CUMC Blogpost Sep 12, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the September 12th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team continues wrapping up another week of work onsite since the restart continuing to complete the final punch list, cleaning the entire building, and running wiring for security, audio-visual, and stage lighting. These are some of the things before the Spring Garden Campus is fully functional.

Again, CUMC volunteers and professional movers outnumbered construction workers who were continuing clearing the punch list and installing audio-visual, security, and lighting components.

This is what happened Sep 7 – 11, 2020.

Outside. Last Saturday after I published the Blog I got some photos showing Gary Ankabrandt beginning to prepare our flower garden around the entrance. This week he’s been overwhelmed by your plant offerings and offers of assistance. He reminded me that this is just phase one of a beautification program for the Campus. As things move along, he’ll work in areas on the land and woods east of the Campus, but that will probably be next year.

The lawn company applied the last of the spray seeding to the remainder of the campus. The Contractor has a few minor blemishes to repair outdoors. Otherwise, I am not aware of any construction work remaining on the outside

An artist volunteer named Chris has been creating a hand-painted mural in the Gathering just outside the Worship Center doors.

All of the staff offices are filled with their respective contents, and the staff has been busy settling in. The computers are operational as are the phones. By the way, the main phone number is unchanged – 717 249-1512. And if you Google “Carlisle UMC PA, “you’ll see our new address. (There is a Carlisle UMC in Carlisle AR.)

CUMC has its mailbox at the head of the driveway. While I was there this week, Audra walked up to collect the mail. Knowing we’re re-connected to the world is comforting.

Pictorial Potpourri Sep 7 – 11 2020

I didn’t count the number of professional mover trips this week, but there were several. Here, CUMC almost looks like a truck stop along Route 11 with four trucks vying for two unloading spaces.

Our Gardening Team at work this week.

And I’ve run us out of space. I wanted to show more of the move and the progress in the Worship Center, but you’ll get to see that next Sunday. So let me wrap up

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. Over the past four years, from before CUMC purchased the land, until this week, the Builders Prayer Team has regularly lifted up the building program, the Building Committee, and all those who have worked to make our beautiful Spring Garden Campus out of twenty-five acres of a fertile corn and soybean field. Their job is now finished.

During this same time, you have also continued to pray for the builders and this program. Our prayers have been answered. God has led us to this day. The workers did their work safely and with great skill. God provided the Building Committee with the perfect mix of skills, dedication, and leadership. The building stands completed, and our leadership has taken over the campus. It’s now time to close this Blog. Thank you for your readership and the occasional word of encouragement

Pray for the day when we can hug, shake hands, sing, and see complete faces again. And pray for the day when we can fill the Worship Center to overflowing with praise and thanksgiving to the Great God who has brought us to this very moment.
Amen.

CUMC Blogpost Sep 5, 2020

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PLEASE Take note. Our new address, effective Sep 8, 2020 is Carlisle United Methodist Church 333 S. Spring Garden St, Carlisle PA 17013.

Overview. Welcome to the September 5th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team continues wrapping up another week of work onsite since the restart continuing to complete the final punch list, cleaning the entire building, and running wiring for security, audio-visual, and stage lighting. These are some of the things before the Funk Team can turn over the Spring Garden Campus to us.

In the meantime, the orderly move-in process continues this Labor Day weekend, with the anticipation of completing it, so that the Carlisle United Methodist Church will open for God’s business and ours on Tue, Sep 8, 2020, just two weeks shy of the first bulldozer’s shaping the land.

This past week there were more CUMC volunteers in the building than construction workers. Beginning with last Friday’s Student Ministry move, the Children’s Ministry moved, and most of the items were moved from the West Street building, which is now a deconsecrated church building.
Over the past two years CUMC was fortunate to obtain first class office furniture from two sources and store the pieces in an Allen Distribution warehouse free of charge. As you’ll read below, movers emptied the warehouse our items and delivered them to the SGC.

This issue of the Blog will highlight our moving accomplishments and try to recognize our members who made them happen.

Upcoming events for the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website
Drive in Worship Continues this Sunday, Sep 6 and Sep 13
Beginning Sunday Sep 20, we have the opportunity to return to in person worship in our new Worship Center, which I still want to call the Sanctuary.

This is what happened Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2020.
Outside. Thanks to a good response in the recent Mid-Week Minute, Gary Ankabrandt began to prepare the flower beds at our entrance and plant bulbs donated by our congregation.
I am not aware of any construction work remaining on the outside, except for the street number being proudly displayed high on the West Wing. Look for it when you visit to worship.

Inside. The Worship Center/Sanctuary is now filled with chairs, thanks to the Mens Breakfast group. The reception desk is now finished and in place. Eight offices in the admin area have desks, credenzas, bookcases, tables and chairs. The sacristy is furnished. And as noted the Student and Children’s Ministry areas now have all their ‘stuff.’ And as you walk into the Sanctuary, someone has begun painting a mural.

Pictorial Potpourri 31 Aug – 4 Sep 2020

**Most Recent Drone Shot of the Entrance**

Does the 333 mean we’re a little devilish?

**Imagine this filled with blooms next spring**

Below are some photos of the Allen Distribution phase of the move.

**It took three trucks, including this 18-wheeler to move the equipment**

A look at some of the office and other spaces furnished this week.

And here are some views of the Worship Center from the stage. The chairs are set in their planned locations.

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. Grateful thanks for your prayers for the work and complete protection of all site workers, suppliers, delivery folks and families over the past months, as well as our own volunteer workers who are busy preparing to stand up our facility for the work we are called to do.

Please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

CUMC Blogpost Aug 29, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the August 29th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team is wrapping up another week of work onsite since the restart. As I understand things, the contractor is working on the final (?) punch list, cleaning the rooms and halls, and running wiring for security, audio-visual, and stage lighting. These are some of the things before the Funk Team can turn over the Spring Garden Campus to us. In the meantime, we’ve begun an orderly move-in process. More below.

We interrupt this Blog for some really BIG news this past week. Jeff Barnes reported about receiving the Occupancy Permits: At long last here it is!! WOOHOO!!!! And PRAISE GOD from whom all blessings flow – SUCH a blessing to FINALLY have these OCCUPANCY PERMITS in hand!!! WE DID IT EVERYONE!!!!! THANK YOU ALL, AND THANKS BE TO GOD!!! This is a significant milestone in the progress of our building program, and it’s worth a sincere prayer of thanks.

The next big news is that more than 170 people of all ages attended the Sneak Peek. “Awesome” was one of the single word responses. And like a second helping of ice cream, the joy of seeing one another after so many weeks made that day special.

Before we go to the slide show, it’s important to consider that the CUMC volunteer workforce onsite is going to be larger than the contractor’s specialists. Those volunteering to move equipment, those who are onsite building and installing new items, and those who tend our grounds have grown into a sizeable number. Some I know, others I don’t. Regardless, I ask that you pray for our own people as we have done for the contractor and the on-site workers.

Upcoming events for the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website: Drive in Worship Continues this Sunday

Now back to the regular Blogpost.

As I understand it, all work this week was again completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

This is what happened Aug 24-28, 2020.
Outside. Stonemasons completed their work around the pillar bases for the Porte Cochere. Mike Landis and Doc Yearsley mowed our acreage, and the Loudons watered trees. Otherwise, I believe the contractor is completely finished with the exterior. Oh, how beautiful it is! Grass mowing and tree watering will continue through the season. As mentioned previously, it takes about 24 person hours to complete the mowing, and that doesn’t count the islands in the parking lot, which must be mowed with a conventional mower. We could use more qualified mowers. Please call or email Jenn Graybill, our building manager to volunteer your services Her edress is jgraybill@carlislepaumc.org.

Inside. If you attended the Sneak Peek, you saw for yourself how much has been completed in the Worship Center, the Gathering areas, the Gym, and the chapel. Some areas are not ready for turnover, but, as I said earlier, the contractor is working through the punch list.

Workers continued to pull wiring for security, audio-visual, and stage lighting. The automatic window blinds in the clerestory roof of the Worship Center weren’t installed as of yesterday. And you can see there are several spotlights that have yet to be mounted.

The CUMC woodworking team assembled the reception desk which they designed and built themselves. It will be the first item you see as you enter the receptionist’s area.

**The Reception Desk Team (minus Doc Loudon)**

The Moving phase has begun. On Thursday, a few good men (two of whom are former Marines) moved office and Sacristy furniture from the West St church building to the SGC.

And last evening, upwards of 50 adults and students moved the Student Ministry (formerly Youth Ministry) lock, stock, and double door refrigerator from the West Street basement to the new Student spaces at the SGC.

The Youth Ministry equipment ready to move.

The crew getting the Move-In Briefing.

And here’s the New Student Ministry Space – for now.

Everything had to be placed within the squares so the contractor can finish sealing the lines between the blocks. Pretty good job!

Pictures for the week from the Worship Center Stage.

Let’s continue to pray for the safety of the remaining workers, as well as our CUMC folks who are moving, mowing, watering, and working onsite. As I’ve written before, please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

CUMC Blogpost Aug 22, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the August 22nd, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team is wrapping up another week of work onsite since the restart. By my calculations, about two weeks of construction and cleanup remain before we receive the keys and take over the Spring Garden Campus for ourselves. We expect in the next few days to receive our occupancy permit. As I understand it, all work this week was again completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

Upcoming events for Visiting the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website: http://www.carlislepaumc.org
    Drive in Worship resumes Sunday, Aug 23
    Sunday, August 23. Sneak Peek. SLOTS are FILLED
    Last Service at 45 S. West St. August 30. Please sign up. Several slots are still open.

This is what happened Aug 17-21, 2020.
Outside. The planter boxes now spot their stone covering to match the rest of the building trim. And today, the watering crew was watering the thirsty trees, which haven’t had much rain this week. The Welcome sign at the entrance is now completely “stoned.” It awaits some grass at its base.

**Welcome Sign awaiting some landscaping**

Grass mowing and tree watering continue, making this a living entity. As mentioned last week it takes about 24 person hours to complete the mowing, and that doesn’t count the islands in the parking lot, which must be mowed with a conventional mower. We could use more qualified mowers.

Please call or email Jenn Graybill, our building manager to volunteer your services Her edress is jgraybill@carlislepaumc.org.

Exterior Work. Because no drone flew this week, I don’t have anything that shows the progress around the Porte Cochere or the paving and striping, but if you are on the tour Sunday, you can see them for yourselves.
However, I present two recent images of the campus to show the progress in three weeks.

**Spring Garden Campus July 24, 2020** before paving

Inside. I do not have definitive closure on some outstanding items, such as installing electronic cabling, or the lighting behind the cross. I do believe all the ceiling tiles are in place. However, I don’t know about the automatic window blinds in the clerestory roof of the Worship Center. But you can find that out if you attend the Sneak Peek.
As I understand the itinerary, you will see the Worship Center, both Gathering wings, and the chapel in the 30 mins allotted to each tour.
I can reliably report that the beautiful wooden cross still stands. And now, as you can see below, the rosettes are attached. Bring your cameras to the sneak peek and get your own photo.

Here are some other interior images of the past week.

From top left and clockwise: A view from the North Gathering to the Entrance Doors. First of the railings up the Stage steps; Choir chairs stacked temporarily in a LLLC room. Choir risers also temporarily stored in a LLLC classroom.

Also, a group of little kids (at least at heart) assembled what is supposed to be a moon rock, but it looks more like a Yellow Bridge. It will be in the North Wing Playroom outside the Worship Center. From the looks and poses, I believe these guys are the most relaxed I’ve seen them in weeks. Maybe it should be shared with Seniors.

As I reported last week, the Moving Committee continues packing and preparing items from the current church building and other storage areas around the area for one of three categories: Move, sell, donate to Mission Central or other churches. The most current move schedule is
* Aug 29, next Saturday: Children and Youth

* Sep 2, moving Office equipment stored at Allen Distribution
* Sep 8, Moving from West Street Campus and other local sites
* Columbus Day Weekend, Move Little Lights

Some of this will be done with professional movers, and the rest by our own muscle and sweat.

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. We are all thankful that you continue to pray for the ongoing work and complete protection of all site workers, suppliers, delivery folks and families. Although we are “Green,” the precautions remain for workers and official CUMC visitors. The Funk Team is doing everything to turn over a clean, healthful building. As we care for the workers, they are caring for us.

Please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic,
Christ over All!

This is most likely the penultimate Blog. It was begin as the Building Committee’s way to clearly and transparently communicate with the CUMC fellowship and friends. As the Committee winds down its responsibilities, this Blog will complete its mission.

