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A fast-growing Far North Peoria Catholic church is looking to expand to include, among other things, a new school for elementary and middle school students.
St. Jude Catholic Church could move ahead with the first phase of its expansion project if the City Council approves a zoning request Feb. 28. The city's zoning commission unanimously recommended on Thursday that the council to approve the zoning change to allow the church expansion at 10811 N. Knoxville Ave.
"I think we're excited about the direction the city is giving us," the Rev. Patrick Henehan, pastor at St. Jude, said after the meeting.
During the commission's hearing, church officials questioned why it was necessary for the city to require bike trails and sidewalks along Wilhelm Road and Knoxville Road, when there were no bike trails or sidewalks connecting to the church's grounds. Also, they asked to remove a provision requiring them to get Peoria County approval to make changes along Wilhelm Road.
Commissioners voted not to require the church to meet those requirements during the first phase of its three-phase project. The requirements might be re-visited in future years.
The council has the final decision.
"We'll support them and do what (we) can on the city side," 5th District City Councilman Dan Irving, who represents the area, said.
The first phase includes a $3.6 million expansion of the church's grounds to include a gymnasium, cafeteria, classrooms for elementary and middle school grades, outdoor sports fields, and a parking lot expansion.
Henehan said about $3.5 million has been raised, though he thinks about $4 million might be needed to complete it.
If the council endorses the zoning request, a ground breaking could take place in May or June. The school could be open by the start of the 2013 school year.
According to a video posted in December on the church's website, Henehan said the first phase's aim is to provide gym and social space for the school and parish, additional classrooms and a space for the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.
"The new facility will enable use to meet these three goals," Henehan, St. Jude's pastor, said in the video.
The church community has swelled from 550 families in 2007 to 999 families today.
The school also has grown, from 45 students to 110 in pre-kindergarten to fourth grade. Projections are for 126 students next year, with the fifth grade being added.
Henehan said despite the growth, he doesn't anticipate the school becoming "huge" in comparison to other local Catholic schools. The school, once built, will host about 240 students. St. Vincent de Paul, for instance, has a kindergarten to eighth-grade enrollment of 445 students.
"We want to provide people in the area with Catholic education," Henehan said. "I don't see us becoming too big too quickly."
The project's second phase includes a social hall, school library and music rooms, classrooms for preschool and kindergarten, a concession stand/restrooms, and gazebo. It would be built three to five years from now.
A third phase includes either the construction of a new parking lot or two buildings for rectory or convent housing. That portion would be constructed in 10 to 15 years.
John Sharp can be reached at 686-3282 or jsharp@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @JohnSharp99.
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Published 12:28am Wednesday, February 1, 2012
They’re workin’ on a building – or at least that’s what was happening Tuesday at the former Westside Baptist Church site in Florala.
Pastor Phil McMillian said workers were putting the finishing touches on the church’s new foundation after a May 2009 fire destroyed the previous structure.
Now, thanks to a partnership with the volunteer organization “Carpenters for Christ” and two other church organizations, work will begin in March on the church building.
“As part of their ongoing ministry, Carpenters for Christ have volunteered eight days of their time in March to dry in the church,” McMillian said. “We prayed that the Lord would pave the way for a new church, and He did.”
McMillan said discussions were held over the summer on how to secure a new building. Since the fire, services have been held in a portable building, which sat directly in front of the building’s former foundation.
“The whole project is really a step of faith for us,” McMillian said. “If we had to pay out of pocket for this church it would cost us somewhere around $300,000, and we all know we didn’t have that kind of money.”
Through the CFC program, volunteers assist a “construction need for the Lord’s work” by attempting to “build the body of Christ world wide through physically constructing orphanages, shelters and worship centers.” Those using the program are only required to provide materials for the project and to assist in securing supplies to help feed the volunteers.
The group traveling to Florala will consist of 75 volunteers and 25 cooks. They will be housed at Florala’s First Baptist Church.
“When they leave here, it will begin to look like a church,” McMillian said. “Then in April, there’s a group of 20 from the First Baptist Church in Palatka, Fla., who is coming to finish the inside. After that, we think we have another group who’s going to come and lay the brickwork. When it’s all said and done, we’ll have our church back.”
Church members have hosted an assortment of fundraising to help with the building costs. Another, this one a bake sale and yard sale, is set for Saturday beginning at 8 a.m.
“Right now, we’re asking for prayers and support in our efforts to rebuild God’s house,” McMillian said. “Anyone who feels moved to help us in any way, shape or form, it would be greatly appreciated.”
