February 3, 2008
Today we celebrated the first Sunday in our new nursery. It was a personal joy to see months of hard work being celebrated and enjoyed by so many, especially our young ones. You no doubt have noticed that the new square footage is going up quickly and will be completed and added to the renovated nursery in the late Spring.
The Bookmark and pre-function space are progressing nicely and should open in the next few weeks. We have had a few items have longer than expected delivery times and are awaiting their arrival. We will keep you posted on the opening of this space.
As many of you noticed today there was some concrete poured in front of the activities building this past week. This is not a special parking space for Todd Erickson (sorry Todd). In order to make way for the new building on the west side of the activities building it is necessary to relocate the two existing cooling towers that provide air conditioning to our entire campus. It was also necessary to do this early in the process as the ambient temperature needs to be below 50 deg F as we will be without air conditioning for the week that they are being moved. The towers will eventually be located on the roof of the new building out of site, however in the interim it is necessary to find a temporary location for them that will not impede construction. Unfortunately the only location that allows for them to still be economically plumbed into the existing system is in the parking lot right in front of the activities building. The location is temporary and will be fenced and screened as much as possible.
You will also notice the activities pavilion being torn down in the next few weeks. This is the building on the Central driveway that is used to house field equipment. It will be torn down to make way for the construction of the new storm drainage on this end of the campus. The driveway from Central will be impacted minimally during this demolition.
We thank you all for your patience and understanding during this exciting season in our church life.
Patrick Nelson,
Building Committee Chairman