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...