Thursday, August 30, 2012
If you have been around anytime in the last week or two, you have seen lots of activity in and around the chapel. There is work going on inside and out, upstairs and down!
Work on the new water line for the sprinkler system system (think fire proofing not irrigation) is nearing completion, the new patio has been tweaked and laid out, and perhaps most exciting was to see the beginnings of the steel structure that will form the base of the new entryway into the youth center go up! What a grand entryway this will be for our young people.
We had a great meeting with architect and contractors yesterday and everything is still on schedule AND budget which is great news. Now we're working on all the fun and exciting ways to unveil our newest space to you and to the community. Stay tuned.
Monday, August 20, 2012
(this post comes from Carrie Bowers, our Interim Director of Christian Education)
I look at the faces in these pictures and I smile. I can’t
help it! I smile thinking about what an amazing time they had a camp this year,
what great friendships they made and built upon, what gifts and skills they
discovered that they didn’t even know they had. From so many of our children,
I’ve heard first hand how Reinhardt is one of the things they anticipate and
look forward to all year. Year after year, it is an experience that has been
faithful to them . . . living up to their expectations.
Over the past few weeks and months I’ve heard so many
express their hopes, dreams and expectations for the Chapel renovation. It’s
not even December and yet, Advent is among us! Already this summer we’ve
watched with great expectation as walls have come down, the roof has been
replaced and windows have appeared.
Looking at these pictures of our children at Reinhardt, I
can only hope that this Chapel renovation will provide for them, too, a place
where relationships continue to be formed, strengthened and nourished. I pray
that it will be a place where gifts they didn’t even know they had are
uncovered and unearthed. I trust that it will be a place where faith is formed,
molded and shaped. I expect that it will be a place that provides them with the
community they need to thrive long before they enter youth group and high
school.
The prophet Isaiah reminds us all of what seems so
unexpected, “The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with
the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together and a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11: 6) It is my
greatest hope that this Chapel renovation will provide the place and space for
the children in our midst to lead us all as they faithfully follow God’s call
in their own lives.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Here are a few pictures of the continuing progress of our chapel renovation project. The construction is moving at a swift and productive pace!
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| Exposed duct work will give the youth center a contemporary, "industrial chic" feel. |
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| As the drywall is framed and added, the cross remains central in the renovated chapel. |
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| New windows on both sides of the building will enable abundant natural light. |
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| A large window will lighten our brand new gathering just inside the chapel. |
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