LIFEUC - DREAM CENTRE PURCHASE & TEIJA ZWAJGENBERG'S 2008 GIFT OF $500,000.00 TO EXTINGUISH THE CHURCH'S INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT
(FOLLOWING THE INITIAL 1999 $250,000.00 LOAN TO HELP PURCHASE THE LAND & BUILDINGS)
In 1999 Jim McMillan, the Youth Pastor of Canberra Christian Life Centre (CCLC), discovered Charnwood High School, the future CCLC Dream Centre, on a morning walk surrounded in construction fencing. It had been decommissioned by the Commonwealth Government, sold to a developer and had been mothballed awaiting redevelopment.
Jim, a silent hero in all this, seeing it as an awesome opportunity for CCLC to develop a Community Outreach Centre, made enquiries as to the circumstances surrounding the 7500sqm building complex sitting on a 13 acre site.
As it turned out Canberra land developer, Walter Pinto, had purchased the property from the Commonwealth Government for the purposes of turning the School into a Licensed Club, under a $4M purchase caveat by the ACT Government. Walter also had developed plans for 80 Townhouses on 4 acres of the 17 acre site, where existing Tennis Courts were located.
The property was also nearing the expiry of its required development caveat, and as a result Walter was open to an offer to purchase the undeveloped 13 acre remainder of the site, as he was simultaneously concluding the Townhouse project sale to a fellow developer Tony Tokich for $2.7M.
Greg Zwajgenberg, an entrepreneur and now surpassing 38 years as a long-standing member of the Church, first met Sean Stanton the Church's new Senior Pastor, after arriving in Canberra 25 years ago, under interesting circumstances.
In their first coffee Greg offered Sean a $22Million gift of a set of three buildings Albermarle, Alexander & Fishburn House in Woden with a revenue stream of $4.5M P/A for CCLC, sadly the circumstances saw CCLC miss out on the opportunity some 3 years prior. Now worth over $100M.
Both Greg, Colin Thirkettle the Churches Financial Lead and Sean Stanton the Senior Pastor of CCLC were committed to not missing out ever again, and were determined to get the opportunity, Jim McMillan had discovered, over the line for the Church.
In a Faith driven offer, the Church offered $500,000.00 knowing the Site was worth circa $10-12 Million. In a God inspired set of dealings Walter accepted the peppercorn offer, under negotiations with Greg Zwajgenberg.
The sale was set and the rest was history, CCLC, now LifeUC, had a new home and the hard work then began with awesome volunteers to reestablish the site. Initially Greg Zwajgenberg became the Board Chair of CCLC's Life Projects, the appointed owner of the site, later in 2003 stepping down to help rescue Brindabella Christian College from imminent closure.
During all the negotiations Teija Zwajgenberg initially in 1999, paid a $250,000.00 deposit to Walter Pinto to secure the sale allowing Colin Thirkettle and the Church to sell their existing site in Cook and also arrange Loans for the $500,000.00.
In 2008 Teija Zwajgenberg, sharing Greg Zwajgenberg and Colin Thirkettle's spirit filled and God centred heart for the Church, gave CCLC's Life Projects a gift $500,000.00 to pay out the Church's original Loans, leaving Life Projects and CCLC in a significantly better financial position going forward.
What CCLC, now LifeUC, has been able to achieve in the Community is incredibly well known in Christian circles, and an incredible example of "To God Be The Glory". In asset valuation alone the replacement cost of the existing buildings now exceeds $50Million.
LUKE 6:38..."Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you”
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