Restoration 7-25-07

At the end of the day, most of the rose window is out, and on its way to the workbench to be rebuilt. Jeff tells me that the pieces of window were held in by 'carpet tacks'. This was a common practice of the day when they were installed, and a installation system still used today.

Restoration 7-24-07

All one need to do this week is to drive by the church and see the action. Jeff and his crew from Godfrey Muller Studios are here in force and pieces of our Rose window are disappearing. Their lift easily reaches from the curb on Main Street to the window. Click on the picture and you can clearly see the top set of windows where the outer plastic has been removed. Beautiful!

Restoration Project 7-17-07

Today the volunteers kicked in. We started our project of creating better accessibility for anyone that has to work above the ceiling. Dennis Kirby, Matt Gardner, and I lifted two by twelves up onto the scaffolding, and placed them above the ceiling to provide a walkway for any future maintenance or installation projects that have to be done. Many thanks to Dennis and Matt for their efforts. All of this work was done through the little hole that we cut in the ceiling above the balcony last spring.