Thanks Saturday Crew

Greg was thrilled this morning when he told me about the progress the Sat. morning crew made. Much of the BFC trailer is packed up and lots of building clean up and other projects were accomplished! Thanks to all who came out to help!!

We'll have more work nights and Saturdays as we get closer to getting a date on the calendar of when we'll host our first service.

By the way, did you see the tower this weekend?? It is finished....and it looks great!!

New Cafe!!

The cafe area is starting to take shape. It will serve as our HS and MS cafe on youth nights.The cafe will be a second Oasis area on Sundays.  In a week or two, a granite counter top will be placed on it...which will give it an awesome feel!

Sat. Morning Work Crew

Hey JW! We are looking for help on the building site tomorrow (Saturday) between 7am-Noon. We would like to get the BFC trailer organized and packed up. What a resource those tools and equipment was to use. We haven’t had a specific construction clean up night in several weeks, so the the building is in need of some clean up. Greg, our construction manager will be around giving direction. Just show up at the site in the morning even if it only for a couple of hours.

While out there, you'll get to see the progress....children's theater lighting, interior doors all over the place, the two connectors are being worked on, and front tower has window frames in them!

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Site News

Time to fill you in on the project....it has been too long.

First, and foremost, we have amazing people at Jacob's Well. We have had three weekly work nights for the past 4-5 weeks. These teams have just taken the orders Greg has provided and worked as hard as they could to get work accomplished. These teams have been crucial in getting sod laid, stages built, acoustical wall treatment designed and installed, light fixtures hung, along with many other project or clean up needs. Thank you to the leaders (Rick, Rick, Roxann) and all those who have served on those teams.

Here are a few updates on the building....

• Retaining wall is complete around the back half of the building. They will continue working on it as they make their way to the front
• Sod has been delivered and laid behind and around the side of the building
• Tower to be finished? We have had some delays but hopefully this week the tower will be complete
• Most of the interior doors are hung (Thanks Gary!!)
• Cafe area ceiling and walls have been painted...looks great!
• Floors have been scrubbed and cleaned in back half of the building in prep for carpet

We'll try to get you some fresh pictures of the progress in the next week or two.

Couple of prayer requests....please pray for the arrival of the carpet and the chairs. Once we know the delivery of both, we will be able to lock down our date for the first service!!

Check out this view!!

Thanks Darren for this awesome shot!! And thanks to JJ and all the photo team members. You've provided us with great photos during the project.

Check out the latest pictures by clicking on the slide shows on the right side of the screen.

Retaining Wall

We are putting up our retaining wall. The pictures you see here are near the back corner of the new addition. This wall will wrap around the side and front of the building ending at the front tower. Lots of wall. Dan, Jeff, and Paul are working with our landscaper. They are making great progress today!

This Week's Progress

Just a quick update to you all from the building project. Here is some of the work that was accomplished this week or other items of note....

• Sheet rock in the auditorium is complete. 3/4 of the sheet rock on the ceiling was hung by volunteers. The only remaining sheet rock to be hung is behind stage.
• Stages, Booths and Ramps....there has been great progress with backstage ramps, elementary stage and sound booth. The youth auditorium backstage and drum stage is well underway.
• Evening Work Crews: We have had great response to our work nights. 60 people will have put an evening of work in on the building.
• Lights, Lights, Lights: The hallway and classrooms all have lights installed and on! It make a difference when you see the room lighting in place. That entire part of the building has been painted too. It is nearly ready for the next stage....waiting the arrival of the carpet!
• Baptistery has been set. It is really fun to see the baptistery set in place. Now it is idea time to see how to finish it out. We have some great ideas in the works.
• Front Tower: The top half of the tower is near completion. Hopefully tomorrow or early next week the tower will be finished.

Have a great and safe holiday weekend!