CUMC Blogpost Aug 15, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the August 15th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team completed another week of work onsite since the restart. By my calculations, about three weeks of construction and cleanup remain. After that, it is up to the building inspectors to complete their work and issue an occupancy permit. As I understand it, all work this week was again completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

Upcoming events for Visiting the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website
    No Drive in Worship this week
    Expect Drive-in Worship to return Sunday, Aug 23
    Sunday, August 23. Sneak Peek. SLOTS are FILLED
    Last Service at 45 S. West St. August 30. Please sign up. Several slots open.

This is what happened Aug 10-14, 2020.

Outside. All the sidewalk around the “Diamond Ring is completed, and roofing is completed above the semicircular walkways and the Porte Clochere. The planter boxes await their stone covering to match the rest of the building trim.

All parking lots are now completely paved. This weekend, they will cure. Next week, the paving company will do the final paving on the current driveway, the cul de sac, and East Baltimore St. And all the parking lots will be striped this coming week.

The grass and most trees have really come back, thanks to the rain this week. Mike Landis has been mowing this week where he can. He estimates it takes about 24 hrs. for one person to complete the mowing, and that doesn’t count the islands in the parking lot, which must be mowed with a conventional mower.
Please call Jenn Graybill, our building manager to volunteer your services.

Inside. The gym floor is completed, as the images below show. I do not have any further information on interior progress. I assume that the ceiling tiles are in place and the electrical work is finished, because electrical inspectors completed their inspection. I am confident that all the areas we will see during the Sneak Peek will be ready.

Offsite, the Moving Committee continues packing and preparing items from the current church building and other storage areas around the area for one of three categories: Move, sell, donate to Mission Central or other churches. I don’t have information on the move schedule, but I understand it will be in stages, some done with professional movers, and some by our own muscle and sweat.

Exterior Work. These images show some of the activity and accomplishments of the past week.

The photos above from our June Drive-in Worship through August 6 give you an idea of the progress of paving.

Here is the parking lot at the end of the week. Notice how the grass (and some weeds) have changed the color of the parking lot islands. The large white rectangle at the lower left of the photo above is the finished Pavilion foundation, which is ours to build.

Working on the Porte Clochere and Walkway Roofs Aug 11

As the paving and final concrete pour at the entrance was finished, the metalworkers worked on completing the roofs with panels that match the Barrel Vault.

The Datestone was put in place, and the Entrance Welcome Sign awaits a few more stones along its base.

Interior Work. I can reliably report that the beautiful wooden cross still stands. Bring your cameras to the sneak peek and get your own photo. Otherwise, the only new photos I have to show you from inside this week are those of the gym floor.

**Spring Garden Campus Noon, Friday August 14, 2020**

So here we are. Just about finished with the outside at mid-day Friday, Aug 14. Coming up next week is striping for the parking lots and a final topcoat from the parking lots all the way to the cul de sac and down to S. Spring Garden St. You’ll be among the first to drive on it when you visit on Aug 23 for the Sneak Peek.

Meanwhile, DO NOT Try to get a Pre-Sneak Peek. This is like a Christmas present your parents hid and wanted to be a surprise for you. Let this Blog be like the Sears Christmas Catalogue. Let it satisfy your curiosity until that Sunday, Christmas in August, when we can get a taste of What God has led us to build! Okay? Promise???

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. We are all thankful that you continue to pray for the ongoing work and complete protection of all site workers, suppliers, delivery folks and families. Although we are “Green,” the precautions remain for workers and official CUMC visitors. The Funk Team is doing everything to turn over a clean, healthful building. As we care for the workers, they are caring for us

Please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

Blog Addendum for 8 Aug 2020

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Dear Reader,
I completely neglected to show imagery of some of the important Inside Events this past week. They are posted below.

**The Cross-raising Team,**
**Momentarily Unmasked**

CUMC Blogpost Aug 8, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the August 8th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team completed another week of work onsite since the restart. By my calculations, about four weeks of construction and cleanup remain. After that, it is up to the building inspectors to complete their work and issue an occupancy permit. As I understand it, all work this week was completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

Upcoming events for Visiting the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website
    No Drive in Worship this week or next (9, 16 Aug)
    Sunday, August 23. Sneak Peek. Please sign up
    Last Service at 45 S. West St. August 30. Please sign up.

This is what happened Aug 3-8, 2020.
Outside. Only one small portion of sidewalk remains just at the Porte Clochere. All electrical lighting fixtures were installed around the two semi-circular walkways and the Porte Clochere, the vehicle drop off point in front of the main entrance.

