Thursday, January 11, 2007
GHOJ: January 2007 Update
Happy New Year!
In the midst of Christmas, Epiphany, and all the joys of snow, we enter into 2007! We eagerly look forward to completing the sanctuary and finding normal ways of doing ministry together by Easter. This has been a journey that tests our strength and vision, but together we will begin planning for dedication sometime in April. Together we will meet the challenges of the new sanctuary and its gifts to us.
A special thanks to those who were able to worship Christmas Eve and Day. A special thanks to those who didn't come because you realized the risk of falling in the snowy and icy conditions. We had great attendance with adverse conditions! One day we will have a safe parking lot and safe sidewalks again.
Some construction highlights:
The transformer is in place and the electricians are moving quickly to transfer the power from the old transformer to the new one.
John Quade, our construction superintendent, was able to get inspection passes to begin installing insulation and dry wall.
The exterior brick was being cleaned even in the midst of the storm!
The parking lot will be worked on again when it is warm enough to lay asphalt.
Please be patient with each other in our limited parking. With few spaces and no markings it easy for scrapes to happen.
Our monthly interest payments are $5500.00 which is half of what we will be paying when we close the loan upon completion of construction on or near April 1.
Please help us all to meet these challenges.
All of this means that we have a challenging year ahead of us. We knew the task would be difficult. We didn't have our heads in the sand when we voted, but now all of us will need to band together and do whatever we can to help our Vision become a reality this year! We have always found a way to respond to God's call to us to be disciples eagerly seeking ways to meet the challenges. This year will be the most difficult and please pray that together we will meet the challenges of the Vision God has set before us. Pray for the workers, pray for our congregation - one directory page at a time, pray for patience and strength. May we remember Who has called us to the mission of sharing the love and compassion of the One born in a manger in human flesh and the One who has died innocently on the cross so that we might be empowered to Live in God's Love~Reaching Out with Hope! May God Guide and Keep us together!
Pastor Del
In the midst of Christmas, Epiphany, and all the joys of snow, we enter into 2007! We eagerly look forward to completing the sanctuary and finding normal ways of doing ministry together by Easter. This has been a journey that tests our strength and vision, but together we will begin planning for dedication sometime in April. Together we will meet the challenges of the new sanctuary and its gifts to us.
A special thanks to those who were able to worship Christmas Eve and Day. A special thanks to those who didn't come because you realized the risk of falling in the snowy and icy conditions. We had great attendance with adverse conditions! One day we will have a safe parking lot and safe sidewalks again.
Some construction highlights:
The transformer is in place and the electricians are moving quickly to transfer the power from the old transformer to the new one.
John Quade, our construction superintendent, was able to get inspection passes to begin installing insulation and dry wall.
The exterior brick was being cleaned even in the midst of the storm!
The parking lot will be worked on again when it is warm enough to lay asphalt.
Please be patient with each other in our limited parking. With few spaces and no markings it easy for scrapes to happen.
Our monthly interest payments are $5500.00 which is half of what we will be paying when we close the loan upon completion of construction on or near April 1.
Please help us all to meet these challenges.
All of this means that we have a challenging year ahead of us. We knew the task would be difficult. We didn't have our heads in the sand when we voted, but now all of us will need to band together and do whatever we can to help our Vision become a reality this year! We have always found a way to respond to God's call to us to be disciples eagerly seeking ways to meet the challenges. This year will be the most difficult and please pray that together we will meet the challenges of the Vision God has set before us. Pray for the workers, pray for our congregation - one directory page at a time, pray for patience and strength. May we remember Who has called us to the mission of sharing the love and compassion of the One born in a manger in human flesh and the One who has died innocently on the cross so that we might be empowered to Live in God's Love~Reaching Out with Hope! May God Guide and Keep us together!
Pastor Del
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