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Until recently, I hadn't figured out all of the options available from Blogger (the host for this blog) for adding comments from you, the viewers. The default settings required you to register for an account with Blogger. Understandably, that was too much trouble to go through just to add a short comment to a post. Well, that's all changed now!

Now you can add a comment without registering for a Blogger account. To post a comment, simply click on "Comments" at the bottom of each post, then click "Post a Comment". The screen shown here will appear. Type in your comment, and then click "Google/Blogger" if you have a Blogger account, "Other" if you want to leave your name, or "Anonymous" if you don't. Then click "Publish Your Comment". It's that simple!

Now you can let me, and the other viewers of Woodland Builds know what you think about what's going with our building project. Let us all know what you think!

The Unveiling

A good crowd turned out on April 15, 2007 for the presentation of Woodland's building plans and fundraising goals. After a covered dish fellowship supper, the rendering showing what the new church building will look like was unveiled. (Faithful viewers of Woodland Builds got a one-day, sneak peak of it two weeks ago.) Also presented were the church's fund raising goals as part of the capital fund raising campaign that will continue over the next three years.

Decorative centerpieces with a construction theme were on every table.

Joe Smith and Pat Conard were given the honor of unveiling the rendering of Woodland's new church building.

Bob Keeling and Ryan Campbell display a banner with our fund raising goals.

Beth and Ryan Campbell gave a stewardship testimony. And no, Ryan did not doze off during his own testimony. That's just photographer's error - I happened to catch him in mid-blink. Sorry about that, Ryan!

This is what our new church building should look like when completed. The rendering was done by local artist Andy Bailey, who was kind enough to send me a copy for use in Woodland Builds. Andy works for D. Wright & Associates, Woodland's architects for the project.

Where did it go?

Oooooops! Well, it seems I jumped the gun by posting a rendering of the new church building this morning. I posted it before finding out that the plan is to unveil it at a fellowship dinner later this month. So if you already saw it, pretend that you're Sgt. Shultz and forget what you saw. (For those of you too young to remember Hogan's Heroes, ask your parents who Sgt. Shultz is.) If you missed it, be sure to come to the fellowship dinner on April 15 for the unveiling.

Ain't it purty?

Dirt is not often described as "pretty", but I think this pile of dirt qualifies. The job of filling in the space that will be the pad for the new building has been completed. Later, fill dirt for parking areas will be added, but the space for the new church building is ready for the next step, the pouring of the slab.

This view shows how much higher the final grade is above the surrounding land. This will give our new building the protection it needs should Richland Creek ever get out of its banks during a severe storm. No more soaked carpets for us!

Construction sites are usually a "hard hat zone", and the new church site is no different. Besides the usual construction site hazards, the church site is routinely shelled with balls from the nearby driving range. (Yes, those are golf balls you see in this photo looking in the direction of the driving range.) Of course, that problem will be corrected long before the building is completed, but consider this: Hundreds of years from now, future archeologists will no doubt be puzzled by the presence of golf balls as they sift through the dirt of what they thought was the site of an old church. Let them figure it out!