The Mission Church of the Nazarene

     We are officially in crunch time for launching on Easter. That means that things are a little crazy around here, muscles are sore, and every weekend you will find us from dawn until dusk working on something. Setting a timeline has helped in motivating us to get things done, and we have done a lot. The launch team has been the greatest team I could have ever asked or hoped for, and I am truly blessed as they help me get things off the ground, and breathe life into this space. I look forward to the years of  ministry ahead for us. 

      In order to give you an idea of the huge amounts of work that have been put in over the past 2 weeks, I want to show you some before and after shots of the sanctuary. 

Remember the following shot, you'll see a similar one at the bottom... looking different.

These two pictures are of the sanctuary after tearing the foam board off the walls. We'd also like to say, liquid nails works really great at keeping things up forever. So, unless you want something on a wall forever and ever, don't ever use it. The prepping of the walls took us hours of time. 

Next comes the primer. We used some heavy duty primer to cover all of the wall flaws (from the glue, and general wall damage. It is after all, a 70+ year old building)

Now with the paint on the walls. We are still doing a few touch ups, and still have the stage area to paint, but I think it might be safe to say that as to date, this is our biggest transformation yet!

Look familiar? 

     We still have a long way to go, but it looks like we'll have a pretty amazing space to celebrate the resurrection in, in a few weeks. A space that itself has been resurrected.  Make sure that you check back in the weeks ahead, for official finished shots of this space. In the meantime, we're clinging to the words that a good friend of ours said, that in the short term, we will never feel done. There will always be something else to paint, something else to clean, and something else to be done, but we aren't here for the short term, we're here for the long term. Imagine and think about the impact to be done in 5 plus years, not just to a building, but to the community around it. 

    That's what we are thinking about. If we can transform a building like this in 10 months, what can be done in a neighborhood in 10 years? I imagine great things.