Monday, September 16th...

That huge steel contraption was put in last week.  With that in place, supporting beams can get put in and other work can start.

 That huge beam went up, along with a roof.  SE corner of church.

Now that the steel stuff is in, the trusses are slowly being cut out.  This will open up the ceiling.

It definitely makes the church seem bigger and more spacious, without those trusses in.

Load after load of lumber being brought to the burn pile.

Cheerful workers!

Cutting 2x6's for the new roof. 

Hoping the demolition above, doesn't come and whack him on the head.

Securing beams.

Demo crew.

Crew leaders figuring out stuff.

Preparing to weather proof the new roof over the south east side of the church.

Start of some plumbing.

More of the demo crew.  Yikes! Ladders on top of  scaffolding.  Sketchy if you ask me. :-)

Giving out direction to the boys...

Pipes being placed about 5 feet under.  

Getting those trenches dug for more water/sewer pipes.

Busy bees.

Observers...

Watching and learning.

Some folks are quite energetic about helping. :-)

A decent wood pile on the property, from all the tree trimming.

Sunset...

Beam is in, now to start framing the roof.

Our soon to be parking lot...

Look at all the progress!

See that steel part in front of Pete, that's new.  Now the beams, framing, roofs can all start happening.
p.s. Those ladders they are standing on, are not short! Watching them wibble wobble on the tops of those, nearly makes a person's heart stop! 

Starting the framing on the roof over the south west side of the church.

Love all the little piles of tools around the property.

Getting that weatherproofing stuff on the roof.

It's not all work.  Plenty of play goes on too.

Workers of all ages.  So fun!

Sun down.

Looks very level...

A few more minutes of work left in the day.