Monthly Archives: March 2012

Various Events

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Wondering why we haven’t posted any events since Christmas?  We have been very busy! There really haven’t been enough pictures or good pictures of our events since December,  so we didn’t post any.  However, here is a compiled “potluck” of pictures from various events, so you can view them all at once.  Included are Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Youth Activities, Ladies’ Luncheon, Fellowship Dinners, Movie Night, Church Planning Meeting, and the Youth Cupcake Contest.  Not pictured is our Game Dinner–got so caught up in fellowship we FORGOT to take pictures that day!!!  But we have had a lot of fun since Christmas . . . take a peek!

2/24/12 Church movie night–we gathered for snacks and the movie “Courageous.”
2/24/12 “Tiger” eating a sandwich
2/24/12 Church movie night–we gathered for snacks and the movie “Courageous.”
2/24/12 Fun with friends at Movie Night
2/24/12 yum!
2/24/12 Church movie night–we gathered for snacks and the movie “Courageous.”
2/24/12 mmmmm. . .
3/11/12 Church planning meeting
3/11/12 Church planning meeting
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[3/11/12 Church planning meeting–one attended via webcam! 🙂
3/18/12 Youth pizza making
3/18/12 Dads & Uncle on the job
3/18/12 I like pizza!
3/18/12 football while we wait for pizza
3/18/12 “Get ready, I’m gonna kick it!”
3/18/12 Nice attempt . . .
3/18/12 reading a book while waiting for pizza
3/18/12 at last, pizza. MMMmmm
3/18/12 “I LIKE PIZZAAAAAAA!”
3/18/12 “I like pizza, too.”
3/18/12 Chillin’ with pizza
3/18/12 Sarah’s birthday fell on Youth Activity day, and Hannah wanted to surprise her. She & Anna decorated on Saturday while Sarah was away. How sweet!! 🙂
3/18/12 Birthday girl
3/18/12 Green jello for all–yay!!!
3/21/12 Wednesday fellowship
3/21/12 fellowship on Wednesday
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3/21/12 Hamburgers!
3/21/12 Smile!
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3/11/12 Kids flying kites during planning meeting.
3/11/12 Kids flying kites during planning meeting.
3/11/12 Kids flying kites during planning meeting.
3/11/12 Kids flying kites during planning meeting.
3/11/12 Kids flying kites during planning meeting.
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Boys having fun looking for fish during planning meeting
3/11/12 Let’s fly this kite!
3/18/12 Ladies’ Luncheon. Missing quite a few due to illness . . . but we had a great Bible study and prayer time after a yummy fajita dinner & dessert: pear crumble and pistachio pudding trifle!!
3/25/12 Youth Cupcake Contest: Michaela with her Great-Grandma’s Fresh Apple Cake Cupcakes, Peter with Filled Brownie Cupcakes(2nd Place), Mason with Surprise Cupcakes, Billy with Chocolate-with-a-Cherry-on-Top Cupcakes(3rd Place), Hannah with Vanilla on Vanilla Cupcakes, and Anna with Filled-with-Sprinkles-on-Top Cupcakes (1st Place).
3/25/12 “Let us pray.”
3/25/12 “Thank You, Lord, for this food and our time of fellowship, and especially for the cupcakes!!!”
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1/15/12 Youth Duckpin Bowling
1/15/12 Youth Duckpin Bowling
1/15/12 Youth Duckpin Bowling
1/15/12 Youth Duckpin Bowling
1/15/12 Youth Duckpin Bowling
2/4/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast]
2/4/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast
3/4/12 After church fun
3/4/12 Offertory special: Billy on Guitar, Michaela on Flute, Frank Garzilli on Mandolin
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3/25/12 Offertory: Frank on Mandolin, Billy on Guitar, Christy singing the words with the congregation

"Springing" Forward

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This post begins on the first day of spring, and as you can see, sheetrock is almost ready for taping and mudding. Stone work continues. Finding the right stone to fit into the right spot makes this process a little more time consuming, but the finished look is unique and beautiful, very fitting for the house of the Lord! Please pray for warmer weather. It is difficult to work with the mortar when the icy wind is whipping!!

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3/20/12 just right . . .
3/20/12 Matt & Chris working hard to get the stones up
3/20/12 Matt, Pastor Bill, & Gordon
3/20/12 Front looking good
3/20/12 Auditorium
3/20/12 Auditorium sheet rock
3/20/12 getting it done
3/20/12 Which stone will fit?
3/20/12 Each stone has to fit in just right
3/20/12 Ernie McCallum on the corner
3/20/12 Chris & Mason Kairnes, Pastor Bill & Gordon putting up stone
3/20/12 Auditorium sheet rock!
3/20/12 Auditorium sheet rock!
3/20/12 Gordon & Tai-yo Johnston putting up stone.
3/23/12 Pastor Bill & Billy putting up stone
3/23/12 Michaela & Hannah Reynolds working with Gordon & Chris
3/23/12 Auditorium sheetrock complete
3/23 Auditorium sheet rock done!
3/23/12 Auditorium
3/23/12 Back of auditorium–sheet rock is complete. Taping and mudding begins tomorrow!!!
3/23/12 Sheet rock guys finishing up
3/23/12 Baptistry stairway
3/23/12 Soundbooth
3/23/12 Sound booth
3/23/12 Sheet rock guys finishing the utility room
3/23/12 Sheet rock guys cleaning up and getting ready for taping and mudding.
3/23/12 Sunday School Wing hallway
3/23/12 Christy Reynolds fitting stones
3/21/12 Beautiful day!
3/21/12 another wall done
3/21/12 Chris building it up
3/23/12 Gordon at work
3/23/12 pretty day
3/23/12 Pretty day
3/21/12 Pretty stones, siding, and steeple against the pretty blue sky
3/26/12 Hannah, Michaela, & Chris working on the back of the church.
3/26/12 Christy trimming the mortar around a stone.
3/26/12 going up . . .
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3/26/12 Progress on a CHILLY windy March day. Please pray for warmer days!
3/26/12 Stage, taped & mudded
3/26/12 Stage & ceiling taped & mudded
3/26/12 auditorium ceiling taped & mudded
3/26/12 Front of auditorium and ceiling
3/26/12 view from hallway to SS wing looking into vestibule and farther into fellowship hall, all taped & mudded
3/26/12 Fellowship hall
3/26/12 Kitchen area of fellowship hall
3/26/12 Sunday school room taped & mudded
3/24/12 Corrine Brazee & Christy putting up some stones. Great work, ladies!!!!