The grass and most trees have really come back, thanks to the rain this week. The water retention ponds were wet with mud, showing a fresh crop ow waterfowl, something to add to our on-site zoo. Perhaps it’s fitting that thy are Canadian Geese, like the source of our Worship Center Chairs (below).

The Central and North parking lots were prepped for paving. The Gleim crew laser-leveled the areas, added fine stone, and compacted these areas. The West lot and the connector to the entrance road await good weather next week. Applying the asphalt is scheduled to begin around August 11. The contractor wants to make sure all the remaining large construction equipment inside and outside has been removed.
Continuing this coming week is the careful coordination of all exterior and interior activities so they don’t interfere with the paving.
The Funk Team moved its two trailers to the crest of the hill at the entrance.

Inside. Some work remains on areas receiving polished concrete. The Worship Center ceiling lighting I believe is now in place and the electrical issues are resolved, as a photo below will show.
In other interior matters, we took possession of the 500 chairs for the congregational seating after inspecting each chair per the direction of the vendor/manufacturer. Although the color appears to be orange in the photos below, I assure you they are stately red.

Offsite, the Moving Committee is packing and preparing items from the current church building. I don’t have the move schedule, but I understand it will be in stages, some done with professional movers, and some by our own muscle and sweat.

Exterior Work. These images show some of the activity and accomplishments of the past week.

**Spring Garden Campus Overview Aug 6 2020**

West Parking Lot and Pavilion Stone Before Concrete Pouring

The images above show the preparation for the concrete foundation for the Pavilion and the initial steps for finishing the Parking Lots and driveways.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

CUMC Blogpost Aug 1, 2020

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Overview. Welcome to the August 1st, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team completed another week of work onsite since the restart. By my calculations, about five weeks of construction and cleanup remain. After that, it is up to the building inspectors to complete their work and issue an occupancy permit. As I understand it, all work this week was completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

Here’s what the Building looked like in May 2020. You can see the progress of the concrete work and the installation of the structures around the entrance.

Upcoming events for Visiting the Spring Garden Campus
Source: CUMC website
    Sunday Aug 2. Drive in Worship, starting at 8:30AM
    This will be the last Drive-in Worship until further notice.
    Sunday, August 23. Sneak Peek. Please sign up
    Farewell to CUMC at 45 S. West St. Sometime in late August.

This is what happened July 27-31, 2020.
Outside. Most of the remaining sidewalks were poured this week, but the central area in front of the Worship Center entrance remains to be done. More electrical lighting fixtures were installed around the two semi-circular walkways from the Porte Clochere the vehicle drop off point in front of the main entrance.

**Smoothing Concrete** on the North Side of the Entrance

The grass has perked up in places, but the trees are showing the effects of the lack of rain. The Tree Watering Teams are trying to stay abreast of things. Again, some water retention ponds were wet with mud, showing that a good amount of rain fell this past week.

The parking lot paving is scheduled to begin very soon. The contractor wants to make sure all known heavy deliveries, such as the new chairs and other items requiring large trucks have completed their deliveries, and all the remaining large construction equipment inside has been removed.

The exterior metal picnic tables and benches arrived for the outdoor patio and the crew of Bill Yufer, Jake Stein and the ever-present Mike Landis assembled them.

**Mike, Jake, and Bill Showing One of the Metal Outdoor Tables They Assembled**

All the remaining exterior and interior activities continue to require close coordination when they need access to the area around the main entrance. The weather is also a significant factor, particularly in completing the concrete work.

Inside. All the floors throughout the entire building are now carpeted and tiled. Some work remains on areas receiving polished concrete.
The stage is completely finished with paneling and flooring that matches beautifully.

**Preparing the WC Floor**.
**All our prayers are now sealed and encased in carpet**

**The Completed Worship Center and Stage Floors**.
**Ceiling Lighting Remains**

The Gathering Looking Toward the Doors to the Worship Center.
If you were 18 Feet tall, this would be the view.

**A Closer Look at the Stage Floor.**
**The Steps are Also Completed.**

There was no progress this past week on the lighting for the Worship Center ceiling. Some fixtures are installed but this project requires some electrical troubleshooting before it can be completed.

In other interior matters, the risers and chairs for the choir arrived and are being stored on site. In a matter of days the 500 chairs for the congregational seating will be on site and each chair will be individually inspected, per the direction of the vendor/manufacturer.

