With the recent completion of the workshop/bus parking, the P.E.T. Project has been able to move their equipment into the new space. Demolition has now begun on the areas of the Sanctuary building that will be renovated! Although you may not be able to see the physical work happening, there is much activity going on inside the building!
As you can see from the photos below, much of the original brick was exposed during the demolition. The photos show Promiseland and the Youth Room.
On August 10th, the congregation was given a presentation (after the first Wednesday dinner of the season about the process and completion of the Workshop and bus parking. Below is the slideshow that was presented. It’s a great representation of all the hard, volunteer work that was put into making this project successful!
Volunteers from Memorial and from around the community have been making great progress on the MUMC workshop and bus shed!
All the interior walls & ceiling are installed and the 1×4 crown molding is almost complete. Door casings on the interior are half way complete while spackling is well under way on interior walls.
This week, the siding materials will arrive and the molding will be complete.The interior walls will be painted a light gray.
Thanks to all our amazing volunteers, we are moving right along on the workshop.
This week, the final items from the Sanctuary were removed. On Tuesday, the pews were carefully taken out and put into storage. Here’s a rare look at the empty Sanctuary!
On Tuesday, May 17th, MUMC held a Church Conference, presided over by Rev. Bruce Jones. The conference was held to have a confirmation vote on the building process and funding, as required by the lender. Updates to the renovation process and a financial status update were presented by the Building Committee, Finance Committee, Trustees and the architect. 110 members of MUMC voted on the 4 ballot items as follows:
Vote #1, Master Plan: Updates since August:
a. Columbarium location in existing Courtyard space between 3-Story Sanctuary Building & Partin Center.
b. Additional green space/youth play area beside 3-Story Sanctuary Building where workshop is now.
Q Do you confirm the use of the updated Master Plan Concept drawings as the guiding document moving forward with MUMC Campus building plans?
Vote Passed with a Yea/Nay verbal response
Vote #2, Funding of Phase 2:
Maximum $ to borrow to renovate the Interior of the 3-Story Sanctuary Building, including the construction and installation of a Commercial Sized 3-Story Elevator Tower and the necessity of another Capital Campaign.
Q: Do you authorize the acquisition of a construction loan not to exceed $2 Million to continue the delivery of the next Phase of the Master Plan, and do you acknowledge that another Capital Campaign is necessary to retire any debt from Phase 2 and raise monies for future phase?
Vote Passed 94 yes to 16 no
Vote #3, Phase 2 Components and maximum cost:
Phase 2 includes: (1) Completion of the Workshop and covered Parking for Bus and (2) The Renovation of the Interior of 3-story Sanctuary Building, including the construction and installation of a Commercial Sized 3-Story Elevator Tower.
Q: Do you authorize the Building Committee working with Trustees, Finance, and the Church Council to manage and direct the work on Phase 2, with an estimated cost not to exceed $3.005 Million?
Vote Passed 95 yes to 15 no
Vote #4, Trustees Authorization:
Q: Do you authorize the Board of Trustees of Memorial UMC, in accordance with Par. 2541 of the 2012 Book of Discipline, and working with the Building Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Church Council, to take all necessary steps to carry out the actions approved by the Church Conference on May 17, 2016? Vote Passed with a Yea/Nay verbal response
On April 24th, after the 11:00AM Worship Service, the Growing in Grace Connections Group organized a Prayer Walk around the Church Campus. Members of the church family started in the Sanctuary and walked around the campus, stopping in each room that would be affected by the Sanctuary closing in May. They said prayers together and personal prayers for the room, the construction workers, the people that would be using it and for our church.
If you would like to virtually walk through the church and participate in these prayers, click HERE to open our MUMC Virtual Prayer Walk.
The One Worship service at 10:00AM on Shrimp Fest Sunday (May 1st) will be the last service in the Sanctuary. The following week, the 8:00AM service will be at Trinity United Methodist Church, while the 9:30AM and 11:00AM services will be in Maxwell Hall.
Workers began laying the foundation for the workshop and bus parking behind Maxwell Hall last week. Now, it’s time for the new workshop and bus parking to be constructed.
There are parts of this job that volunteers skilled in building and woodwork will be needed for. This Saturday at 8:00AM, a group will meet in Maxwell Hall and have breakfast with the United Methodist Men. After breakfast, the group will have a brief training and begin work! Lunch will also be provided for the volunteers by the Yokefellows Group.
Work days will be on Saturdays, April 16th, 23rd and May 7th. If you are interested in helping with this building project, please email:
Next time you walk up the front steps of the church into the sanctuary, you’ll have brand new railings to hold on to! The first part of the new railings were installed before Christmas Eve. On Thursday, workers were installing the second half of the railing! They look great and are a wonderful and SAFE addition to our front steps
You may have noticed that the camels were moved from the left side of the Sanctuary this week. (they visited Baby Jesus a little early!)
It was so grading, irrigation and landscaping could be done in that area. You can see the “before” shot above. If you were not able to see the “after” on Christmas Eve, here are a few shots of the amazing work that was done!
Next time you walk up the front steps of the church into the sanctuary, you’ll have brand new railings to hold on to! The first part of the new railings were installed before Christmas Eve. On Thursday, workers were installing the second half of the railing! They look great and are a wonderful and SAFE addition to our front steps
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Growing in Grace at MUMC 