*Current Series: 4G Celebration 2012
Join us as we look back at the many blessings God has provided EverGreen Ministries over the years and look ahead to see what He has in store for us.
Read MoreSeussical: The Musical
EverGreen Ministries will present Seussical: The Musical on March 23 and 24 at 7:00 PM at EverGreen. Join the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, JoJo Who, the Grinch, and many other Dr. Seuss characters for an evening of free (and we do mean completely free!), family friendly entertainment. Your free tickets are available by clicking here. Call the church office at 669-7700 for more information.
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Project 32K Photo Updates
Wonder what is going on with the building project? Check back here to see pics and comments while construction continues! The newest pictures are first.
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February 29, 2012
The electricians bend the pipes for the A.V. wiring.
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The inside door is taken out and moved.
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The outside doors are in.
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January 31, 2012
Pipes for restrooms are going in the walls.
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Heating and cooling ducts are added.
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January 18, 2012
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The electrical is going into the walls.
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Ceilings for the bathrooms.
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January 13, 2012
The big meeting room.
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Classrooms and the Green room.
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Bathrooms
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Middle hallway
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January 10, 2012
The inside walls begin to form.
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The walls are taking shape.
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Attaching the frames to the floor.
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The frames for the inside walls begin going in.
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January 5, 2012
Meetings to determine paint color, lighting and sound for the rooms, color and style of flooring, even the names for the new rooms have been an on-going part of the process.
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January 4, 2012
The bent pipes are ready to be wired!
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Bending the pipes to run the electrical through.
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December 29, 2011
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The finished concrete.
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Almost finished.
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The work of pouring and smoothing out the floor is begun.
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December 22, 2011
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Getting ready to pour the concrete floors.
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December 7, 2011
Working on removing the cement from the old entry way.
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December 1, 2011
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The insulation of the roof continues.
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November 30, 2011
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Getting the final beams of the roof in place.
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The outside wall is up!
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Putting in more insulation.
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November 23, 2011
Insulation is going up.
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Working on the roof some more.………………..Still using the big equipment.
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November 22, 2011
Window frames on one side are finished.
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Bolting the frames together.
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Window frames are going in.
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The doors and windows into the building are gone.
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November 18, 2011
Attaching the new roof beams to the auditorium.
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Attaching the support beams.
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Working high in the air.
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The roof support is going in.
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November 17, 2011
Walking the beams.
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Another beam in place.
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Fitting it all together.
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Safety first; putting the safety wire for the workers in place.
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Cutting the steal.…………………………………..The inside beams are going up too.
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November 16, 2011
Making sure the beams are attached straight.
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The beams begin to go up.
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The work of putting the steel beams in place begins.
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Unloading the beams from the semi.
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November 3, 2011
All smoothed out.
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Filling in the trenches.
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The Coffee bar and inside wall is worked on again.
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November 2, 2011
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Covering the plumbing back up.…………………………………Packing down the dirt.
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November 1, 2011
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Getting the pipes ready.…………………………Fitting them together.
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Cutting more pipe for the plumbing.
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October 31, 2011
Cutting the pipes for the plumbing.
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Beginning the ground work for the new bathrooms.-
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Cutting the pipes.…………………………………Digging the trench for the pipes.
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October 28, 2011
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Checking the plans. The beginnings of the outside walls.
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Getting ready for the columns.
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Moving dirt away from the auditorium wall.
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October 27, 2011
Pouring the cement for the walls.
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Smoothing out the cement.
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The worker in the red shirt holds the tube the cement comes out of.
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The forms for the walls are up.
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Getting the forms ready for the cement.
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October 26, 2011
Working on the cement of the footings.
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Cutting the steal for the footings.
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Getting ready for the doors and windows to come out.
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The ground is ready for the footings.
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October 21, 2011
Pushing the dirt around to get the ground ready.
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This used to be under the lawn.
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Making sure the ground is ready.
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October 20, 2011
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The relocated tree (under the arm of the crane).
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This tree was moved to a new place.
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The construction begins.
Not God – The Harder I Try the Behinder I Get
Step 2 Came to believe that a power great than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
“The Harder I Try the Behinder I get.” Many times when we face difficulties in our lives that statement rings true. Our best intentions and efforts don’t seem to matter as we always end up in a familiar place of pain and discouragement. Perhaps you have tried to stop drinking a thousand times and you have failed magnificently. You have been trying valiantly to control the drinking of another person but it’s not working. Maybe you have said to yourself, “I am not going to get into a relationship like that ever again” or you have promised over and over that your anger would not get the best of you. You promised a thousand times that you would stop eating to medicate painful emotions and before you know it you find yourself in the same spot.
In Step 1 we acknowledge that we are powerless and now in Step 2 we begin to face the insanity of why, no matter how hard we try, we end up in the same place. Step 2 begins the journey of Hope. “Came to believe a power greater than we could restore us to sanity.” To begin this journey of hope this step does not say we must have a clear or even compelling idea of who God is. The step says I don’t even need to have a name for God at this point. (That part of step 2 is very troublesome to people who want to have others think about God just like we do.) Many people have gone on to drink themselves to death, because they could not force others to think about God like they do. Addiction is cunning, baffling, and powerful indeed. Having a willingness to believe is all that is required.
There is a great quote from the movie RUDY by Father Cavanaugh, the priest who helps Rudy gain acceptance into Notre Dame. “Son, in 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two, hard, inconvertible facts…..There is a God…and I’m not Him.” That is a challenging thought for those of us who seek to orchestrate outcomes, control people, and have everything our way. I don’t know about you but I have noticed that God doesn’t consult me with making decisions about running the universe. On top of that reality check, He doesn’t take any of my suggestions about how my life should be! It all comes down to one thing: There is a God. I am not Him! Many times we will fool ourselves into believing that we know this is true, but not live accordingly. The wreckage of our attempts to fix ourselves and others tell the true story. There is a God. I am not Him!
This simple but stunning conclusion is the beginning of our healing and hope. Step 2 begins this journey of hope to discover this God who loves us and gave Himself for us. Join us Sunday night, October 16, 2011 as we explore this powerful step on our journey to sanity and wholeness.
Read More*Riverbank Run & Kids Hope USA
ATTENTION all Fifth Third Riverbank Runners: KIDS HOPE USA will be one of the charity partners for the 2012 Riverbank Run. Join thousands of runners, walkers, and rollers in making history with the 35th Annual Fifth Third Riverbank Run Saturday, May 12, 2012. Online registration is open so save $5.30 by registering today. Use the code 35ANNY to get the discount and don’t forget to make your donations and pledges for KIDS HOPE USA!
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