The Beacon–April 2012

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Christy Reynolds

In our March fellowship youth cupcake baking contest, Anna Gedeon took first with her filled-with-sprinkles-on-top cupcakes. Peter Gedeon took second with his frosted brownie cupcakes, and Billy Reynolds took 3rd with his chocolate-with-a-cherrry-on-top cupcakes.

Happy Easter! After a fun Easter Egg Hunt, Christy sat the kids down and used 2 sticks to represent a cross and read & explained Luke 23:33-34. Next in the bag was a bottle of cinnamon (pictured) with some ace bandage for the wrapping of Jesus’ body, with which she used John 19:38-41. Then she pulled out a rock for the tombstone, reading Mark 15:46. Last of all, there was an empty Easter egg to represent Jesus’ empty tomb. Matthew 28:1-7 summed up the VERY happy ending to the story, but we finished with John 14:1-3–Jesus is preparing a place for us in Heaven, too, so we can be with Him one day if we ask Him to forgive us for our sins! Yay!!!

Our Easter Communion Service was a wonderful celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection. A family of six visited that day–they had seen our sign at the building site, so they decided to come worship with us on Easter! Praise the Lord!

God has been so good! The sheetrock got completed and painted! Special thanks to John Buschmann & Ed Verra from Good News FWBC in Chesterfield, VA, for coming to paint and hang acoustic ceiling. Terry Miller, Matt Gedeon, Pastor Bill, & Ray Warner rolled paint behind John. Cullen Crain, Ernie McCollum, Frank Brazee, & Matt Gedeon came for Men’s workday cleanup. Dave Vallee hung doors with Pastor Bill. Matt Gedeon, Frank Brazee, Christy, Michaela, & Hannah Reynolds, Ed Verra, & Gordon Johnston laid stonework with Chris Kairnes.

April Progress

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Christy Reynolds

April is here, and we aren’t foolin’ around! (ha, ha!) Please pray with us for the following to be accomplished this month:

Stone work complete
All the doors hung
All the paint done
All the trim work put on and painted
Drop ceiling hung
Floors installed

And please continue to pray for warmer days and safety for all the volunteers and hired help.

4/2/12 Chris & Christy putting up stone

4/2/12 Chris filling Hannah’s bucket with mortar

4/2/12 Ed Verra (from Good News FWB in VA) laying stone, Hannah, Christy, Gordon also pictured laying stone.

4/2/12 It’s getting higher!

4/2/12 Paint!!! If you want to see the color in person, it’s “Splendor” from Behr in Home Depot.

4/2/12 John Buschmann (from Good News FWB in VA) & Terry Miller, who is our new Associate Pastor, (yay!) painting the vestibule

4/2/12 Progress!!

4/2/12 Pastor Bill back-rolling

4/2/12 John & Terry painting the auditorium, Chris & Ed finalizing masonry plans for tomorrow.

4/3/12 Ray Warner & John Buschmann painting the auditorium

4/3/12 Pastor Bill painting one of the baptistry rooms

4/3/12 John painting the baptistry room

4/3/12 Ed Verra laying stone, Gordon carrying mortar

4/3/12 Michaela laying stone

4/3/12 getting even higher

4/3/12 Matt Thibideaux mixing mortar

4/3/12 Chris Kairnes working a tough spot–drain spout too close too building.

4/3/12 Chris, Michaela, Christy, Gordon, & Matt T. building up the new wall–all the progress you see on this wall was done in one day!

4/3/12

4/3/12 Ed at work

4/4/12 Peter Gedeon putting a stone on

4/4/12 Gordon Johnston & Tiger Gedeon watching the stone work

4/4/12 Anna Gedeon putting a stone on

4/4/12 Candice Gedeon putting a stone on

4/4/12 Bethany Gedeon putting a stone on

4/4/12 Josh, Staci, Emeline, & Mason Bryars stopped by for a visit.

4/6/12 Gordon getting the job done

4/6/12 Matt Gedeon stackin’ ‘em up

4/6/12 Dave Vallee & Pastor Bill putting in restroom doors

4/6/12 Fellowship restroom doors

4/6/12 Kitchen door

4/9/12 Gordon getting some more mortar (ha, ha)

4/9/12 progress–wall is getting taller!

4/9/12 getting ready to put the first coat on the auditorium ceiling–Ray, Matt, & John Buschmann (back from VA)

4/9/12 That’s a lot of ceiling to cover!

4/9/12 Looks good, Chris!

4/9/12 Gordon & more mortar . . .

4/9/12 Christy’s corner (she’s behind the camera)

4/9/12 Halfway there!

4/9/12 Michaela taking over for Christy–tag, you’re it!

4/9/12 First coat done! (yes, paint spray got on my camera lens–gotta get some lens cleaner

4/10/12 Ray, Matt, & John working on the second coat

4/10/12 It’s getting higher, Gordon! Christy made some progress in the corner, too.

4/10/12 Gordon & Chris getting it done!

4/10/12 Christy wielding a roller, John on the sprayer

4/11/12 Almost done!

4/11/12 John getting the edges just right.

4/11/12 Gordon working solo on the stonework

4/11/12 John & Ray finishing up the auditorium 2nd coat.

4/11/12 Fellowship Hall acoustic ceiling

4/12/12 Another Sunday School room with acoustic ceiling framework. John Buschmann & Ed Verra from Good News FWBC in Chesterfield, VA hung it for us!

4/12/12 Sunday school room with acoustic ceiling installed (one tile up, but the rest will wait on the heating/ac ducts)

4/12/12 Dropped (acoustic) ceiling–Thanks, John & Ed!

4/12/12 Billy working the acoustic ceiling

4/12/12 Billy helping John put up the acoustic ceiling.

4/7/12 Cullen Crain & Ernie McCollum cleaning up, Pastor Bill giving Tabetha, Dani, & Sarah a tour

4/7/12 Matt Gedeon cleaning up

4/7/12 Michaela laying stones

4/7/12 Tabetha Gedeon putting up a stone

4/7/12 Sarah Andrade putting up a stone

4/7/12 Danielle Crain putting up a stone

4/7/12 Frank Brazee working on the door jam

4/13/12 Aiden Malone laying a stone with Auntie Christy

4/14/12 It’s a big wall!

4/14/12 Frank building up the wall

4/14/12 Hannah pushing it into place

4/14/12 Christy “buttering” a stone

4/14/12

4/14/12 Hannah & Christy Reynolds & Frank Brazee working on the roadside of the Sunday School wing.

4/14/12 Michaela at work

4/7/12 Lexi Andrade watching the masonry.

4/7/12 Tabetha, Sarah, & Dani’s stones! Great job, ladies!

Various Events

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Christy Reynolds

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]

[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

3/21/12

3/21/12 Hamburgers!

3/21/12 Smile!

3/21/12

3/11/12 Kids flying kites 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!!!”

3/25/12

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

3/4/12

3/25/12 Offertory: Frank on Mandolin, Billy on Guitar, Christy singing the words with the congregation

"Springing" Forward

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Christy Reynolds

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!!