Pipers piping

Suddenly, Tuesday, the church grounds looked like they had suffered an attack of a giant mole. Golddiggers created the trench from 104th Avenue Northeast to the front of the building and then around to the north side. It will hold the water pipes and the electrical conduits necessary to keep them operating properly. First down were the six-inch cast-iron pipes for the sprinkler system.

Well, actually, first down was the telephone system. The ditching crew successfully avoided half a dozen or more pipes and wires that crossed the ditch's path, but one uncharted meandering of the telephone line surprised them. So, if you couldn't seem to reach Rena' or Steve on Tuesday or Wednesday, that's probably why.

Inside the building, Warren and Vitaly had installed two big new windows in the expanded sanctuary. They also began tearing out the old wall at the rear of the sanctuary. That required installing two 6x6-inch support posts where the old door had been. The posts needed to be fastened to the large laminated wooden beams that support the roof in the sanctuary and the smaller ones that support it in the old narthex area.