ROCKFORD, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A West Michigan church is issuing a call for the ultimate athletes.

They're creating their own spinoff of a popular television show in hopes of bringing their community and congregation together.

In just a matter of days, teh construction site will be transformed into an obstacle course, with the Bridgeway Community Church hoping that the physical challenge can raise some money for a great cause.

The show is a household name for many families--American Ninja Warrior--and it's the ultimate challenge for athletes.

Now, Bridgeway Community Church, in Rockford, is issuing a call to its community athletes.

"We like to go big," Elder Chair Brian Pankratz said. "The popularity is huge."

The athletes will test their strength, agility, balance, and more, to support the church's youth community center.

"Developing healthy kids was initiated to open lines of communication and de-stigmatize mental illness," said Kirsten Myers, the Executive Director of Special Services, for Rockford Public Schools.

For the last four months, Bridgeway Community Church has been hard at work transforming the property into a course for new ninja warriors.

"We have duplicated a lot of obstacles from the show, and have 9 finalists coming out," said Youth Pastor Cameron Versluis. "We designed the course in 3D before we built it."

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The Midas team hard at work in Counterslip Baptist Church. L-R: Jack Belcher, Daniel Hill (centre) and Josephine Owen

Staff at one of the largest independent construction companies in the South West donated their time to transform a run-down community church hall used by dozens of local groups.

Midas Construction's Wessex & Wales division organised the project to renovate a large room at Counterslip Baptist Church in Bristol which provides a base for many organisations including Brownie and Guide clubs, toddler groups, a youth club and hobby groups for keen birdwatchers, walkers and knitting enthusiasts.

As part of its annual Community Engagement Week, Midas staff worked to revitalise and refresh the much-needed facility with support from local sub-contractors and suppliers.

Staff donated their time during a week in September and painted the ceiling and walls of the room at the community church in Whitchurch, as well as covering an old mural, decorating walls and ceiling, replacing ripped vinyl coverings on the chairs, installing new notice boards.

Derek Quinn, divisional director for Midas Construction in Wessex & Wales, said: "Our staff were delighted to help refurbish this popular community facility, which is so well used by local groups, and we are grateful to our sub-contractors who helped us with this project by donating materials, including QDL Contractors, Furniture 23, Vescom and TC Titan Production.

"Together with Midas staff donating their time to carry out the work, we were able to transform this church hall and provide a fresh, clean space for many local youth clubs and community groups to benefit from."

Every year, The Midas Group hosts dozens of projects across the South West as part of its Community Engagement Week drive.

During previous community weeks, staff from the Wessex and Wales division have renovated the headquarters of the Creative Youth Network in Kingswood, hosted open days and taken part in charity-run projects to encourage more young people to consider career opportunities in the construction industry.

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By Michel Nkurunziza

Nyarugenge District authorities have closed down a church because it was constructed without authorisation.

According to the district authorities, Bethlehem Miracle Church located in Nyamirambo Sector, was built without a construction permit.

The church is also accused of noise pollution.

Speaking to The New Times, Solange Mukasonga, the Mayor of Nyarugenge District, said the multi-million complex was illegally constructed and could not be allowed to operate.

According to the church leaders, the structure is worth Rwf230 million.

"We have suspended the activities of the church because construction rules were breached," she said, wondering why the church was constructed up to completion without proper documents.

The church was also ordered to pay a fine of Rwf10 million, according to the mayor.

However, the church leaders say they received the green light to build from both the district and sector leaders.

Bethlehem Church was launched in 2009 and work s on the place of worship began in 2012, according to Jean Marie Murekezi, the treasurer of the church.

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Ceremonial shovels hit the ground as work begins on phase two of the project.

Harvest Time, a Greenwich-based Assembly of God Church, officially inaugurated the beginning of construction on a new sanctuary with a recent special outdoor Dig In service.

The new structure will adjoin and triple the size of its existing facility at 1338 King Street and includes a central meeting area of 1,000 seats, larger than any other in the town.

The event, held under a large tent on the main grounds of the church, united all church services and its Stamford satellite congregation in a single celebratory occasion. Attendees included distinguished contributors throughout the churchs history and for the upcoming phase two project: the founding pastors, Ray and Patti Tate; the church presbyters, Pastor Don and June Evans; Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei; Richard Hayden, the architect of the new building; Tom Heagney, the churchs attorney; and Tim Holmes, the construction manager.

Pastor Glenn Harvison, senior pastor of Harvest Time, said, Our building project is about much more than a new building its about spiritual healing and growth in Greenwich and the surrounding New York metropolitan area. We have been blessed by a diverse and rapidly growing congregation and hope our stunning new sanctuary will serve as a beacon, proclaiming Jesus to people who are hurting or questioning the emptiness they feel in their lives.

Mr. Harvison noted that the church will be preparing for heavy excavation during the next three weeks, with digging scheduled to begin in mid-October prior to the upcoming winter. The 35,000-square-foot addition is scheduled for completion in 2017. It will include new classrooms to support childrens, teens and adult ministries as well as a fellowship mall with a bookstore, caf and seating area.

For more information, call Harvest Time Church at 203-531-7778, visit Htchurch.com, or email info@htchurch.com.

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Base Line Paver Repairs Road Closure

Repairs to the decorative pavers at Base Line/Palm Avenue and Base Line/ Church Avenue have been scheduled for Friday and Saturday of next week. The work hours are set from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. During construction, motorists will not be able to make left or right turns on at these intersections. However, one lane for east-west direction of Base Line will be open. The contractor will tackle one intersection at a time. Work will begin at the intersection of Base Line and Palm Avenue. Detours will be set to assist motorists navigate through the intersection closures. The City thanks you in advance for your cooperation during construction of the paver repairs.

