We're Workin' on a Building!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

We're Workin' on a Building!

There's a great old gospel song the Carter family of Southwest Virginia made famous in the 1930s. It's called "I'm Workin' on a Building." Click on the link to listen: it's pure Appalachian singing at its best!

Well, at WPC we're workin' on a building too! Today's activity has been absolutely nothing short of humbling and exhilariting at the same time! People are making a point to walk to the church to see the walls go up! I talked with a couple from Oregon who are driving through on their way to DC. They stopped by the church to see the building because they heard people at Joe's Steakhouse talk about the building progress! They said, "We don't have church building projects like this where we live. You're doing something quite unusual!" They also loved that we're recycling so much of the materials.

That's part of the fun of it, and the blessing, too. We are being used by God to witness to the power of faith in undertaking this monumental project "in this economy" (you know how I feel about that phrase when it comes to God's will...God wills what God wills, and God will accomplish what God wills!).

This blog is part of the fun, too, and I hope, the blessing. I received a comment on the last blog entry from a gentleman in California who congratulated the church on this project. He is now a "follower" of the blog and he had this to say:

Hello! 1st-time visitor to your excellent blog. Fascinated with your account of structural updating and restoring. My own experience is limited to repairing a 1906 townhouse and selling it 30 years ago to attack a 1940s farmhouse, in which we still live. Nothing compared to modernizing an antebellum church but enough to recognize restoration becomes a way of life. Most intrigued by your photographic and text account of this project because, well, I'm a guy. And I look forward to learning what happens next. My compliments to you, Reverend Webb, and your industrious congregation.

Isn't it wonderful what God is doing through us?! Now if I could only figure out how to add a donation offering plate to the blog....

Enjoy the pics from today's thrilling activity! And continue to pray for the workers' safety! Why not stop by yourself and thank them for the excellent work?!