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Welcome to the Church Blog section of baconheights.com. Browse blog posts from our Lead and Executive Pastors as well as our Music, Youth, and Missions Pastors.
On this page you will see the most recent blog posts from staff members; however, you can also click the links on the left to go straight to each individual minister's blog.
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Written by Jim Gerlt
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:03 |
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Work has focused around fixing the entrance to our Worship Center. We were to have huge footings near the entrance, but they have been enlarged somewhat to accommodate the new columns that will be added to the entrance. I don't know if you can get an idea of the size of the footings from the enclosed pictures, they the footings are really, really big. A lot of concrete will be going into the ground--containing a lot of steel--to provide a firm foundation for the new Hank & Merle Scott Commons.
From one angle it appears that we're digging a moat around the Worship Center.
Work is on hold in the new office space while we wait for the mechanical elements (furnace/air conditioner units) to arrive. They were ordered soon after we voted to proceed but have been held up in shipping, for some reason. Early on we were concerned about the carpet being a problem since there had been so much flooding back east. The carpet doesn't appear to be a problem. And I know some of you might say that if the staff was really tough, we'd do without heat or air. We could, but we're thinking about you coming to visit us in our offices and don't want you to be uncomfortable. Oh, the burden of a servant's heart.
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Grace Notes: Dogbone Underwear |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:43 |
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Read the article here. |
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Written by Jim Gerlt
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:18 |
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Now that the sewer line is completed the rest of the foundation work can get back to full swing. Today the workers were digging the big holes for the major footings for The Commons. It will take a lot of concrete to fill these holes.
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(One thing I have realized about myself--WHAT A GEEK!!!! To get excited about foundation footings--for goodness sake, Gerlt, get a life.)
Progress is measured in different increments. Sometimes the progress is slow and almost imperceptible; other times it is overwhelming. I know the footings have to come before the slab which must come before the steel girders which must come before the roofing which must come before.... I'm excited today about footings, because....
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Written by Jim Gerlt
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:47 |
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Monday the plumbers finished the new sewer line and covered it. Now that sounds like a simple enough task--you dug a trench, now put the dirt back in. Oh no, it doesn't work that way. Every clod of dirt had to be crushed, pulverized and crunched to it's smallest form. Every bit of dirt that went back into the trench was compacted to make it match the rest of the dirt in the new Commons area. It has to be smashed so the slab in the Commons will remain intact. Below you see the machine that was used to trench the ditch now being used to compact the soil.
Today the concrete people returned to pour more footings and get the area ready for the slab. On one hand I was mildly amused to find one of the workers on his knees "pondering" (to use Jerry's favorite word) his situation. On the other hand I found it deeply significant that our workers would be on their knees as they construct our new Commons. (Oh yes, I'm sure all the workers are praying while on their knees! Or is it "preying" while on their knees?) This needs to be a reminder to the rest of us to bathe this project in prayer and ask The Father to use this facility to advance His kingdom.
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Grace Notes: B.H.B.C. (YMCA) |
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Written by Nick Watts
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Monday, 30 August 2010 13:46 |
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Find the lyrics here. |
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