We are not just building a new multi purpose hall - we are building lives
From it’s humble beginnings in February 1988 as Rainbow Park Christian School when 11 pupils and a teacher started meeting in the basement of a home on Tower Road, to it’s present 120 pupil Smith Street site as Matamata Christian School, people have listened and responded to God’s quickening of their hearts and have contributed in many different ways to make the school what it is today.
And now we are asking people to continue to respond to the call and support this project, the building of a much needed multi purpose hall complex.
You can view the result of the work that has already been done in the concept plans and views below.
Please read the stories opposite and support the "Grow The Seed" fund raising campaign. This is an exciting opportunity to grow the school into it's next phase of development.
Guests and users will be welcomed by a distinctive main entrance into a spacious foyer area leading into all parts of the hall complex.
To the left of the picture is the present school main entrance.
The kitchen on the corner will service the break out rooms adjacent, the main hall and outside activities.
Large widows will provide a view over the playing fields and wide doors will allow activities to flow between them and the hall.
The shaded area indicates the proposed site of the hall off the car park entrance from Smith Street
Grow The Seed Fund Raising Campaign
Background (part 1)
In 2008, following celebrations honouring 20 years of God's faithfulness to Matamata Christian School, a donor felt God impressing on his heart that from a small seed He can make big things. He was moved by this to make a donation to the Matamata Christian School of $13.80 as a seed donation towards a school hall. (His story can be read below).
In 2009, following it's formation, Kid On The Rock Foundation received this donation. where it was the first donation banked into the building fund.
Background (part 2)
Early July 2005, Kyle MacDonald decided to start a process of trading up. Starting with a red paper clip, his goal was to trade for something bigger and better until he obtained a house. On the 14th July 2005 he traded a red paper clip for a fish pen.
On July 12th 2006, on the last of 14 trades, Kyle MacDonald traded a role in a movie for a house in the town of Kipling Saskatchewan, Canada. His story can be followed on www.oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
Growing The Seed - The "Trade It Up Game"
We have planted that seed and traded it up into several items for trade displayed here. Is there anything here that is of some value to you? Help us to reach out goal by making us an offer to trade that we cannot refuse. Just email your offer to Grow The Seed Fund Raising Campaign
The goal of the campaign is to raise the $800,000 estimated cost of the project. Any money raised above this total wll be used by the Foundation for the betterment of Matamata Christian School.
How Can I Help
Your Prayers for this project will help to ensure it's success.
Your support through offering trades and telling others about us.
Your donations that you can make directly to this campaign will be tax deductable in New Zealand and can be made by direct credit to the ASB account number 12-3483-0005889-00 or through the donation button below. Please provide your name and address if you require a receipt.
Your time will help to keep costs down. Volunteers will be called for as the project progresses.
The Seed Donation
Tony (name has been changed) walked into the school office and asked to see the Principal. He was excited, slightly animated and failing to suppress a broad grin. In his pocket was a plastic money bag with a $10.00 note and a few coins, together totalling $13.80. It was all he could find from a quick scout around the house before hurrying to his car for the trip to the school.
It was 2008, a few weeks after he had been involved with the highly successful celebration marking 20 years of God’s faithfulness to Matamata Christian School. As many people as possible, pupils, parents, teachers and others who had been involved with the school, had been invited and the resulting day of celebration was something to be remembered.
Over the following few days and weeks, as Tony’s mind reran the events and conversations of the day about the school’s beginnings; how the idea was conceived and the school began with a few children meeting in the basement of a house, and grew to the 5 classroom school it had become, he felt God was impressing on him how from a small seed He can make big things.
Tony was aware that for years now there had been talk of building a much needed multi purpose school hall as the next big development at the school. But while there was much agreement of the need, little had been done to make this dream a reality.
While he had no idea just what development God was planning for the school, Tony felt that God was telling him to plant the seed, so he scrapped together $13.80 and made the trip to the Principals door.
It would be over a year later with the establishment of the Kid On The Rock Foundation, that the next step in this story would happen. That seed donation of $13.80 is the first deposit into the building fund established by the Foundation.