We thank Thee most humbly,

O gracious Lord, with fervent hearts bowing before Thee

for bountiful blessings received this day,

bestowed through Thy infinite mercy.

O Lord, Thou has blessed us abundantly;

amid our dear friends, dost provide our needs.

O Father, we praise and extol Thee.

-SHZ 437 v. 1

We held our first service Sunday evening.

Many of us arrived early!  Eager to find our new spots.

These guys are usually the last ones to sit, they also claimed seats pretty early!

The little ones were sitting or standing with a look of wonder in their eyes.

Maybe this one wasn't. :)  I'm pretty sure she was a bit mad!!

Words cannot describe the feelings of sitting and listening or singing the first hymn...

All the hours, hard work, disagreements and forgiveness, and new friendships coming from this past year, poured into this first opening song. 

To our blest Creator thankful praises flow.  

Oh, how great His mercy who doth gifts bestow.

He doth show our pathway through His word divine.

Through His precious promise souls have peace sublime.

Thank you, Lord, for blessing to Thy children's suffering,

all Thy gifts abundant.

Praise the Lord, O Zion, your defender here.

Worship with devotion your Creator dear.

Though Thy throne is glorious, high and heavenly, 

souls distressed are granted blessedness from Thee-

thank you, Lord, for blessing to Thy children's suffering, 

all Thy gifts abundant.

-SHZ 353 

The Lord, my God, be praised!  My God who lives forever,

to whom the heavenly host sings glory, praise and honor.

The Lord, my God be praised, in whose great name I boast,

God Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

-SHZ 331 v. 4

God has blessed our congregation here in CO. 

We thank Thee most humbly O gracious Lord.

Saturday, June 14 and the following week...

Once again, I'm a bit behind on this blog.  I was at the church cleaning and helping out these last couple weeks, and didn't have a whole lot of time for blogging!

During this week, our focus was on finishing the floor and putting the church pews together.  Our goal was to hold services in our new building Sunday the 22.  That meant a lot of work had to get done in that last week!

A finished pew.

Many little parts needed to be put together.

Doug and Timo had a system down.  I love watching the flow of work between the guys!

A few of us ladies and guys, spent all day Saturday on our hands and knees cleaning this floor!  Whew, a few of us felt quite crickety after the day!!  

The floor finally cleaned and drying!  

A few pictures of the cleaned sanctuary. 

The organ rail is finished and waiting for stain and lacquer.

The women's bathroom almost finished.

AC units are in and sitting pretty on the new cement pad.

Action in the front.

I apologize for the lack of pictures between these two Saturdays!  I focused on helping rather than taking pictures. 

The next photos are from the night of cleaning right before our first church service on Sunday.

Saturday, June 21...

Ladies swarmed in Saturday evening, and deep cleaned the church!  I arrived a bit late, and found they had almost finished the cleaning.

With the cleaning came singing!  

Songbooks are in the pews.

Seems like these benches have been dusted a million times already!  

Shelving in the front mechanical room.

Love this lady!  Her laugh is contagious!!

This is all I got as far as cleaning pictures.  Day late and a dollar short. :)

After most everyone left, I snapped a few photos.  The sanctuary is beautiful!

The kitchenette

Entry.

A few different views of the entry.

Mother's room.

Women's bathroom.

View from outside in.

Now we wait.  One whole day.  The day many of us have longed for and eagerly waited for!   When the building will be filled, singing will begin and God's word will be heard.  

We have so much to be thankful for, and God has truly blessed our congregation here in Colorado!