The Messenger - October 2011 - (Page 2)

2 The Messenger Making Gentle A Bruised World OCTOBER 2011 Building Project Update, cont. Cont. from page 1 As I write this article, our contractor, Wickersham is making preliminary holes in some walls and. It is our desire to actually begin the labor of the project within the next month, so things will begin happening rather quickly. Again, our thanks to all the outside groups who use Grandview space and have found other places to meet for the next year. Our Finance team is getting the financial piece together and the township Planning Commission just granted its blessing. We are expecting to get our final building permit by mid October. When that has happened, we will formally sign contracts and literally dig in. It is an extremely exciting time! It will also be a time of having to shift things around in schedules and locations as well. At some point we will have to relocate most everything that is in one of our closets and sort through most of it as it is relocated. Many hands will make this type of work go much more quickly and make it more fun for everyone as well. All of our choir music will need to be relocated, all of our office supplies, and most of our custodial supplies as well. There will be times to bless portions of our buildings that will be remaining as well as giving thanks for the brick and mortar that served us so well. I hope you will participate in these opportunities as families and individuals. The two things we need from all of you are, first and foremost, to bathe this entire project with your prayers. Prayer not only asks God’s blessing upon what is happening, it also opens our minds and heart to see opportunities to be a blessing. Secondly, we need your patience. None of us, here at Grandview, are experts in this kind of building activity; after all it has been almost 25 years since we have done anything that remotely resembles this level of Building Program. So remind yourself of the following facts: 1) No, people are not trying to create problems. Sometimes we simply find ourselves in the midst of problems we did not anticipate. 2) You are called to be a part of whatever solution you are seeking. 3) Everyone is encouraged to offer suggestions, but don’t assume that if they were not taken, they were not either appreciated or entertained. 4) Often we will need to have a plan ‘A’ and a plan ‘B’ and ‘C’. 5) The offer of help is always appreciated. Sometime the help needed is more specialized, and sometime not – so never hesitate to offer your assistance. I am so excited to get started, and I hope all of you are as excited as well. My prayer for this building project is that it will be like someone described our Camp Grandview this past summer: “Every time we turned around we were bumping into God.” So may it be! 2

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Messenger - October 2011

The Messenger - October 2011
Contents
Council’s Corner
Youth Minsitry
Mission, Faith & Action
Reflections of Gratitude

The Messenger - October 2011