My yard is full of leaves. All of the trees are close to shedding all of their leaves. The rakes are being warmed up in the bullpen. Another tree blossoms, however. The Tree of Generosity in our commons area is growing by the day. We have asked everyone to write the name of someone for [...]
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You will notice over the next couple of days that brick is being removed from the side of the new building. Evidently, the brick is too heavy for the building design (a design mistake) and needs to be replaced. We will be replacing it with a special brick look siding that will blend in very [...]
Finally, we are getting the furniture we ordered for the new education wing and the commons area. Who knew it would take so long. The furnishings were purchased with the funds from the Brick Project and are mostly focused on equipping the classrooms. We were able to purchase some tables for the commons area to [...]
It was great to see everyone turn out Sunday for the celebration of Mary Chastain’s ministry. She will be retiring at the end of this month and so we wanted to show our appreciation for all that she has done. A special thanks to Sally Lippmann for all the preparation (the Fellowship Hall looked great!) [...]
Just got word that we will be receiving a $4,000 grant from the Missouri Methodist Foundation to help put A/V equipment in the new classrooms and commons area. We’ll schedule a time for a rep from the MMF to come and present the check to us. Many thanks to the MMF for their support.
Last week, St. Louis County shut down our kitchen. It all has to do with the deep fryer and the exhaust hood. They have never been fans of the deep fryer idea and the requirements for the hood are based on having this in the kitchen. They decided that because we added a short section [...]
I am amazed at how many people have taken the opportunity to touch the steeple while it is on the ground. Sunday I shared that Gillian Woodward had told me that she had touched the steeple after it had been taken down and found it very moving. I thought that was a great idea, you [...]
Just for fun I changed the look of the blog, every now and then I need a change to energize me. I’ve been doing this blog for 9 months now and have learned a little about doing this stuff, but I have a long way to go. It’s hard to change to 21st century communications [...]
A special thanks goes out to Janell Santo and Jeanie Myers for coordinating the decoration of the church for Advent. And thanks to everyone who helped them decorate. Advent is the beginning of the Christian year and is a season of preparation. Whenever we have someone coming to visit at our home, we usually spend [...]
You may have noticed that the north parking lot is really beginning to take shape. As of this morning, the bulldozing and leveling is almost finished and it is really taking shape, you can begin to see how big this parking lot is going to be. Next comes the gravel and then the asphalt — [...]
