Big Thanks to Larry Arp, Paul Brynteson and Hiram Wolgemuth:

Cutting the Switch Grass, 2025:

Grounds Guys install a bench in the southern flower garden for your pleasure!

A big thank you to the Grounds Guys for installing our new bench in the southern flower garden: Larry LaVerdure, Larry Arp, Chris Rathweg, Tom Briggs, and Hans Jordan. We couldn't have gotten the bench out of the foyer without Carol Pranschke's help.

Sanctuary Ceiling Lights are Repaired

Yesterday, February 25th, the Building and Grounds Team was able to get the Sanctuary ceiling lights repaired:

• 7:30 am the rental company delivered the scissor lift to the front of the building.
• 9:00 am - 2 representatives from South Paw Electrical arrived to get to work.  The scissor lift had white rubber tires and was narrow enough to enter by the southwest Sanctuary door.  
• No black tracks were left on the carpet. 
• It took the electricians about an hour and a half to fix the ceiling lights.
• 9:00 am - Volunteer Team 1 (Larry Arp, Hans Jordan, and TK Smith) arrived to move 175 chairs around the room as the scissor lift manipulated its way in order to reach the ceiling lights.
• 3 ceiling lights had burned out and had to be replaced.  They have a 5 year warranty.
• 8 ceiling can lights had slipped their moorings anywhere from 1" to all of the way. They were reinserted.
• 12:00 noon - Volunteer Team 2 (Carol Pranschke, Paul Brynteson, and Hiram Wolgemuth) arrived to reset the 175 chairs, hymnals, and boxes of Kleenex, in the Sanctuary.   It took a little over an hour to reset the room.  A few changes were made in the layout of the chairs in order to maintain aisles that are safe for any members using a walker, wheelchair, or other device.  The new graphic is located here:  

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5DZb4kgdal8QkHTgmW9ZxF4GhAxMkCS/view?usp=drive_link

Our $100,000 roof is complete!

The new roof cost $100,000.00.  However, we only had to pay $25,000.00.  

Why?  Because several months ago, when our roofer was repairing a couple of small, but irritating, ceiling leaks in the two air locks between the main entrance doors on the south and north side, he mentioned to us that the shingles on the roof looked like they were 25 years old instead of 4 years old.  

He recommended that we file a claim with the company that manufactured the original 4 year old shingles.  It was a lengthy process, filling out documents, submitting 16 photos, extracting and mailing a   sample shingle (Who knew they made mailing envelopes that big?), arranging for an in-person inspection, etc.

We did everything required by the original manufacturer and to our surprise, they reimbursed us $75,000.00 for defective shingles. 

The new shingles are from a different manufacture and have a high hail impact rating.

We are grateful to all of the Fellowship members, working behind the scenes, who made this project possible:  Carol Pranschke, Office Manager; the Board; Sue Redick, Treasurer; and Larry Sherwood, our 'Ship Financial Wizard. 

And, we will be forever grateful to our roofer for alerting us to the condition of the old shingles and putting on our new roof: Bulldog Roofing, Inc., (https://bulldog-roof.com/)

ps: In a roofing project, there are as many nails on the ground as there are on the roof.  The roofers did everything they could to magnetically clean all the areas around the Fellowship.  Just a reminder to keep an eye out for any nails that might have eluded the great magnet and escaped capture!

pps:  We also have a new (matching) roof on the "barn"!

Regards,

David Burrous

Building and Grounds Coordinator

Day 4 Working on the Roof.

 

Bulldog Roofing Co. is making good progress on replacing our roof.

Above the Admin Wing:

Above the Mountain View Room:

Above the Mountain View Room.

Above the Sanctuary:

Above Carol Pranschke's office:

Day 3 Working on the Roof. Snow's gotta go first!

 Got to get the snow off the roof before they can lay shingles.

South-side entrance has lots of snow on the sidewalk.  

Best to enter through the North-side entrance today.

We hope they'll be finished by the end of the week since the weather forecast looks good.

Day 2 of Roof Repair

Crew is working on replacing the roof on the Fellowship Hall and the Sanctuary today.

If good weather continues on Wednesday, they will return.  

If it snows, they will have to wait for drier weather.

Sanctuary:

Fellowship Hall:

Sanctuary:

East side of Fellowship Hall: