Church Buildout

Tim here.

So the last 2 months have been a little insane for us. I've been working a ton because our church is leasing a new location (a warehouse in Wilsonville). The goal was to be moved and ready for Easter.

I was in charge of setting up the lights and the sound. I'm fairly comfortable with the sound, but I'm a novice at best in the lighting department. So most of my efforts were trying to figure out lighting. I guess I'm learning something new, which is cool.

Anyways, below are some pictures. You can see more at: http://www.atheycreek.blogspot.com/

Here is the beginning product. This was probably in mid- to late-February.

This is mid-week before Easter. Even though it doesn't look like it, a LOT of work had been done by this point. Notice the stage wall has been built (it sticks out more), and the ceiling is dark brown. Also notice that there's no sound set up yet - no speakers in the air.........

At this point, I was starting to wonder whether this could be pulled off in the next 3-4 days.

Easter Sunday! We have sound, we have acoustic panels, we have (some) lights. We're still installing more lights, so that we can remove the Costco style buzzing lights. It's a miracle!!!

We still had to be port-a-church for the last few weeks, which meant tearing down everything and setting up at the school for mid-week services. But we're now officially in this building for good.

When you work at a church, Easter's always a busy season. But this year was especially busy and stressful. Throughout it all, it was easy to lose sight of the reason why we meet. But the Lord is good, He helped me meet the deadline, and ultimately we got to thank him for the salvation he gives us.

I'm also happy to be spending more time at home now with my beautiful family. :)