seal of the porch between it and the front of the building (and repeated attention to those repairs on a periodic basis) as opposed to busting out the entire front porch and attempting to completely rebuild it. If this works, it needs to be followed up with a good cleaning of the stage wall and then leaving the doors and curtains to the stage open most of the time to allow for greater movement of the humidity and the air. 25. Concrete Raising assured us they would still be willing to do this work to patch and seal the front porch even though they did not get the northeast corner stabilization job, but said they were too busy to get to it in 2020. 26. We have had Mozak Furniture out to look at the flooring issues both upstairs and downstairs but have given those projects lower priority in light of the projects described above. Also, we would like to get the radiator drip tray replacements in place and make sure they work before spending money on new flooring in the sanctuary. Mike Jacobs
Youth This has been a hard year for everyone, but I think the youth have had more struggles than we are aware of, personally, in school, church, work, and home. They left school one Friday in March and didn’t go back for months. Their worlds got turned upside down and, like the rest of us, they had to adapt on their feet. No matter what, these kids have risen to the occasion and have been absolutely amazing.
Sunday School Sunday School unintentionally met for the last time in mid February. My son was sick, and then the retina in my good eye detached. The plan was to start Sunday School again after my surgery, but COVID-19 hit in the middle of all of that so we did not have another inperson class for Sunday School to end the second semester of the school year in Spring, 2020. Our hopes were high with having full classes to start the Fall 2020 semester and we purchased new curriculum for the Middle School/High School class. Unfortunately, when trying to confirm students for the school year, there were only a couple of maybes for the elementary age class so it was decided to just have the MS/HS class. Our first couple of classes had most of the kids (6–8) but the majority of classes have only had 4 students. We finished the first session in The Relationship Project and then started working on our Christmas “play.” Our last couple of classes in December were held via Zoom to be in compliance with the Governor’s ordinances. Our Christmas play was a short video that was shared on our social media pages. Our goals for the coming year is to increase class sizes, and to finish The Relationship Project. We will be beginning Session Two on January 10.
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