Installation of the Bell Presented Unique Challenges

This was one of those - doing it for the first time and probably the one time - kind of projects! To mount the bell in the front entrance awning required manufacturing the framework to hold and hang the ball securely yet allow it to swing when rung - and the hole in the awning ceiling only gave room for one person to crawl up inside...so we can be thankful for the creativity of these two workers!

At long last, we can show a before and after of the original hole that started this whole amazing and very long story!

It is just great to look up
and see the new roof, and new gutters and downspouts -
Praise the Lord!

This is an entrance on the west wall - sporting new siding, new roof and new gutters and downspouts - and just in time for our first big winter storm of 4 + inches of rain in two days, plus some pretty stiff winds - a good test of our renewed building!

Balcony carpeted for the first time!

A lot of the original carpet in the sanctuary is still in great shape, so the balcony, part of the stairs and a couple other stairways have been or will be carpeted. It was rather exciting to watch the men move the all-wood pews from the downstairs area where we have met for church services since last January, up into the sanctuary and then the balcony...

The new sanctuary chairs arrived

We will have a choice of sitting in the pews or the chairs in the sanctuary - a row of the long pews will be in the center, then rows of chairs on either side of the pews. When you stand up and start to visit with someone, there will still be room in the aisles for people to move around!

Here's the new steeple!

Somehow this process looked different than the steeple placements on the old seed barn church, and on the sanctuary many years ago!

The foyer is nearly done!

It was not a pretty sight!

What a beautiful ceiling!

The new carpet is so beautiful! (Here it is partly folded over - not quite fully installed)

The West Wall Restored!

With five new windows, some interior reinforcing blocks, new siding and improved door/awnings - it's looking great!

A few "before and after" pictures - kitchen and library

The south wall inside the library was really in rough shape - then the chimney was removed, and that section of the wall was rebuilt.


Step by step - sheet rock is in, tape and "mud" is applied.

Final touches on the roof

Roofing, Exterior Painting, Sheet RockTaping and Electrical Work

It is especially nice to see the corner that was the original hole, all repaired and looking great!



The electrician has been busy with many projects - including re-installing the sanctuary lighting. He has a nice lift to get him up high enough to re-install the lights.

The pile of roofing materials is getting smaller! Yeah!

Inside the sanctuary - glad it was someone else with the job of hanging the sheetrock up around the stained glass window!


It is hard to know where to park and which door to use these days. It is encouraging to see the roof ridgeline cap has been installed on the sanctuary roof, and the rest of the roof over the church offices and classrooms is being installed now.

More of everything!

This week we have the plumbers, electrician, sheet rock guys and the roofers all working at the same time! Today I have an "up-close and personal" view of the roof debris just outside my office window.

There is new sheet rock in the kitchen, library, downstairs bathrooms and most of the fellowship hall!

New sheet rock in the library!

New sheet rock in the fellowship hall (our new little walls at the end opposite from the kitchen)

Our new kitchen has sheet rock and a slight change in the door location!

Here is our new roof on the west side (dairy side) of the church - it looks even better in sunshine!



Lovely view of the pieces of old roof insulation and metal...