RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: FULFILLING OUR VISION Channing Memorial Church 2009 Capital Campaign Project Videos: Updated January 1, 2010 You can watch additonal project videos on our youtube channel. Press HD button to watch in high quality. Review/Download the Rising to the Challenge campaign brochure as PDF. Review/download the Rising to the Challenge campaign brochure using iPaper. This format allows you to view, print, send to friends and more. Watch the Rising to the Challenge Video on YouTube. Listen to Rev. Freedman's sermon "Ring Out, Wild Bells!" (mp3/audio). Read Rev. Freedman's article "Channing Church launches capital campaign..." Review Frequently Asked Questions about the campaign. Photo Gallery of 2001 steeple inspection.   Press HD button to watch in high quality. “Rising to the Challenge!” is the theme of the Capital Campaign to repair the steeple and bells of Channing Memorial Church launched on March 1, 2009. Already members and friends of the church are rising to the challenge! Of the estimated cost of $1.2 million benefactors, church members, and Foundations have already contributed roughly $400,000. In December, Channing Memorial Church’s application for a “Save America’s Treasures” grant of $440,000 was approved. This grant is very competitive. Our successful application demonstrates that the Gilded Age Sanctuary is a treasure not only to our own membership but as a community asset. Our goal is to raise $400,000, the remaining third needed to restore our steeple and bells. This project is about more than stone and mortar. The steeple project is our opportunity to preserve a beacon of liberal religion for future generations. In the tradition of our namesake, Channing Memorial Church is an open and inclusive community dedicated to the values of equality, justice, and compassion. The church is open to all people for rites of passage, meditation, concerts, and educational opportunities; a safe haven for people of all religious backgrounds or none at all to join together for interfaith services and celebrations. To reconstruct a steeple is an act of faith. The tower of stone seems to defy gravity as it rises 130 feet into the sky. When so much music is recorded, it is an act of faith to restore a chime of bells to ring out with timeless music. This reconstruction project will begin this spring. When so many banks are floundering, you are invited to invest in a sure thing. Excerpted from the Rev. Amy Freedman's article: "Channing Church launches capital campaign to restore steeple" Donations of all sizes are welcome and needed Donations may be sent to Channing Church, 135 Pelham Street, Newport, RI 02840. Please make checks payable to "Channing Church" and with a note in the memo line "Capital Campaign".   Thank you for your support!