What happened at theWELL Dec 2010

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Things moved very quickly around here in December. We got the keys to our new facility at 781 Maple  Road on December 1st, and the work really began. Darrick and I and our families began eating 3 meals a day at the church while we worked with teams to paint 50-60 gallons worth of paint, dissemble and remove 36 oak pews, remove a 2500+lb marble altar, and install video projectors and lighting.

Here are a few videos of the main workday:

Renovating theWELLbuffalo from theWELLbuffalo on Vimeo.
December 11th was a great day of service for theWELL. We were joined by "Potter's Hands" from the Chapel as well as friends from AA and theWELL. We experienced an incredible transition before our eyes.


Renovating theWELL (Part 2) from theWELLbuffalo on Vimeo.
December 11th was a great day of service for theWELL. We were joined by "Potter's Hands" from the Chapel as well as friends from AA and theWELL. We experienced an incredible transition before our eyes.

The rest of the month followed the same pattern. Work all day, work into the night, repeat.

December 19th, we met at the VFW post where we had been worshiping for the final time. We started the service there, and caravan-ed with the final round of boxes and Rubbermaid totes in people's cars to our current location at 781 Maple Road. We preach about movement, and how important it is to move when God is speaking to you. We ask people to come forward at the end of the service, because movement will help them remember what God has done in their lives. This was a beautiful Sunday to experience. About 70 people engaged in movement across the 3 miles that separate the two locations. It was really a sweet day.

We opened the church for the public for the first time Christmas Eve 2010. It was an intimate candlelight service, with a number of guests coming to see what was happening here in their community. The response that night was overwhelming, and God continues to move in the church we call theWELL.