Carpeting and Pews

Today we learned several new things from Spirit of Faith concerning the renovations taking place in the Sanctuary. Several other tasks are moving forward on schedule with the renovations.

1) Today they were able to hook up the Organ to the new sound system and are confident that it will provide the sound that we need.

2) They began the demolition of the speaker cabinet above the “Amen Corner” holding the 5 main speakers for the organ on that side.

3) They hung the first of the video projectors from the ceiling that will project on a screen that will eventually be mounted on the wall where the Organ Speaker cabinet was. Kind of behind where our current screen is located but a little higher on the wall. Our screen will then go away and be used in a new location.

4) Painting of the walls in the Sanctuary continues. The first of two coats has for the most part been completed.

5) The new carpet in the Chancel area has been put down. The color is a dark rich “plum purple” that goes very nicely with the new wall colors. Here are a couple of shots that show a little different shading. One with a flash and the other with natural light from the west sun.

6) As you can see the pulpit has been removed and will not go back up leaving more room for versatility in the chancel area. A smaller portable/movable podium will be used. This was in the plans from the beginning. However, the original plans did have Spirit of Faith renovating the Chancel area by making the lower stage area smaller. That will not happen at this time. The stage area will stay the same size as you can see from the recarpeted pictures above.

7) The Chancel Railing has been removed and Glen Mar’s Worship Team will be helping to guide how those Railings will be reconstructed, perhaps into mobile kneeling benches that can be deployed as needed for our worship experiences.

The new sound system is pretty much ready to go. Spirit of Faith’s technical crew will be joining with our sound and video folks tomorrow evening to begin training that we will need in order to use this system. We anticipate that it will be fully functional this Sunday.

9) Last but not least for today,… we have just been told that Spirit of Faith will be installing the same new carpet in the main floor area of the Sanctuary (the Nave) next week AND they will be reinstalling the pews. They will NOT be changing the pews to Chairs at this time and perhaps not for the foreseeable future.

P.S.) This week when you come to church, expect a little dust and some things might be out of place. We have been assured by Spirit of Faith that they will clean as best they can before Sunday. But there has been a lot of dust and debris flying so help us by being patient and understanding. I have been told that since they will be keeping the pews, they will be having them professionally cleaned once the main renovations are complete. I honestly believe once it is all finished Glen Mar will be very pleased with the new accommodations.

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