Those wishing to make donations to the building fund may mail them to P.O. Box 253, Florala, AL 36442 or contact Barbara Holley at 334-858-6623.
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A local church with humble beginnings is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Members of Kingsburg Mennonite Brethren Church don't shy away from recounting the early days when the church was located on Draper Street at what is now the Kingsburg Community Assistant Program building. "It's first service was on Feb. 11, 1962 at the VFW Hall at the southeast end of Draper Street," writes Kathy Wiest. "Sixteen families from Kingsburg and the surrounding area formed the core of the new congregation which met in the hall's dining room for its first two years. A bowling alley and coffee shop were part of the hall." Kathy's husband, Steve, was a child when he attended the church.
"There were a lot of kids, so the church focused on having a good, healthy environment," Steve Wiest says. "The restaurant's dinning room served roast beef at noon on Sundays and then you would hear the bowling pins. That and the smell of the roast beef was plenty to distract us."
The church is encouraging early members to share their stories at its website http://www.kingsburgmb.org.
Two special events are planned with church members and friends invited to attend. The church will hold a celebration program at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 featuring music and stories from the church history. Special speaker will be former member Mark Isaac, current advance director at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary.
Music will be led by former choir director Alice Isaac and worship leader Liviu Amariei.
Guests can view early photographs of the church.
On Sunday, Feb. 12 the worship service will feature Lynn Jost, vice president of Fresno Pacific University and the Dean of the Biblical Seminary. Jost is a former associate pastor of Kingsburg Mennonite Brethren Church. Isaac will lead a special choir reunion performance. A dinner of the German-Russian Mennonite dish called verenika will be served following the music.
Doug and Norma Hofer both recall the bowling alley.
"I remember asking my dad, Clarence Hofer, if we could go bowling instead of Wednesday night classes," Doug Hofer writes. "You could hear the lanes rumbling with bowling balls as we tried to memorize Scripture. I also remember building the church on its current ground, my dad and I went out to see the progress every week."
Ruth Ratzlaff said the anniversary inspired her to look for "old material I have from our days at the bowling alley."
The move from bowling alley came in February 1964. The church celebrated a two-year anniversary with a dedication for its new location at 14th and Stroud avenues.
"When construction started, it seemed as if it was a long way from town," Steve Wiest says. "There was a vineyard and strawberry field. The idea of a junior high being built seemed like something that wouldn't happen in my lifetime."
Today, the church has 225 members and is led by Rev. Ron Penner. The church, through its Happy Days School, has provided preschool and childcare for the community's families since 1979.
Wiest takes pride in how the church has helped people get through troubled times. Many have gone on to minister to others.
"We have seen how God changes lives," he says.
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PORTLAND, Maine—The steeple on a nearly
200-year-old Portland church is undergoing its first major
renovation.
Stephen Jenks, president of the First Parish Church's
trustees, says the steeple has deteriorated to the point
where the renovation is necessary. He says the balustrade, a
railing just below the belfry, rotted and was removed late
last year, and other parts of the structure are showing signs
of wear and tear that need to be addressed.
The job includes removing the uppermost part of the steeple,
the belfry, and hauling it to Vermont for repairs.
He tells The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/ydJV8e) the work is
designed to be historically accurate right down to the type
of wood that's used.
Construction on the church was completed in 1826.
The work will cost about $220,000.
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During his many trips to the Miller home last summer, John Dyer
noticed that often when he showed up, brothers William, Bobby
and Herbert were sitting outside under the shade of an old oak
tree.
They were always sitting together.
So as Dyer oversaw a volunteer construction project for a new
home that would allow the Miller brothers to spend their senior
years in comfort, he kept that picture in his mind.
And when it came time to build the porch on the new house, he
scratched his original plans, which called for a small one.
Instead, Dyer reconfigured the location of the front door and
made the porch large enough for all three brothers to sit
together and observe the comings and goings of life from their
vantage point at the end of Clinton Heights Drive in Ashland.
It's a view they have had nearly all their lives.
The Miller brothers were given a new home this month thanks to
people such as Dyer and countless others from Ashland and the
far corners of the metro Richmond area.
Ashland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) led the effort
to raise about $51,000 to build the men a new home after church
leaders learned of the conditions in which they were living.
William, 69, Bobby, 68, and Herbert, 66, were living in the
house their late father built in the 1940s. They never left.
The home was in terrible shape. But what started out as a
suggestion to fix a few things turned into a massive
undertaking that brought the community together.
