In his after-morning-service status report, Sam sounded upbeat. We can not only see the light at the end of the tunnel, he reported, but we can see the outline of the opening. I guess that means we are getting close to the end.
I agree. Yesterday I took this picture. It looks like we could hold services in there now. Well, a couple of details like removing the ladders and getting the plastic wrap off the light fixtures and we are ready to go. Oh, maybe we need to finish the pulpit area with flooring material, a little stain and varnish, then finally a pulpit. Okay. Still more work to be done, but it is sure looking pretty.
More Lighting -
Electrician Phil was there hanging the outside chandelier to finish off the portico adorning the front doors. 
In addition to hanging the fixture and connecting the power, he also checks his work with light bulbs.
At Ground Level and Below -
While Phil worked high on a ladder, many more workers sought more secure tasks with much less risk of falling. This activity had something to do with masking tape and baseboard, but I am not certain what all the task entailed. 
Whatever it was, Ed also joined the action.
Ed got so enthused, he got down below knee level.
At one point, Ed's posture brought to mind the Mark Twain quip about his demise being exaggerated. 
The bosses got in the act, too. No job, it seems, is too lowly.
Sam recruits his son Thomas to help measure and layout the plan for adding decking to the chancel area.
Helping dad is taxing and occasionally overwhelming.
Not content with merely ground level, Eric and Aaron take their task below grade level, digging a hole for concrete. A couple of light poles require sturdy foundations, down below potential frost level. So a hole must be dug.
A deep hole. Deep enough to take in the post hole digger.
Finishing the Concrete Floor -
Dave McAdams cuts expansion grooves in the floor. The grooves are then filled with a pliable, plastic, poly-something-or-other (polly, wolly, doodle maybe) material. This fast drying material is then scraped from the top surface with a sharp razor knife. 
A size large behemoth of a machine equipped with rotating pads grinds the floor taking off the sealer that had previously been applied and allowed to penetrate into the cement. 
Dave shows Sam how to install the proper pads for the next step in the process.
Dave and Sam jockey the monster into the restroom. The doorway makes for a snug fit, but Dave starts the wheels rotating and the machine crawls through the opening.
Once through inside the room Phil walks the machine up and down the length of the room.
The final step in finishing the concrete floor is polishing. A liquid polish is sprayed on and spread with a mop. After drying the required ten or so minutes, the behemoth again attacks the floor, this time with polishing pads.
This picture shows the before and after the polishing step.
Mark reflects on a job well done.
The polishing is done one area at a time. Phil secures the doors to keep the hallway free of traffic until the polishing is done. 
Mark polishes half the floor while the painters and trimmers work elsewhere. The floor can be walked on immediately after the machine is done polishing.
Trimming and Painting and Panic Bars -
Remember the acres of drywall that were attached with a near infinite number of screws? It all has to be painted with a couple of coats. Here Matt is coating the coat room walls.
Dave figures he better paint the walls in the mechanical room before the laundry machines are installed. Otherwise he may have to paint around them. 
Eric Hill of the Rockford congregation came on Saturday to help with trimming. Once again, neighbors come to lend a much appreciated hand. The window trim on the fire-shutter walls must be thinner than the other window trim to allow the shutters to operate. 
Panic bars need to be installed on the fire doors on the sanctuary. Ami figures that the pieces fit together better if they are properly adjusted with a grinder.
Once properly adjusted, with the addition of four hands and smiling face the installation is easily completed.
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