we are finishing up our third phase of our reimagine project at hendersonville first united methodist church. what started out at remodeling some of our space became 'thecorner' our reimagined youth ministry.

we are excited about the changes and lots of good things are happening. yesterday we had an open house for the greater church community and our elder pastor told a story about the pews we had. we bought these pews from beersheba assembly grounds. they were sitting in the basement of their old chapel on the property.

as the story goes, a pastor in that area built these as a start to having a school up on the plateau. so not only is it neat to use some old furnishing and give them new life, but to have something that reflected the church's mission to reach out to those in need is pretty cool to me.

more photos from our reimagined project & finishing up youth room remodel

we are in the closing stages of our 2nd to last phase of our reimagining project for our youth space and youth program. its been a longer road than i hoped but its coming together nicely. today we received our new chairs, which i'm stoked about. i wasn't so stoked having to haul them into the building and up three flights of stairs, but its hard to get help at 8am in the morning on short notice. its done now & my sweat is starting to clear away. off now to get photos for our walls. we have black & white gallery going in and then will also have photos from our last year of ministry.

so today is the start of new carpet in our youth room. tomorrow these guys should finish it. as you may see, it's a drastic change from before. we are using a commercial grade recycled carpet. commercial in that it is low pile (thin) with a hard rubber bottom. it only needs to be vacuumed regularly and steam cleaned once a year. the recycle part comes that it uses recycled carpet materials. next week get our chairs, which i am excited about.