
Pledges to support these projects:
As of February 17, 2026: $2,011,231
Timeline
March 2024 - Gather estimates for work on capital projects | COMPLETE
July 2024 – The quiet phase of the Capital Campaign begins | COMPLETE
August 2024 – The Capital Campaign is public. Commission facilities study; design, permitting, and construction bidding for the Kitchen/Gable & Prayer Garden; execute contract on HVAC | COMPLETE
October 2024 – Plan to install the new HVAC in the Sanctuary | COMPLETE
January 2025 - Review plans & designs and make appropriate adjustments | COMPLETE
February - March 2025 - Receive contractor initial bids, review, and select contractor. Modify plans where appropriate | COMPLETE
April 2025 – Sign construction contracts | COMPLETE
May 2025 - Construction for Kitchen/Gable/Cafe and Prayer Garden projects commence at the end of the month | COMPLETE
June - December 2025 - Construction and completion of all projects | COMPLETE
May 2026 - Celebrate St. Martin's 75th Anniversary and all completed projects
December 2026 - Give thanks for generosity and faith shared in this Capital Campaign so that all are welcome for many years to come
75th Anniversary Capital Campaign Pledge Card
Click here to pledge online. Note that if you wish to give online, you must separately set up that gift and choose “75th Campaign” from the dropdown menu in Realm.
Alternatively, you may pick up or print a paper pledge card, or you can pledge via email to Business Administrator Leslie Rose at lrose@stmartins.org, who is available to assist you in any way with your pledge or gift.
Frequently Asked Questions
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First, thank you for your pledge and for your support. We would like to receive the money in 2024, 2025, and/or 2026. Your early gifts will ensure that we have the cash flow for the projects. As most of the construction will take place between May and December of 2025, to the degree to which you can make payments early and often, it will help immensely. Some will make a one-time lump sum donation. Others will divide their pledge payments over two or three years. You can set up giving for the campaign in Realm with the dropdown selection “75th Campaign.” Please make sure you specify gifts to the 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign as “75th Campaign.” Please see our button, "New Things."
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Yes. Please continue to support our annual operating budget with your annual stewardship pledge. Early each fall, we request your annual stewardship pledge and, as costs are ever increasing, we ask that you consider a small increase in your annual stewardship pledge every year to support outreach, programs, personnel, and general operations and upkeep of the buildings and grounds. Your pledge to the capital campaign is an above-and-beyond gift for these specific one-time projects for the church.
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We are glad you asked. Our leadership is passionate about this Capital Campaign and its component projects, and any one of them would be eager to talk with you. Susan and Ned Breunig are our Capital Campaign fundraising chairs. Martha Evans is leading the prayer garden enhancement project with the prayer garden team: Jennifer Petritz, Chris Elwell, Marcia Reese, and Susan Breunig. Jim Reese and Holly Yarborough is now leading the renovation of the Kitchen, Gable Hall, and Cafe, with former Junior Warden Amanda Giffin, and Monica Mainwaring. Annemarie Madden, Dinah Howell, and Martha Evans were part of the initial design meetings. Jim Reese completed the HVAC replacement with Quentin Lonon. The Endowment Fund is supportive of this campaign, and Chair Brad Ferrer is available to discuss it along with Trustees. Financial inquiries are best addressed by Treasurer Scott Foster or any member of the Finance Commission. Rector Monica Mainwaring has likely already invited you to be a part of all of this, and her staff stand at the ready to help you engage with these projects – Business Administrator Leslie Rose will be your go-to if you need any assistance with your pledge or gift to this Capital Campaign.
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Right here on our church website, we will keep you informed of progress throughout this 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign.
Contributors
Thank you to those who have pledged in support of the 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign.
