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that there was no way that we could fail.
If our future depends on foundations set by these predecessors,
we'll not fail to accomplish the tasks that still remain before us.
Our growth has been remarkable.
We owe so much to so many.
Let us not forget the major gifts and matching gift challenges
we receive from foundations like Moody, Brown, Welch, Cullen,
and most recently, another magnanimous commitment
from the MABE Foundation for our library expansion.
At the same time, we are especially grateful for our grassroots support.
The smaller gifts received from alumni, including retired school teachers,
ministers, and others living on fixed incomes.
Credit for this successful campaign belongs to people.
Our friends had the daring, the courage, to do what had never been done before.
The reason for this victory is rooted in the mission of Evelling Christian University,
a mission that inspires faith, creative energy, and sacrificial commitment.
Because our purpose is noble, our response cannot be ordinary.
The ACU family has earned the right for a day of celebration,
commemorating our shared triumph,
which might be likened to reaching the top of a mountain.
Reaching the summit can be an exhilarating experience, and it should be.
But looming ahead is yet another climb.
We are strengthening the team with a new generation of volunteer leaders.
Many of them, with their children and grandchildren,
will be here to commemorate ACU's centennial,
just a few short years ahead.
The oncoming generation will want the same benefits of Christian education
that we received and that we were able to pass to our children.
