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"Serving Newton in the Recovery from Rita"

 

 

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Day Camp with Community Church

 

 

 

Work continues on the Christian Community Life Center. The air conditioning and heating being installed over the classrooms is shown on January 3, 2007
 

 

 

 

 

A wooden molding is installed on top of the sheetrock in the gym. This dresses up the job and keeps the top of the sheetrock from being damaged.
 

 

 

 

 

On January 6, 2007, the painting begins!
 

 

 

 

 

 

The Painting was completed shortly after the above pictures were taken! On January 16, 2007, the A/C and heating were nearly completed and the structure for the ceilings in all 8 rooms were completed. 
Master Electrician, Darryl Wood continues to work on the electrical for fixtures.
 

All of the painting is complete
 

The last bit of work to complete the heating and A/C in the 8 rooms
 

 

 

 

 

By January 22, several of the rooms have completed ceilings
 

 

 

This is a ceiling in one for the bathrooms in the day school end of the building
 

On January 24, 2007, most of the doors were hung. There are special state requirements for the doors in the Methodist Christian School portion of the building.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 16, 2007. Flooring is being installed by the Eleanor Meek Flooring Company and Bill Yates and his workers. The rooms that are to be used by the day care are nearly done.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On March 4, 2007, the congregation reviewed the nearly completed building immediately after the Sunday morning worship service. The classrooms for the Methodist Christian School are completed! The restrooms and conference rooms are completed, and the main bathrooms are nearly completed, lacking only partitions between the fixtures. The Kitchen is still incomplete and the gym lacks air conditioning and heating.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The women's restroom. Much bigger than the men's restroom!
 

One of the completed classrooms looking from the hall towards the restroom. Each classroom has a separate bathroom to meet state licensing requirements.
 

One of the 4 bathrooms for the Methodist Christian School
 

As of March 9, 2007, the classrooms are done and ready for the Methodist Christian School. Paul Hughes and Ray Armstrong have just started work on the kitchen.

A finished classroom with separate bathroom.
 

The beginning of the kitchen cabinet assembly
 

 

 

The Permanent Endowment Fund of Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church was gracious enough to award FUMC a grant to complete the A/C and heating system for the gymnasium portion of the Christian Community Life Center. It is very encouraging that a a sister United Methodist Church is helping to support the Newton Community. This center will be dedicated to the youth of this community and Moody is a significant partner in this community ministry.
The following pictures were taken April 19, 2007. They show the installed A/C systems and the latest progress on the kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Casey Zimmerman, pastor of Community Church in Newton, who came to look at our facilities. We are planning together for ministry to the community using the Christian Community Life Center.
 

On April 15, 2007, the church celebrated the "almost" completion of the center with a feast right after the Sunday worship service.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following pictures taken on July 2, 2007 show the completed kitchen and Paul Hughes assembling a basketball goal for the gym.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Although the building structure had been done for some time, we acquired new tables and chairs for the CCLC. They were unloaded and set up on September 15, 2007, by a team of church members and friends. Molindia and Donnie Henson picked them up in Lufkin.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the inside ready for occupancy and utilization, we concentrated on making the building more accessible. Mark Bean construction added a covered porch to the front of the building, and began the task of completing drainage and landscaping at the rear entrance to the building. Funds for the covered porch were donated by the family of Faye Campbell in her memory. This pictures were taken on October 19, 2007