July 11th

Every Saturday we have a work party. First priority was to seal the building to the elements. Volunteers work on the roof.

July 18th

One team works on the roof, others take down walls inside. We get an inkling of what the sanctuary is going to look like.

Nasty carpet is being removed.

July 25th and 27th

Walls are still coming down and we can see what the sanctuary is going to look like.

Floor tiles are coming up, and insulation is being stapled up.

Some large trees are removed, and others trimmed.

August 1st

Sheet rock begins going up. Doors are being scraped and painted. Windows cleaned.

The youth group really pitch in doing all sorts of yard work, cleaning, and general repairs.

August 8th

Work continues on cleaning windows, working on the floor. Rich begins sanding cabinets from the kitchen, and the ceiling of the office gets a coat of paint.

August 15th

The office gets a coat of paint. Debris cleaning out in the yard. The gnome moves outside to supervise. Still more cleaning of windows. The outside of the building gets pressure washed.

August 22nd

Some nice shots of the outside of the building. Work continues on the cabinets. Yard work continues picking up large amounts of debris, downed trees and branches.

Inside, more cleaning and Bob works on the electrical system

August 29th

Work continues outside. Here Jeff and Don are moving enormous blocks of stone.

Painting of cabinet doors continue.

Prep of cabinet hardware and general cleanup continues.

Painting is nearly done in the office.

September 5th

The office is looking good in it's final color of blue. The floor is painted with a water proof base.

Five more trees come out of the yard. Supervised by the gnome.

Scraping and painting continue on the inside.

We begin moving items from the old ministry center into this building.

September 12th

Final color of paint is on the cabinets in the kitchen.

Primer is being applied in the hallway.

Ethernet wires being pulled.

More debris pulled out of the side yard.

September 19th

Work continues in the new sanctuary and in the kitchen.

The dumpster is back to remove all the debris from both inside and out, and to handle upcoming emergency roof repairs.

Don shows up with a bobcat to really tackle the outside work.

September 26th

This was a very busy and productive week. There are many, many pictures.

The big project was emergency repairs to the roof. It lasted all day, but was sealed just as the rain started!

The chopped up rubber mulch piles are leaving from the side and back of the property. More dead trees and limbs are removed.

The diamond patterns are covered in primer. The Outer office is looking good and the inner office is getting some attention.

The kitchen cabinets sport a pale sage green paint job, but there's more to do.

October 3rd

It was another busy week at Osbourne street. One of the Bathrooms and the kitchen cabinets get primed. One of the main rooms gets a second coat of primer.

Jean continues scraping floor tiles in the pastor's office.

The outside got most of the attention this week with 4 guys working out there.

October 10th

The outside roof project gets more attention. The tree trimming and cleanup moves to the front side yard.

All the tiles are up off the Pastor's office floor and it gets cleaned.

Priming, priming, priming.

October 17th

Rain is the key word here today. We discovered many more leaks from the roof and in through the doors.

We unloaded a stove and put it into position.

Jean begins painting the floor in the Pastor's office.

And there's a new broom cupboard.

October 24th

Another rainy day here on Osbourne Street. But we had a big crew today.

A combination heater and A/C unit was installed in the office.

Mark removed floor tiles in the bathroom.

A false wall in the rear room was opened to reveal a closet with a hole in the floor into the crawl space.

The rear wall gets prepped for primer.

The cabinet doors get installed on the wall behind the stove.

October 31st

Another rainy day. Earlier in the week a Japanese Maple tree was moved and some paving was put down.

Rich puts on the rain gear and cleans mud off the new parking lot.

Old pipes are removed from holes in the floor. Don built an access hatch.

The closet holding the hot water heater is opened up. The hot water heater is tested.

The room heater gets some trim.

November 7th

Bruce and Bob search for the leak in the roof and find a likely candidate.

There's lots of priming going on in the back rooms.

The hot water heater is removed.

An old doorway is removed.

The furnace is turned on.

Tape is scraped off walls.

November 14th

The back bathroom gets stripped of fixtures and cabinets, then primed.

The blocks in the Pastor's office are cleaned and ready for prrimer.

The red room, back bathroom, and Pastor's bathroom all get primed.

Some of the rubber mulch is dumped into the dumpster, as well as much of the rubble.

November 21st

The shower stall and interior walls are removed from the back bathroom.

The colorful blocks in the Pastor's office are are primed.

The bobcat is back to clear the backyard.