Update Monday 9-29-08

The gym with the church in the front.

A look down the sidewalk.

The AC unit waiting to be hooked up.

This shows the lights already run with the heating and cooling duct work.

This week the power should be run and electricity turned on. The painters will return and put the second coat of paint on the walls.

Update Monday September 22, 2008

Here is the finished and striped parking lot on the right side of the gym.

This picture is looking from the back of the gym to the front. The two outer doors are bathrooms and the middle one goes to the front where the kitchen, storage room and classrooms are.

This is looking towards the rear of the building.

As soon as the electrical lines are run painting can continue. With lights being accessible.

Update Sunday 9-14-08

Here is the finished concrete around the front of the building. Paving should be completed on Monday.

This is a close up to show the detail of the building. It is brick a quarter of the way up and Effice painted a tan color the rest of the way. Each window has a decorative feature above it.
Here is a video showing the inside. Some parts may be to dark. It was to dark to show the gym portion of the building that is straight back after going through the front door.

There is no sound.

As you walk through the front door there is a large foyer with four classrooms, two on each side. Then next is a storage room on one side and a kitchen on the other side. Inside the gym is access to the bathrooms (not pictured).

On Monday...

The paving crew is here and have begun paving. They cut 10 inches deep to get grade then put 8 inches of stone down and wet it and packed it until it was like concrete now they put 2 inches of pavement on top of that. We won't drive on it this week but by the next Sunday 28th we can begin to use it.

The finishers are sanding the sheet rock and painters are to return this week and prime the gym.

Heat and air duct is going up in the gym and 3 of the 4 units have been set. The two 5 ton heat pumps that run the front rooms and restrooms etc. are being hooked up today they are 5 ton Trane heat pumps. The big rear units that run the gym will be 15 ton gas packs.

Update 9-11-08

This picture was taken Sunday Sept. 7th.

This picture,taken Wednesday September 10th, shows the grading complete on the right side of the building and the finished sidewalk from the entrance around the side of the building.

A closer picture of the front and right side of building.

This picture reflects the finished grading work on the left side of the building. Pastor Parrish and Boyce along with a few men from the church worked hard spreading lime and grass seed topping it with hay on Monday September 8th. They also ran the drainage piping away from the gym.

More pictures from the progress inside coming next week.

Update Monday 9-8-08

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With most of the exterior complete this shows the new sidewalk that was just poured. This week the grading should be completed.

Inside most of the sheet rock work has been completed and pictures will come soon showing that work.

Update Friday September 5, 2008

The scaffolding has been removed from the outside of the building. New pictures coming soon.

Pastor Parrish shares...

Thursday morning the construction company was pouring our 10 foot wide sidewalk along the 140 feet side of the building.

The Septic tank people did a good job and got the 240 feet of line in with just two lines 120 feet each which makes a better landscaping possible etc. and they just left finished today, Inspected and approved. I am sure glad that is over and done. State and county inspectors make me nervous.

They still have a few sheets of sheet rock to hang in the gym and we added a small wall and door in the ladies restroom to cover up the Fire sprinkler riser that is a 6 inch pipe and gauges etc. That will cost an extra $1,000.

The electricians mounted the wall box for Duke power to run their line to and they finished and cut the joints in the sidewalk. They framed up the pads for the 15 ton gas packs at the rear of the building and they will pour those and the floor around the Sprinkler riser inside the building and then frame up for the pad and side walk at the front of the building on Friday.

The gentleman doing the landscaping and grading and paving has been called and may begin the grading tomorrow.

The sheet rock finishers are keeping up with the hangers pretty close so painting will not be to far behind.

Update Monday 8-25-08

This update shows the side of the gym being finished as they move to the top and front of the building.


Approximately 30 people toured the building Sunday evening before the service. Pastor Parrish shares this update...

"Insulation and the cement stucco was being worked on today at the gym. The lower half of the front was finished before the rain.

The inside insulation will be finished then an inspection must take place and then the rest of the sheet rock can be hung.

$2950 is the cost on the septic tank. Remember to pray for God's timing on it with the weather and 3 major underground lines that will be run: Natural Gas, Phone and Power.

The gym will have a monitored fire and burglar alarm system and a separate phone line with new number for the gym."