The Beacon March 2012

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Thank you so much for your continued prayers!!!  The stone continues to be put on.  Praise the Lord for the answered prayers for safety and a mild winter–this week is especially warm!

Thank you so much to the staff of the Home Missions Office and all who were involved in the recent Home Missions Summit.  We learned so much from the seminars and were refreshed by your fellowship and that of other missionaries!

Thank you for your prayers and support–
We thank God for your faithfulness to partner with us in building this church!

March Progress

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There is a lot happening in March. Continued stone work, electrical, insulation, sheet rock, and more! Thanks so much for your continued prayers for the building progress and safety for the workers!

3/5/12 View of front of auditorium
3/5/12 Electrical boxes & wiring
3/5/12 More electrical work . . .
electrical and duct work
3/5/12 Lots of electrical boxes!
3/5/12 We are excited about these electrical boxes!
3/5/12 So many wires!
3/5/12 Plumbing and electrical box for the “bubbler” (pronounced “bubblah” locally), a.k.a. the water fountain.
3/5/12 Plumbing
3/5/12 Plumbing
3/5/12 Hot water heater and pressure tank.
3/5/12 More plumbing.
3/7/12 Matt Gedeon & Chris Kairnes putting up stone.
3/9/12 Ray Warner & Pastor Bill talking about the quietness of the furnace located behind the stage.
3/9/12 Insulation on auditorium ceiling and side walls–view from stage.
3/9/12 Chris fitting the stones together
3/9/12 Gordon Johnston outfitted to vacuum insulation debris.
3/9/12 Insulation
3/9/12 Insulation
3/9/12 Ceiling insulation, light fixture electric boxes showing.
3/9/12 Another view of the ceiling.
3/9/12 Another view of insulated auditorium
3/9/12 View of nursery insulation from door of auditorium
3/9/12 Pastor Bill at the doorway to his office.
3/9/12 Pastor Bill at the doorway to his office.
3/9/12 Sunday school rooms flush with insulated auditorium wall.
3/9/12 Another view of the insulated auditorium and Gordon cleaning it up.
3/9/12 Insulation and Heat/AC ducts in fellowship hall.
3/9/12 Another view of insulated fellowship hall.
3/9/12 Insulated fellowship hall.
3/13/12 Chris & Matt getting it done!
3/13/12 Ray Warner & Pastor Bill figuring out chair layout.
3/13/12 Sheetrock guys having lunch in fellowship hall.
3/13/12 Sheetrock in the fellowship hall
3/13/12 Sheetrock guys having lunch in the fellowship hall
3/13/12 Billy checking out the sheet rock in the fellowship hall.
3/13/12 Fellowship Hall sheetrock
3/13/12 Billy & Sarah on stage!
3/13/12 Continuing stone work: Chris, Matt, Gordon
3/13/12 Chris, Matt, & Matt putting up stone
3/12/14 Fellowship Hall
3/13/12 Fellowship hall
3/13/12 Fellowship hall sheetrock
3/14/12 Matt, Matt, & Gordon putting stone up
3/14/12 Lenny working on wiring
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3/14/12 Sheetrocked Sunday school room
3/14/12 Sunday school rooms getting sheetrock
3/14/12 stilts!
3/14/12 These sheetrock guys move too fast for pictures!
3/14/12 Sheetrock guys working hard
3/14/12 Putting sheetrock up in Sunday school rooms
3/14/12 Sunday school room, sheetrock guy cutting the board
3/14/12 Lenny & Pastor Bill talking wiring
3/14/12 Back of Sunday School wing.
3/17/12 Vestibule ceiling
3/17/12 Bathroom entrances from vestibule
3/17/12 Nursery
3/17/12 Nursery bathroom
3/17/12 Looking at auditorium entrance from vestibule
3/17/12 Looking at vestibule from fellowship hall hallway
3/17/12 Vestibule looking down toward SS wing
3/17/12 Vestibule sheetrock!
3/17/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast workday: Chris, Matt, Ray, Frank, & Luke putting up stone
3/17/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast workday: Chris, Matt, Ray, Frank, & Luke putting up stone
3/17/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast workday: Chris, Matt, Ray, Frank, & Luke putting up stone
3/17/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast workday: Chris, Matt, Ray, Frank, & Luke putting up stone
3/17/12 Men’s Prayer Breakfast workday: Chris, Matt, Ray, Frank, & Luke putting up stone
3/17/12 Nursery entrance from vestibule
12/23 Fellowship hall
12/23 Fellowship hall