An Update from Fr. Christopher

March 5, 2019

Dear Faithful of Holy Cross,

I am excited to be able to share with you a brief update about our building design process, which will show you some of what we have accomplished since we last shared a status update at the meeting in November. We are currently making excellent progress towards our ultimate design by working with our builder, RPM Partners, to translate our vision for the major exterior features and general shape and layout of the buildings into plans.

The current version (see above), which is NOT a final design, represents the changes that have been made over the past several weeks and serves as a sort of snapshot in time of our design process. I want to emphasize that what you see here is not final, including the dome shape, cross design and height, windows, and other details. In fact, many of the exterior finishes and all of the colors are builder-selected neutral placeholders that show where a door may be or where there could be brick or siding, but will not even be discussed, let alone finalized, until later in the process. However, we expect to be arriving at a final design relatively quickly, as the committee has been able to build consensus around the major features and functions, and our builder has expressed confidence that we are progressing well towards our goal.

Some of the next steps in the process include:

• Seeking engineering structural analysis

• Having RPM Partners meet with Kernersville city officials on our behalf to ensure that we are on track to meet local requirements

• Working on the interiors to refine the existing floor plan

• Collaborating more closely with our architect to finalize structural and aesthetic details inside and out

Please continue to pray for the process and the people involved in it, and thank you for your continued support.

In XC,

Fr. Christopher