* * * * *
"Just have faith." The phrase came to
represent a motto for church members who turned their focus
toward Bobby's House Project in fall 2010.
Donna Dennehy, an Ashland resident and church member, knew the
Millers. Bobby spent nearly three decades working on her horse
farm. Herbert also had worked there, along with their father.
She knew their home was in poor condition, and fixing it up for
them "had been on my list of things to do," she said.
Dennehy went to her church with her ideas.
The church had $1,800 set aside for service projects that
members routinely took on in Appalachia. But no new projects
were on the horizon, and after hearing about the Millers'
needs, church officials, including the Rev. Kathy Reinger,
decided to put the money toward renovating the Miller home.
After getting the brothers' permission, Dennehy and others,
including a representative from the Richmond Housing Coalition,
visited the Miller home in November 2010.
"I called them and asked if we could come and look at the house
to see if we could fix some windows or doors or something,"
Dennehy said.
"I knew this house needed some help, but I had no idea …" she
continued, her voice trailing off. The home had well water, but
the indoor plumbing didn't work. The roof was sagging in some
areas and the flooring was questionable. Plywood replaced glass
in some of the windows.
Reinger, the pastor, echoed Dennehy's thoughts.
"It became apparent that we couldn't do the repairs," she said.
The Millers "were going to need a new house."
They were told a new home could be built for about $35,000,
much more than the church's $1,800 service projects fund.
Dennehy remembers wondering how their 65-member church could
raise that kind of money.
It was then that Reinger "threw some words at me that I'd
thrown at her," Dennehy said. "'Just have faith.'"
* * * * *
As Reinger recalled, the first of many small
miracles occurred in January 2011, when church officials and
members met to formalize their plans. The idea was to seek
donations from area churches to pay for the project. But they
also needed someone to run the show, someone with construction
knowledge.
They found that someone in Dyer, who had only been attending
the church for two months.
"They were saying they needed someone with experience to lead
the project," Dyer said, so he volunteered. He and his brothers
run his family's commercial construction business.
Reinger said church members were prepared to take on the
monumental task of building a home, but when Dyer took over,
"we realized we didn't know a thing."
Dyer created plans, obtained construction permits from the
county and did the legwork necessary to get things on track.
Churches raised money and organized people to work. Businesses
donated materials. The list of those involved — from churches
to business contributors to private donors and workers — was
extensive.
On a hot August morning, a group including the Miller brothers
broke ground.
Reinger recalled something she had been told years before by a
friend: " 'When God calls a church to do a project, God sends
the people to help.' "
* * * * *
William, Bobby and Herbert
didn't ask for much.
They were getting central heat and air conditioning for the
first time in their lives, two bathrooms and appliances such as
a microwave that they had never owned before.
Throughout construction they worked quietly alongside the many
volunteers. The brothers expressed no preferences for carpet
colors or brand names or cabinetry hardware or anything else
that someone building a home might get excited about. About the
only preference they conveyed, Dyer said, was shower stalls
rather than bathtubs.
On a cool Sunday afternoon this month, the three men gathered
on their new porch in front of a small crowd of relatives,
neighbors and church members. They each accepted keys to their
new home.
Dyer did the honors.
After five months of construction, the 1,500-square-foot home
was finished. It was just steps from their old house, though
the structures were worlds apart.
With the money raised, their first year of homeowners insurance
is paid, as well as all of the back taxes on the property.
In his quiet manner, Bobby said simply of their new home:
"We're blessed."
Reinger said in building this house, a community came together.
Volunteers came out on weekends, some from as far as
Chesterfield and Orange counties. Others made lunches for those
who were working. Many were generous with donations.
Reinger remembers a Saturday when her husband, Bill, was
working on the roof and two men stopped by to help get the job
done. One was an unemployed roofer.
"That kind of stuff just happened," she said. "It was just
amazing."
Inspired by the volunteerism she witnessed, Reinger said the
church is going to continue to raise money for local service
projects, perhaps even another home construction project, for
those in need.
"We didn't build a house," she said. "We built a community."
A community is what Dyer said he was looking for when he and
his wife started attending Ashland Christian Church.
"I see a lot of people around town that are strangers," he
said, and by going to a new church, "I thought that would be a
good way to meet some new people and make some new friends."
He made three, in particular.
Though not officially condemned, the Millers' old house was
ordered torn down by the county. It was the final piece of
Bobby's House Project, though as Dyer said, "it doesn't end
when the house comes down."
"Hopefully we'll have another project coming up," he said. "If
not I've always got the Miller brothers to look after."
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