Building Progress Update

Encounter Church, we are ahead of schedule on our building project.  

Those of you who have been rolling up your sleeves are to be congratulated for the excellent job you’ve done thus far. Thanks for getting involved. God has blessed Encounter Church with talented, hardworking and generous individuals.  

Earlier this morning the electrician and his crew arrived to the job site and began the process of wiring the space. Their work should take about 3 days. Once the electrician has completed his work, the local building inspector will be coming to inspect the work that has been done. Upon passing the inspection, we’ll then begin the drywall process.

On Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6, two work teams from Ohio and Indiana will be coming to hang and finish drywall. Even though there will be work teams from out of state, we still need a lot of volunteers from Encounter to take part in these two long days of drywall work. Make plans to be involved.

We will begin priming and painting walls the week of November 8. On November 13, we’re planning for a big day of painting.  

As soon as the painting is complete, the process of staging and setting up the building will take place.  

The plan is to have our first Worship Gathering in the new location on Sunday, November 28. Our Grand Opening Worship Gathering will take place on Sunday, December 5.  
  
Take time to pray for the following requests…

• Pray for the continued safety of the volunteers and workers. 
• Pray for the upcoming inspections. Pray that we would pass the inspection without any delay.
• Pray for unity during this time of transition. 
• Pray for greater opportunities to engage the culture with God’s Love and Truth through this new location.
• Pray that God would not allow us to lose our focus of reaching people.    

 God is just getting started with Encounter Church. ~MB

And the Winners Are...

Thanks to all who participated in Tool Belt Sunday this past week. The purpose of Tool Belt Sunday was to kick-off Project:Transform, the build-out construction of our new location in Jeffersontown. The winners of the $15 gift cards are...

Sharon Reynolds

Sharon "the tool woman" Neely

Cloud Bell

Based upon the winners of the gift cards, the ladies are going to be taking a very active role in the construction process!

It's Hammer Time!

Dust off the hammer, stretch the muscles, pull out the tool belt and stock up on the pain reliever – Encounter Church is getting ready to transform a building to transform lives. 

Earlier this morning I met with the architect and building inspector and received a good report from both of them. The architect has provided the needed information for the permit process and the building inspector said that he would work hard at being able to issue a permit to us by mid-next week. The construction manager is planning on arriving to Louisville on Wednesday! 

What does this mean? If the permit is indeed issued, it means that we will be able to start the build-out on Saturday, October 16!  

So, cancel any other plans you’ve set for Saturday, October 16 and plan on spending the day hard at work. It will be like a big kick-off work party. Stay tuned for more exciting details about our kick-off work party tentatively set for October 16. Be sure to invite your friends to take part. This is even a great way for you to introduce Encounter Church to those that you’ve wanted to invite.

This week, swing by the new location and peek in the windows. The place is cleaned up and ready for us to get started. While you’re there, take some time to pray and ask God to help us to effectively engage the culture with His Love and Truth through our new location.  

Also, don’t miss this Sunday’s Worship Gathering. Tool belts will be a welcome part of the Sunday morning attire! Word on the street is that there may be a Home Depot gift card giveaway to make sure that you're well equipped for the upcoming build-out! ~MB