Growing and Building in the Love of Christ - A Blog for a Church Building Project

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Building Team Meeting - April 5, 2011

WPC Building Team:
Ray Powell & Joe O'Rear, co-chairs (front row)
Zandy DePriest, Vicky and Jerry Germroth, Marian French (back row)
(Missing from photo: John Coleman, Terry Johnston, Susan Garman, and photographer - Pastor Lisa)

WPC has a wonderful Building Team! It's more than a "committee" ~ it really is a team! Led by Joe O'Rear and Ray Powell, the Building Team has been instrumental in planning every step of our building project.

Now that the building project is about to begin, the Building Team is ready to help the congregation welcome Harman Construction to our congregation. Being "welcoming" is one thing WPC does wonderfully well! On Thursday of this week, the Session and Building Team will "Meet and Greet" representatives of Harman Construction Compnay at WPC. Watch for my next blog entry on that special meeting!

For now, I give thanks to God for the gift of our WPC Building Team. I know you give thanks with me!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wednesday, March 30 ~ Cold Outdoors...Cold Indoors!

The saying that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb is proving itself to be backward this year! Today's frigid temps, sleet, snow and rain make sitting by this evening's fire feel like a perfect ending to a cold, raw day.

It isn't cold on the outside only, though. With the furniture and contents emptied from the connector wing libraries, choir room, and nursery, that part of the church is COLD! People walking through can't help but quicken their pace on their way from the education wing to the sanctuary! And don't even mention the bathrooms! Reminds me of some outhouses I've been privy to (pun intended) in the middle of winter! Brrr!

I've included a picture of the bare hallway...does it feel cold to you?

On a much warmer note, the transition Nursery is now in an upstairs classroom. Many thanks to Holly and little Owen Heine, Ray Powell, and Abbie Funkhouser for creating a welcoming space for our tiny ones! Look for the picture of the new Nursery closet ~ Ray did some great handywork in making a special child size shelf for toys!

The new choir space in the parlor is outfitted with a specially designed closet by John Coleman. What great carpenters we have!

Be sure to check out the library space in the Narthex and parlor! Librarian Vicky Germroth has made sure books are available for checking out. We have lots of new resources, so make use of the creative "new" libraries!

As we eagerly wait for construction to begin, let us be grateful to God for the gift of flexibility. We're doing a lot of improvising in space and function ~ flexibility is the name of the game!

A favor: please email this blog to members and friends of the congregation who live away from Woodstock. We want everyone to stay informed of our progress! Thanks!