Phase I - The Bathrooms

Phase I of our Dream project was to get one of the bathrooms comfortable and functionable. The bathrooms were a mess. Pipes sticking out of walls, the water pump occupying a corner of the men's restroom, no hot water, old fixtures, worn tile, and a rather nauseating decor.
Enter a few men and their trusty sledgehammers and we were soon down to studs and concrete. The plumbing needed replacing and had it's own set of complications. Through much hard, dirty, and frustrating work we had a small group of men who did everything they could themselves. Our ace in the hole was Pastor Schwendeman from our sister church in Salem (http://www.gracepentecostalsalem.com/). He is a skilled craftsman and lent us his expertise and did much of the work himself. We are most appreciative of all of his help. He continues to help us as we move forward with our other projects. In my future posts I will outline our sanctuary remodel, of which he was a tremendous part. We have only finished one bathroom so far. The other is gutted but still empty. We went ahead with our second phase, the sanctuary. Now that it is nearing completion we will turn our focus to finishing the other bathroom. It is so exciting to watch the transformation! One gentlemen who has been a faithful member of The Solid Rock since the 1970's remarked that the remodeled bathroom was the nicest he has ever seen anything done at the church in all of his years there. We thank God for His provision, and for the vision that He has given us to do this project with excellence. We want to give the very best we have to this community and give them a place to come and be introduced to the hope they are looking for. All of this work is for those who haven't even been inside our doors but are looking for something more. We want to have a reputation for caring for people to the best of our abilities.