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There probably aren’t many square feet of the FUMCR campus that Mike and Steve haven’t touched. In the 10 years I have been on staff, I’ve seen them put new roofing and flooring on the First Center building, paint the entire upstairs of the education building, patch walls, install chair rails, build sign displays, construct COVID shields, and complete many other odd jobs. Any ask, whether a big dream like our new studio or a simple shelf repair, is accepted with a smile and a plan. When I first floated the idea of turning the former choir rehearsal room into a multi-scene video suite, the wheels immediately started turning and the pencil came out. Mike and Steve are both very involved in both Richardson Area and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, building houses, working in the wall shop, even building corporate-sponsored playhouses to raise funds for the charity. Secretly, I think they discuss our FUMCR projects on the lunch breaks at Habitat, because I had full drawings of the studio and a material list on my desk a week later. And to actually challenge them this time, we asked them to build us a green screen, which to be effective can’t have any corners that would produce shadows. How do you make a three-sided corner, without a corner? I still don’t know, you’ll have to ask Mike and Steve. Both tremendous craftsmen and true servants, I have been extremely blessed to be able to work, learn, and laugh alongside them throughout the past 10 years.
DREW PRESLEY
