Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The pastors and district assembly delegates have returned from Wichita, and all of us from Hutch First Church can be proud of the incredible report that Pastor Kendall gave on our behalf. It was great to be able to stand representing our church while he told the Kansas District, as well as Dr. Porter (one of our six general superintendents that lead the Nazarene church) the great things that God is doing at First Church. Pastor Kendall even plugged the live web cam! I almost thought he was going to pass out pledge cards for the new building...
I could not wait to get back to Hutchinson to see what had happened over the last three days. And a lot had happened! The 3” pipe that would carry the electrical lines from the existing building to the new building was laid in a deep trench starting outside the boiler room (next to the east entrance) and going to what will be the storage closet off of the children’s worship area. The floor boxes in the worship area that will supply electrical outlets, as well as data ports, were also laid out. And Nathan painted an outline of where the greeter’s desk will sit in the foyer, as well as ran electrical and data connections to under the desk. The desk is (going to be) huge! I’ve seen it on paper for months, but to see it in its actual size was amazing!
The plumbing company also has laid out sewer lines to most of the building, connecting it to the existing sewer. It’s funny – I never realized how many times the ground under the building would be smoothed out, dug up, then smoothed out, only to be dug up again! I guess there is only a few more days this will be possible – after that, the slab!
Rick's Dozer spread the remaining dirt that they removed from the original work site to an area just to the east of the new building. This will be under the new playground, and will allow rain to drain away from the building and playground, over the new road (which they started working on this week as well), and off into the field.
Uh-oh – I see thunder on the horizon…
Today's Picture Gallery (24 pictures)
NOTE: Unless a lot of people complain, I am going to stop posting pictures here in the blog, and link specific pictures as I describe what's happening. As always, you can click on the "Today's Picture Gallery" and see all the pictures for that day. Click on any thumbnail for a larger view. Want it even larger? Click the "Full Size" link in the top right for a very big picture!
I could not wait to get back to Hutchinson to see what had happened over the last three days. And a lot had happened! The 3” pipe that would carry the electrical lines from the existing building to the new building was laid in a deep trench starting outside the boiler room (next to the east entrance) and going to what will be the storage closet off of the children’s worship area. The floor boxes in the worship area that will supply electrical outlets, as well as data ports, were also laid out. And Nathan painted an outline of where the greeter’s desk will sit in the foyer, as well as ran electrical and data connections to under the desk. The desk is (going to be) huge! I’ve seen it on paper for months, but to see it in its actual size was amazing!
The plumbing company also has laid out sewer lines to most of the building, connecting it to the existing sewer. It’s funny – I never realized how many times the ground under the building would be smoothed out, dug up, then smoothed out, only to be dug up again! I guess there is only a few more days this will be possible – after that, the slab!
Rick's Dozer spread the remaining dirt that they removed from the original work site to an area just to the east of the new building. This will be under the new playground, and will allow rain to drain away from the building and playground, over the new road (which they started working on this week as well), and off into the field.
Uh-oh – I see thunder on the horizon…
Today's Picture Gallery (24 pictures)
NOTE: Unless a lot of people complain, I am going to stop posting pictures here in the blog, and link specific pictures as I describe what's happening. As always, you can click on the "Today's Picture Gallery" and see all the pictures for that day. Click on any thumbnail for a larger view. Want it even larger? Click the "Full Size" link in the top right for a very big picture!