Offsite, the Moving Committee is arranging for the packing and preparation of items coming from the current church building and various temporary storage locations in our area. Expect moving to begin toward the end of August.

Before we close the progress part of this Blog, I share two photos from the Floor Signing of two Sundays ago. I neglected to include them in the previous Blog Post. I think you’ll recognize them.

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. We are all thankful that you continue to pray for the ongoing work and complete protection of all site workers, suppliers, delivery folks and families. Although we are “Green,” the precautions remain for workers and official CUMC visitors. The Funk Team is doing everything to turn over a clean, healthful building. As we care for the workers, they are caring for us

Please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

CUMC Blogpost July 25, 2020

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A Blogpost Moment in History. From August 10, 2016

SMITH FARM SALES AGREEMENT SIGNED At long last, this past Monday August 8, 2016 our “Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreement” for CUMC to purchase 25.37 acres of Smith Farm was finalized and signed by CUMC and the Smith family. With the signing of this agreement, CUMC paid a deposit of $25,000 towards the total purchase price of $1,141,650. This deposit will be held in escrow pending settlement on the property. Settlement will occur following final approval of the submitted Subdivision Plan which separates the CUMC tract from the balance of the farm and details the required improvements to East Baltimore Street that will serve as our primary access point to the property. Both the Borough of Carlisle and South Middleton Township, together with Cumberland County and the PADEP, must grant their approvals of the subdivision plan, which is anticipated to occur by the end of October 2016.

Overview. Welcome to the July 25th, 2020 CUMC Spring Garden Blogpost. The Arthur Funk Construction team completed another week of work onsite since the restart. By my calculations, about six weeks of construction and cleanup remain. After that, it is up to the building inspectors to complete their work and issue an occupancy permit. As I understand it, all work this week was completed with no health or safety issues. Praise the Lord!

Upcoming events for Visiting the Spring Garden Campus
Sundays, July 26 and Aug 2. Drive in Worship, starting at 8:30AM
Sunday, August 23. Sneak Peek. Please sign up

The Reopening Team Report of 20 Jul 2020 indicated that it was sending to the Leadership Council the following recommendations, subject to Leadership Council approval:

1. Pastor Jake, Pastor Mira and Kerm Leitner recommended that any decision to reopen for worship services be made three weeks in advance of the date to reopen.
2. That we do not reopen the current facility for worship.
3. That a suitable farewell event be planned for the Current Facility event during the weekend of August 29 & 30. (Details to be announced later.)

This is what happened July 20-24, 2020.
Outside, the finishing touches are on hold for some other activities that must be completed in sequence are completed

Continue to pray for rain! The grass is struggling everywhere. And the tree watering teams could use a little help. The leaves on the trees along the drive were beginning to yellow, although the water retention pond indicated that the campus received a good amount of rain recently.

The remaining sidewalks and other areas scheduled for concrete have been dressed with stone. The final stage of cement pouring was put off until Monday 27 Jul, because of the potential for thunderstorms and rain this past Friday.

The two semi-circular planters in front of the main entrance are now capped by a cement seat. The cinderblock walls will be covered in the dressed stone like the border around the building. I sat on one of them and my feet touched the ground, and that was before any cement sidewalk was poured.

In the above photos, you can see that the courtyard steel framing received its first coat of a light color paint, which blends in nicely with everything.

The parking lot paving is scheduled to begin around August 11. The contractor wants to make sure all known heavy deliveries, such as the new chairs and other items requiring large trucks have completed their deliveries, and all the remaining large construction equipment inside has been removed.

**Areas Remaining For Concrete And Entrance Way Awaiting Roofing**

All these activities require close coordination because these activities need access to the same space around the main entrance.

Inside. All the stage paneling is completed, and the stage step treads and risers are nearly finished in oak.

**Stage Left and Stage Right Paneling** **and completed Speaker Boxes**

About a third of the Worship Center ceiling lighting fixtures are installed and connected. Completion of this task requires some electrical troubleshooting before it can be completed. When that is done the ceiling and barrel vault of the Worship Center will be finished.

**Detail of Worship Center Ceiling with Ceiling Panels, HVAC Outlets, and Some Lights**

The Worship Center Sound Booth is built and awaits electronics.

Next week the flooring contractor will finish all flooring throughout the remainder of the building. (The Little Lights area is already finished.) According to Mike Arnold, the floors should be mostly finished by Friday, the 31st.

