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Awbridge
Pavillion
The Job Is Complete!
and
we are enjoying our venue...
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to bottom for chronological history from the beginning...
News
and Photo's... Week 15 in 2005
On Tuesday, July 12th, we held our first event at
the new Awbridge Pavilion.
Folks turned
up at Sozo House for their usual Tuesday meeting BUT, at the end
of the video presentation
Pastor Marion stood at the front and told them the surprise news
that Awbridge was complete inside and
that Strawberries and Cream were being served at the new Pavilion.
Folks were shocked
that it was finished, but they soon took to their cars and headed
to Awbridge.
They were pretty
much shocked and overwhelmed to see their new building alive and
ready for action.
The children
took to the wide open outdoors and started to enjoy all that was
before them. At the end of the evening
Marion spoke to us all and prayed a blessing over our new building
and gave a vote of thanks to all who made it possible.
Outside work is still being undertaken but it is hoped to have it
all finished before the end of August.
Here are a few
pictures to enjoy.
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Interior
Finished - Crowds expected soon for Strawberries and Cream! |
How
a building can change in such a short time! |
Latest
News and Photo's... Week 12
Well, we are
still at it, but I am delighted to say we are well and truly on
the home straight.
Since our last update we have second fixed both the plumbing and
the majority of the electrics.
As we read this Dave Doe the plumber is now on a beach in Tenerife
recovering from a hard week at work!
We have all the toilets working, the kitchen sink in place and the
LPG central heating has been commissioned
ready for action. Brian the builder is currently installing the
kitchen and Andy and Glen are busy decorating.
We have also
managed to have lino fitted in the toilet area's and have agreed
a date for the carpets to go down.
What an exciting time these next few weeks will be.
On Wednesday July 6th, we are organising a cleaning day for anyone
and everyone from the fellowship to lean to
and help us clean the place a day prior to the carpet fitters.
As yet the outside
is virtually untouched. Once the inside is finished and we start
using it, the builders will come
back and complete the outside work. We are planning a patio area
right outside which will meet the area we seeded
a few weeks ago. The new grass is appearing but it has been hampered
by the recent dry spell.
Keep an eye
out on this section for the official opening date and celebration.
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Brian
The Boss - Hard at it fitting the kitchen. |
Fire
doors fitted, lights in place and paint on the walls. |
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The
grass is growing- rain needed! |
The
Ladies Loo - All in place - Boiler, loo's, sinks, radiators
and even a bit of paint! |
Latest
News and photo's... week 8
Our Sozo Love
Gift Day raised £4,900 towards the overheads of the project.
We are so grateful to all the people
who contributed, especially those who gave sacrificially of themselves
to bless all those who will enjoy the Pavilion.
We will now press on towards our original target of £8,000
which is an estimate to finish the whole job.
From a building aspect, I think we have now pulled out just about
everything that has needed pulling out and we are starting to rebuild!
The roofers completed their work about 2 weeks ago. The first time
the Pavilion has been rain proof for some years!
We had to do
an about turn on night storage heating as we found out that there
was not enough power coming
into the building from the road. As an alternative we are having
central heating fitted with a combi boiler for hot water. This really
will
be far superior and cheaper in the long run. Our
plumber, Dave Doe very kindly shuffled his appointments about in
order to come
back and install all the pipework needed. The electricians have
also completed their first fix.
As the photo's below will show, Brian, Glen and Andy are now working
hard to plasterboard the ceilings and interior walls. Once
that is done it will really start to come together. The new doors
and disabled facilites will be a focus in the coming week, as will
a
concrete platform for the gas storage tank, which arrives next week.
Work will also start soon on the exterior which needs a few repairs
and a good coat of paint.
During the last week local farmer, Will Hillier very kindly came
over from his farm with his tractor and levelled the scrub area
outside
the patio doors. We will now tidy that up and seed the whole area
for grass.
Do enjoy these
photo's of a vision in progress.
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Insulated with Ceilings & Walls in |
Plasterboarding
the window areas
is very fiddley! |
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Will
Hillier and 'John Deere' doing a stirling job! |
Will
soon look good with a few seeds
and
a drop of rain!
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At
week 4...
We are now in
week 4 of the project and things are moving along very well.
The roof is due to be completed this week and inside is just having
its "first fix" plumbing
and the wooden framework for the new interior walls.
We were fortunate enough to be able to use the existing drains which
has helped keep costs down.
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Roof
being re-boarded - prior to re-felting |
Interior
removed! Ready to start again |
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The
new interior walls start to take shape |
Great
what you can achieve in 4 weeks |
At week
1...
“We’re
delighted to inform you that we completed the 6 year lease agreement
for Awbridge Pavilion on
Wednesday,
March 30th at around 2pm. Building work commenced at 8am the following
morning on the
planned refurbishment.
The refurbishment
is scheduled to go on for about 10-12 weeks in which time the building
will be
totally
re-modelled inside & the exterior will be re-decorated &
improved. Once completed it will provide
an excellent Social Centre for the ministry where we can meet up
to enjoy fellowship together.
For those who
have not seen the Pavilion, it is a 1300 sq foot 70’s pre-fab.
building formerly used as a
football clubhouse & changing facility for the youth. It is
set in large grounds (over 3 football fields) as well
as a lovely new playground on the same site as Awbridge Village
Hall. It even borders a woodland walk &
is a totally peaceful, restful location.
We have many
intended uses for the Pavilion especially when the weather is good!
We will be able to meet up for *Social evenings, *Fun Days, *BBQ’s
etc as well as coming together for
*Bible Studies, *Prayer Groups and even as a place for the *Home
Educators to enjoy time together.
Do please pray
for the progress of the project as we would love to have things
finished for the summer.” Alan
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Copyright Sozo Ministries International 2006
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