August 13 - The Chronicler Vacates

The Plight of the Chronicler - 
Due to circumstances well out of his control, the chronicler was called to Arizona on a family matter. It seems a daughter made an unscheduled rapid decent from a ladder, breaking a leg at the end of a rather brief flight. Surgery was required so the chronicler and his missus wound up in Arizona to help out. I can happily report that surgery was successful and the patient is recovering, if somewhat painfully at this time.
Nevertheless, Work at the Church Continues -
The blog will go on with pictures supplied by on-site sources.


It looks like preparation is going on to spray the sanctuary ceiling. The floor is protected with plastic and an operator wearing a hazmat suit is getting the sprayer set up.

The as-of-yet unidentified operator is spraying the ceiling. Looks like white paint to me.

One more in process ceiling painting photo.









Pews, the Next Big Thing - 
It happens that a church in St. Paul was selling pews that may be of use to our congregation. A sample was procured and placed on the back porch for members to evaluate. Mrs. Chronicler and I also got a chance to make a seated evaluation of the pew and register our opinion. Then we departed for Arizona. Obviously, the decision was made to abandon making our own pews and buying them already made resulting in a substantial savings of both time and money.

The pictured church is the source of the pews. Unlike our church, this one has trees and the stone exterior.

The pews as they appeared before the moving crew arrived.

The church interior with most of the pews removed.

The pew loading crew at work.

The pews arrive at their new home which in unencumbered by those nasty trees. Unloading begins.

Unloading continues.

The pews arrived and made it into the sanctuary where they are thoroughly tested by the lunching moving crew. It is hard to tell how long this test lasted but I am guessing it was shorter than the average sermon.

A more comprehensive test was in order and the pews started filling up. No word was sent who preached and what text was used. Being that there is no pulpit in place yet, I suspect there was no sermon. But it is evident that we have seating available when the pulpit is completed and the services begin.

Eric and Brent supplied photos for this post.