CUMC’s Care for the Workers. We are all thankful that you continue to pray for the ongoing work and complete protection of all site workers, suppliers, delivery folks and families. Although we are “Green,” the precautions remain for workers and official CUMC visitors. The Funk Team is doing everything to turn over a clean, healthful building. As we care for the workers, they are caring for us
Please continue to give God thanks for our church family, our individual families, and for the many opportunities to be neighbors to neighbors and strangers around us. And begin thinking about how we can use the Spring Garden Campus to further our mission to Follow God and Build Community.

Faith over Fear, Prayer over Panic, Christ over All!

CUMC Special Blogpost

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Our Green Campus
This Blogpost acknowledges all the volunteers who have helped and continue to help with our extensive grounds maintenance and campus beautification to date. Their efforts have helped to complete the green landscaping around the Spring Garden Campus, in a very timely manner and at a greatly reduced cost. John Wardle has provided his agricultural guidance and will help in the future with his grounds keeping expertise.

Mowing.

CUMC Spring Garden Campus boasts of nearly ten acres of dressed green space including grass and trees to allow the us to grow in mission and greater recreational capabilities for the ourselves and our neighbors. It would cost about $30,000 per year to have a reliable commercial mowing/landscaping service.

CUMC has invested less than $15,000 in mowing equipment to allow crews of volunteers to mow and tend to the 115 donated and dedicated trees.

The current volunteer mowing team members are: Mike and Ruth Ann Weigel; Frank Williams and Bill Yufer; Jeff Barnes and Larry Miller; Dr Dave Yearsley and Mike Landis. The mowing teams were formed in May. Before that, from 2018 through 2019, Earl Shughart, Jeff Barnes, Dave Yearsley, and Mike Landis transported their own mowers to the SGC to mow the approximately 6 acres of grass. Don Patrick was also mowing, but recently left to live in North Carolina.

Recently, Mike Druck mowed for 4 grueling hours on a 94 degree day and helped Dave, Frank and Mike clean up brush. More brush needs to be removed along the north boundary. The crew is looking for more volunteers to finish this task.

**Recent Imagery of the Sports Fields and Water Retention Areas.**

Trees.

There are 174 new trees planted between 2019 and March 2020 on the Spring Garden Campus. The contractor John Gleim dug most of the tree planting holes which Jeff Barnes and Mike Landis identified. Other volunteers dug the rest.

On March 18^th, each hole was marked with the type of tree to be planted in anticipation of our volunteer tree planting March 21st. But the COVID shutdown that began on March 19th postponed the tree delivery and planting. Since the trees were already purchased and had to be moved to SGC soon, CUMC arranged a new delivery date.

Jeff Barnes contacted Matt Drawbaugh who did most of the tree planting and has continued to prune the new trees. Nearly all of the trees came from Green Lawn Nursery. The CUMC custodial staff, Mike Landis and Dr. Dave Yearsley completed planting the trees.

We have many varieties of both hardwoods and pines. These trees stretch along the drive from the cul de sac to the parking lot, throughout the parking lot islands, and around the northern and western boundaries of our property.

Tree watering is an ongoing project that needs to be done regularly to keep our new trees alive. It takes a few hours, to water all of the trees, but, as Doc Loudon quipped, “it makes the trees happy!”

Due to the dry spells, we must augment Mother Nature in watering these precious trees. Doc, Kelley, and Lainey Loudon, along with Jason Winick and Mike Landis have served since the beginning and through the COVID-19 Red restrictions as the tree watering crew. Since the lifting of that restriction, Dr. Dave Yearsley, Frank Williams, and Beth Keller have become part of the crew.

Over the course of a week recently, Dave Yearsley, Mike Landis, Frank Williams, Mike Druck, and Beth Keller put tanbark around all the new trees This helps minimize water run-off, holds the moisture, and improves the overall appearance.

**Jeff Barnes Supervising Hole Drilling**

Dr. **Dave Yearsley Digging a Tree Hole**
He’s Not a Real Tree Surgeon, But He is an MD

**Recent Storm Damage That Fell Onto Our property**

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Abound!! Tending our greenspace, mowing, trimming, tree maintenance, etc. will require many hours of volunteer labor throughout the year.

If you are interested or would like more information, please call the church office at 717.249.5710 and ask for Jenn Graybill, or email her at jgraybill@carlislepaumc.org

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