Sunday, July 12, 2009

First Sunday in our new home

The Christadelphians of Champaign County had our first Sunday meeting in our new home – the main room in the back of the Bible Education Center we are establishing. CCC is a new ecclesia formed 11 months ago specifically as an outreach of the Bloomington ecclesia. This was a real milestone, and we praise God for His blessings thus far!

Setting up for meeting. The wall to the left isn't quite finished – and it may represent a setback. During painting & removing the old baseboard, moisture was discovered in this wall. The management of the mall will try to find the source of the moisture (roof being most likely). It's possible this wall will have to be replaced, which would be a huge mess, considering we now have most of the refurbishing work done & the furniture in.





The little group present for our inaugural meeting. We had a few members traveling, but even when everyone is there, it's a little group. But we pray that God will grant increase to our planting and watering, and we'll soon be crowded!






After meeting, we had a working lunch/status meeting. And then we got to work! Still quite a bit to do before we're ready to open for business.











Norm Fadelle and Ray Pratt assembled display units obtained from a Christian bookstore that was closing. Meanwhile, Dana Pratt, Jennifer Millay, Deb Fadelle, and Jane Zilmer were mainly involved in cleaning (furniture, windows, tile–which had nail polish all over it, doors–which had a lot of black marks, etc), and Paul Zilmer replaced flourescent tubes, painted, and made a general nuisance of himself.













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