Base Line/Greenspot Road Traffic Safety and Bikeway Improvements

This week the westbound speed feedback and speed limit signs were relocated on Base Line due to conflict with parkway trees. The speed feedback sign on Base Line and Greenspot Road were also activated, ahead of schedule. A gas meter in conflict with the widening improvements was relocated on the north side of Base Line west of Palomino Street. Now that all utility conflicts on Base Line have been resolved between Browning Road and Palomino Street, construction in earnest on the north side of the street will be underway next week.

Greenspot Road Widening Improvements

The contractor continued with installation of electrical wiring, traffic signal loops and adjustment of manholes to grade this week. Next week, traffic signal at Greenspot Road and Boulder Avenue will be restored to normal operation because it is currently on recall where it cycles through all phases. Edison has pushed back service for the decorative street lights on the median and parkway. The lights are estimated to be turned on by October 17th. City staff continues to work closely with Edison to fast-track completion of the overhead transmission lines in order to complete the roadway widening once the power poles are removed.

City-Wide Sidewalk Repairs

Reconstruction of damaged sidewalk and damaged or non-ADA compliant handicap curb ramps at various locations throughout the City; and construction of new sidewalk and new handicap ramps where none exist at various locations throughout the City is set begin Monday, October 13th. Work will begin on the west side of the city and continue to the east. Construction is anticipated to be completed January 30, 2015.

Vine Street Pavement Rehabilitation and Various Street Repairs

Vine Street from Base Line to 13th Street and Tippecanoe Street to east end is being rehabilitated. Improvements include removal and replacement of existing pavement and asphalt concrete overlay. Additionally, this project includes isolated pavement repairs on Tippecanoe Avenue, 3rd Street, 6th Street, Base Line, Highland Avenue, Sterling Avenue, and Greenspot Road. Construction will begin Monday, October 20th. The project is estimated to be completed by December 12th.

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Starting Sunday, the former Hwy. 61 Liquor building in Goodview will be remodeled to serve something other than alcohol.

Instead of liquid spirits, itll be serving the Holy Spirit.

Winonas Cornerstone Community Church will kick off construction on its new church building Sunday with a groundbreaking ceremony at noon. The event comes less a month after Dahl Automotive broke ground on construction for its new dealership on land previously owned by the church along Hwy. 61.

The building will be remodeled to house a fellowship hall, offices, showers, Sunday school classrooms, a kitchen and a nursery. In addition, a 200-seat sanctuary will be constructed.

Itll all be built without the church taking on debt, thanks to the sale of its old property.

We will have a great opportunity to replace one type of spirit for another at this location, said Val Gaddis, a building committee member, in a statement.

Construction is expected to continue into next year. Until then, church services will be held at Hoffs Celebration of Life chapel.

The church chose to move from its previous location across from Sugar Loaf Ford when approached by Dahl Automotive, which needed to move out of the way of the new Winona interstate bridge project. The location was a perfect fit for the dealership since its next to the companys Dahl Toyota dealership and was an opportunity for the church to move to a location that better fit its needs.

The church started in Winona in 1968 after five families came together to start a Baptist church. Ten years later a group of volunteers came together to construct a church along Hwy 61.

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A church hall is set to be demolished to make way for a new block of flats and houses.

The ASRA Housing Group have submitted plans to Harrow Borough Council for the land on the site of St Michaels Church, in Bishop Ken Road, Harrow Weald.

The plans propose the demolition of part of the church and The Wykeham Hall, and the construction of six homes, and a three storey block of eight flats.

According to the design and access statement from the housing group the hall is in a state of disrepair.

It said: There are no funds available for the church to repair and refurbish the hall but the proposals of this application release land value so that the church can be refurbished and extended to provide new community facilities, better and more appropriate to current community needs.

The interior of the church would also be redesigned to provide a multi-use hall and an area for worship and the wider community.

The housing association said: Asra are delighted to be working in partnership with St Michaels and All Angels Church and Harrow Council to deliver a high quality mixed use scheme.

This project will be providing new homes including affordable, along with much needed new and improved facilities for the Church and Parish.

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South Florida Latter-day Saints wait in line to enter the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple for the May 4, 2014, morning dedicatory session.

Jason Swensen, Deseret News

HOMESTEAD, Florida When her father, a lifelong Mormon, returned to active participation in the church in south Florida in 1981, the closest LDS temple to little Eliza Gomez was in Washington, D.C., more than 1,000 miles away.

Since then, Gomez, like millions of other Mormons, has seen new temples dot up closer and closer to her home, cutting down the time and sacrifice necessary to access the temple blessings, which are revered above all others by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gomez joined the church in 1984 when she was 11. A year earlier, the church had completed a temple in Atlanta, about 650 miles away. Gomez fondly remembers annual 12-hour bus rides to Atlanta for weekend temple trips with other LDS teenagers from her congregation and others in south Florida.

"We would save up our money, do service projects and fundraisers to raise money," she said. "It was a lot of fun, and for me and the other youth it was a great adventure, but I'm sure for the adults the bus trips were long."

The Atlanta Georgia Temple was the church's 21st.

Then, in 1994, the church opened the Orlando Florida Temple, its 46th, about 215 miles from Gomez.

"We went to the Orlando open house," she said. "It was pouring rain. I said, 'This is where I want to get married.'"

And she did, in 2000.

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