Saturday May 6 is the second to last Spirit Builders work day before our summer break.
Now that the Sanctuary will be air conditioned starting this summer. On Saturday April Fool’s Day Spirit Builders from the congregation and beyond installed ten A/C supply vents along both sides of the Sanctuary ceiling. Have a look! These will pour out cool air as needed from now on so this sacred space will now also be a Sanctuary from the heat in the summer
On the Thursdays before and after April 1 Spirit Builders relocated components of the former steeple air conditioning system left behind by AT&T and installed a full set of ducting in the Sanctuary attic. Indeed the whole thing is very cool. And the modest cost was covered by the elevator project coming in under budget!
The positive energy in the air on Saturday April 1 was electrifying as around 30 volunteers showed up to not only work on the A/C project but to prime and paint the new elevator surrounds, coat closet, stairwell to the choir area, new second floor handicap bathroom and more.
Spirit Builders, of course, continued to field requests for ramps from people with access issues during the month. April saw us providing two tiny ramps. One 6ft ramp prefabricated by youth veterans of the Belize trip to be picked up by a family in Old Lyme so the mother with ALS can get up the two steps from the family room to the living room. The other actually was a folding “briefcase ramp” that we bought and shipped to a man with MS who is between jobs and staying at his nephew’s house in Bridgeport.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Saturday May 6 is the second to last Spirit Builders work day before our summer break. We have an ambitious plan for volunteers that day. We will be building two long ramps in Trumbull and Waterbury, one of the ramps will have one of our wheelchair elevators attached. We will also be laying the concrete block of the foundation and superstructure of the new brick and bluestone fire exit steps outside of the Narthex. Finally we will be tiling the new handicap bathroom floor and working on the punch list from the elevator project.Master chef, Doug Clewell will be having one of his renowned cookouts for the volunteers here at the Church for this Sat May 6 work day featuring his legendary pulled pork….won’t you join us?
WE LOVE WORKING ON A CHURCH!
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A woman is stuck in her house in Trumbull and you can help build a 50ft ramp to set her free. It is profound how much positive difference this makes to a person with ALS. A gentleman suffering from MS, and his wife are living in the garage level of their home in Waterbury since he is unable to get upstairs. You can help install one of our wheelchair elevators and a 50ft boardwalk leading to it. They promise to make you the best Jamaican food for lunch that you have ever had! We will also be laying concrete block outside of the Narthex for the new fire exit steps, laying the new handicap bathroom floor tile up in the choir area and working on the punch list from this Phase I of the Jesse Lee Accessibility Project.
Here at the Church Doug Clewell will be putting on one of his signature cookouts with his legendary pulled pork. It is ambitious, but so important.
LOVE WORKING ON A CHURCH!
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The accessible Playscape at Farmingville elementary school is finished. The dedication at theschool was moving and electric. Third grader Edwardo emerged from the second floor of the Barn and swooped down the ramp in his wheel chair to address the crowd. Beaming he summed our creation as “EPIC”!Please give some thought as to what days you might be able to give to these endeavors to serve those less fortunate. Sign up in the NarthexGod blesses you to be a blessing.