Christmas Greetings

Something New Every Day!

It wasn't that long ago that I could go for weeks without having anything to photograph at the construction site for the new building. Now, we can see changes taking place daily. The slab is finished, and more steel went up Thursday and Friday in spite of the rainy weather.

This photo was made from about where the main entrance will one day be. You can see the sloping floor of the future sanctuary. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

First Wall

Surprisingly to me, the first wall was erected this week, even before the slab was finished. Workers were still pouring concrete at the front of the building when I made this photo of a section of the back wall on a foggy Thursday morning.

"May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
Psalm 122:7

Final Christmas On Old Clyde Road

I know we're all excited about the new building going up, but it's still a little sad that this will be the last Christmas we celebrate in this building. This year makes eight Christmases that my family has enjoyed children's programs, special choir presentations, and Christmas sermons in this building. Many of you have been celebrating Jesus' birth here a lot longer than that. There's a lot of good memories in this building. Pastor Alan asked me to make some photographs of the sanctuary while the Christmas decorations are up for the last time, so here's one to remember her by. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Some Assembly Required

"Some Assembly Required" - the words that every Dad dreads reading on Christmas Eve when it's time to play Santa Claus. Tools scattered all over the living room, assembly instructions written by someone for whom English is a second language, diagrams that don't match the parts you're holding in your hands - we've all been there. The construction workers at our building site are facing a similar scene as the pieces of our new building begin to pile up as work continues on the foundation. Hopefully, when our builders are finished, they won't face the dilemma many of us face when we're finished on Christmas Eve: left over parts.

All the freight companies are learning the new address of Woodland Baptist Church. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

This pile of sheet metal will one day be Woodland's distinctive blue roof.

I hope these pieces are numbered better than the ones for the last bike I put together!

This doesn't look like a church building now, but it will soon!

Concrete Evidence

A good bit of concrete got poured for the back part of the building this past week. You can't see it because it's covered by tarps for protection while it dries and cures, but it's under there (I peeked).

This area of the building will one day be classrooms, with our fellowship hall and kitchen just beyond. No more standing up to eat - imagine that.

Many Parts

Plumb lines. Conduit. Re bar. Excavators. More holes. Drain pipes. Crushed stone. Footers. Stone blocks. Concrete forms. PVC pipe.

The outline of a building takes shape.