Over the last 6 weeks, a lot of work has occurred on
our campus as we recover from the March 29 hailstorm. The cost to repair the damage is right at $1,000,000.00; all
but about $26,000.00 covered by insurance. We have repaired and varnished the Gym floor and replaced
the Gym roof. We replaced the
shingle roof on the Children’s Building and the Main Building roofs, and
repainted the Worship Center and pastor offices. We have repainted six of the Slayton Building classrooms and
its exterior. We have replaced air
conditioners - 6 in the Slayton Building, the Gym Floor, the Main Office, the
Parlor, two balcony units. There
is some work left to be completed - the metal roof of the Children’s Building,
copper gutters and flashing on the Worship Center, exterior lights, fences,
ventilation units, and storage shed.
In conjunction
with work inside the Worship Center, we replaced and upgraded the fire alarm
system in the Main Building. We are grateful for the coordinating work of our church administrator, James McGinnis during this enormous undertaking. We thank the building and grounds committee and the rest of the staff for their support and flexibility.
The platform and sound system renovation has also been essentially completed. The platform has new flooring, new modular choir risers, a new acoustic drum enclosure. The sound, video-projection and lighting operators now share a booth downstairs. (The cables that dangled from the balcony have been removed and are now hidden). The space that occupied the former booth in the balcony has been replaced with pews. New sound amplifiers have been installed and new speaker line arrays have been hung. Although installation of the new sound system is essentially complete, modifications to speaker positioning and coverage is expected in the coming weeks to insure the best possible performance out of our new equipment. We appreciate the congregation's patience with this process. Our commitment in platform and sound design in the worship center is to provide flexibility and optimum performance for both the classic and the contemporary styles of our worship services. We are very grateful for the leadership and oversight Mark Richardson has given to this renovation project.
Thanks again to each of our leaders and the committees who have been supportive of all this work.
I feel that the drum enclosure is so large that it overpowers the platform. That's all I see when I look up there. I've seen them used in bigger churches with full orchestras on huge platforms and they aren't noticed, but our platform isn't big enough. In addition, it is so tall that it really distracts from the beauty of the stained glass cross. As a musician, I understand the need for the enclosure, but I've seen them with plexiglass panels that don't have the large black "frame". That's what really adds to the size and obviousness of the enclosure. I know it's a "done deal" but just felt like giving my observation from the congregation's vantage point. This is in no way meant to be a negative comment on anything Mark has done in his leading in this project! He's the best!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam for your feedback. It is very much appreciated it.
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