Let The Speakers Speak

Creative Audio and Visual started their six week install of the audio/visual gear. The first week saw the addition of the boxes installed on the stage floor, all the wiring to the boxes and conduit between the boxes and the amp room.

This week, Creative installed the a bundle of wire between the sound booth and the amp room and "flew" the speakers that you see in the picture above and if all goes well, next week will bring the supporting structures for the stage lighting.

Updated pictures

This is one of the entrances on the Loop side of the building. This will probably become one of the main entrances since this is the closest entrance to the City parking lots.

Answered Prayer

All we had to do was ask. AEP set the power pole. Now we'll have power and lights in a matter of days.

Update June 18, 2009

The Drywall is going up quickly. Plumbing, Electrical, and Brick work continues. Please pray that AEP will set our pole very soon!

Building Update

Sorry for the silence, but there hasn't been a lot of noticable changes to the building. However, a lot has been going on in the not-so-easily-seen areas of the building. Here are some examples:

Easter Marks Entrance Through New Building

Progress Continues

General Photo Update

Tuesday Update

Framing continues

Plumbing work picks back up

Duct work continues to go on, in, up and down.

Also, the electrical contractor has been doing some preliminary work as too has the sprinkler system contractor. We're ordering the plumbing fixtures and baptistry. And the ceiling design is underway. Busy, busy, busy.

Blessed Builders Work Weekend # Five

Okay, this isn't really how it looks. It doesn't take three elders to make sure a church member does it right.

See, Rick & Mark are hard at it.

Perry Sergent NAILED IT again and again.

Guy gives Brad a hand.

Mark makes a percise cut.

Worship Center Being Defined By Walls

Front view from the sidewalk across B Street

You can begin to see our entrance area. Notice the Welcome center.

Another view of the entrance area and welcome center.

More Signs

One of our construction workers found this Angel on one of our 2 X 6 studs. The halo was added.

This afternoon a second cross appeared on site. Go God!

Tuesday Update

Tuesday was mostly about running duct work. Dodrill Heating & Cooling has been contracted to install our climate control system. We will end up with a system that includes a radiant heat system, a 20 ton air conditioning system that was donated to Gateway by the late Nat Wilkenson, and four heat pumps scattered throughout the building.

A Busy Monday

Brad Spurlock pulls a daylight shift.

Jim Justice & Brad built a wall.

The duct work is being assembled and installed

Dodrill Heating & Cooling set the inside heat & cooling units

Blessed Builders Work Weekend # Four

Tony relocates the eye in the sky web camera

Guy measures twice drills once... and got it right every time.

Rick can drill too... The oldest elders challenge the youngsters to chip in.

Brad Spurlock joins the work party and anchors some walls.

Rich & Dan were camera shy but put in another day's work. Rich will be on vacation next week, so we need a few people to fill his shoes.... them are big shoes to fill.

This week Dodrill Heating & Cooling will begin installing the HVAC equipment.

Blessed Builder's Work Weekend # Three

Another productive weekend. Thanks to Guy Martin, Rick Vaughan, Seth McGoskey, and mister dependable Rich Dunbar.