Mark Adkins; Barbara Adler; Tom & Louisa Affleck; Anne & Sam Baroody; Lauren Bacon; Andy & Elizabeth Beck; Pete Bednarzyk & Victoria Hastie; Sidonia "Nona" Bell; Cindy & Craig Belisle; Kareem & Mary Bendeck; Leslie Bentley; Graham & Morgan Berg; John & Kristi Betz; Bill Blashke; Andrew Boatright; Joel Brockmann & Ann McNeer; Kirk & Caroline Brown; Colin & Christie Brown; Ned & Susan Breunig; John Capriotti; Kathryn & John Carr; Wayne & Lauren Cartwright; Lawrence & Theresa Catchpole; Martin & Erin Chen; Barbara Chubb; Bob & Janet Comegys; Gillian Cooper; Meg & John Councilman; Peter & Polly Cranston; Cory & Beth Crotty; Philip & Betsy Culberson; Bill & Dianne Danneman; Jed & Stephanie Dennard; John & Susannah Dryman; Brandon & Ann Duke; David & Susan Duke; Jesse & Allison Dyer; The Children and Grandchildren of Linda & Bill Easterlin; Ann & Sue Edwards; Tye & Kimberly Edwards; Christopher & Kirsty Elwell; Martha Evans; Kathy Evenson; Andrew & Tory Farrington; Brad & Patty Ferrer; Bill & Gail Fisher; Jason & Jenn Flemish; Grant & Leigh Ford; Merry-Lynn Foss; Scott & Ann Foster; David & Ashley Fricano; Sam & Amanda Giffin; Barrett & Patrick Gleason; Bill & Joan Goodhew; Bob & Pat Gooding; Will Gotmer; Carolyn Haile; Mitchell & Marybeth Haas; Rebecca & Ryan Halberg; Susie Hall; Tim & Nancy Halloran; Chris & Julie Hamilton; Bob & Susan Hamilton; Marae Hamlin; Kirk & Samantha Harpole; Bert & Betsy Harrington; Beth Holland; Peggy Holt; Sarah Hogrefe; Marion & Anne Hodges; Dinah Howell; Eric & Louise Hughes; Randy & Linda Hughes; Steve & Janet Hurlbutt; Gay Jolley; Tim & Jody Kelly; Rick & Angela Kirby; Nicole Leet; Ann Lemmon; Nathalie Letkeman; Chris & Renee Loope; Jeff & Kelli Mack; Scott & Annemarie Madden; Gregg & Ann Magruder; Monica & Simon Mainwaring; Man & Nancy Martin; Robert & Sara Massey; Linda MacArthur; Vince & Ann Martin; Stuart McCracken; Tom & Jackie McCracken; Bill & Jane McDonald; Jennifer McCracken New & Jason New; Val McIntyre; Nell Moeling; Andy Moore; Michael & Barbara Mudler; Doug & Sally Nail; Chris & Christine Nama; Jan Noll; Greg & Lara Nordstrom; Judi Oakley; Ayibatari Owi; Jon & Diana Parise; Dottie Palmer; Fran Pearson; Tim Peek & Helen Ingebritsen; Annelise Petritz; Bill & Jennifer Petritz; Brad & Kristen Phelps; Jack & Pat Pickard; Lee Plunkett; Cheryl Ponder; Brad & Julie Reback; Jim & Marcia Reese; Tom & Marjorie Reilly; Patti Richards; Jim & Carol Roberts; Haynes & Betsy Roberts; Rick & Catherine Rogers; Leslie & Hal Rose; Karen Rose; Matt & Caroline Rose; Chris Rouse; Jon & Sally Roy; Charles & Nancy Runion; Elizabeth Saylor; Mary Jo Sibbald; Becky & Daniel Silbert; John & Barbara Skrobko; Consuela Smikle; Charlotte Smith; Danny & Lisa Smith; Nancy Easterlin Smith; Greg & Anna Smith; Carol Smith; Janet Shepherd; Preston Stevens; Mary Margaret Stewart & Jason Allen; Ken Swanson; Darlene Price Swanson; Michael Swikata & Stephanie Cafferty; Sabir Wajhuddin & Leslie Uddin; Nick & Paige Viola; Neil Walden; Bailey & Holly Webb; Brad & Kelly Weselman; Julie Weimer; Sue Westby; Nathan Whitmire; Kyle Whitmire; George & Angela Williamson; Danny Wingard; Grant & Holly Yarborough; Ed & Heather Zunzunegui.