Construction Update (12/4/2025)

Published December 4, 2025
Construction Update (12/4/2025)

Construction has been moving forward but you may not have saw some of it unless  you were walking through the woods.  Before Thanksgiving the permit to begin grading arrived and our crew jumped into action.  You have seen the handicap lot continue to come together but we have also moved to the back of the property and started the process of digging our retention pond.

Handicap Lot

Since the last update three major elements have been completed.  First, we have installed the conduits required to install street lights once the drive is complete.  Second, the concrete islands have been installed, and today the final grade of gravel was leveled out in preparation for final paving.

At the beginning of next week the lot will be paved.  We can expect this lot to be closed for several day.  I am hoping that it will be available by the Wed. evening prayer service but if not then we should have it by Sunday.

A new asphalt driveway leads to a construction site in front of a modern building, with a small excavator and freshly poured concrete curbs under a sunny sky.A construction site on a sunny day with newly poured concrete curbs separating a gravel lot from a new asphalt road. Trees line the background.A wide-angle view of a construction site on a sunny day, showing newly installed concrete curbs and fresh asphalt for a parking lot in front of a building.A sunny day at a construction site where a red excavator sits next to newly installed concrete curbs for a parking lot in front of a modern building.A wide view of a construction site on a cloudy day, showing a new gravel road leading to a building. A large white dump truck is parked on the road.A man in a beanie and work clothes stands next to a red Kubota mini excavator at a road construction site with new concrete curbs on a cloudy day.A worker operates a large, tan steamroller on a dirt lot, leveling the ground in front of a modular building and trees on an overcast day.A soil compactor vehicle drives across a large, freshly graded dirt lot next to a modern building, preparing the ground for paving under a cloudy sky.
Retention Pond

At the very back of the property, behind the new Facilities Building, the trees are almost cleared and the area has been staked.  This is a large area and will be dug about seven and a half feet deep.  That may not sound like much but that is going to be a really big hole to dig.  This retention pond has been sized to manage all rain water for the entire property so we won't have to dig another pond again regardless of how the campus develops in the future.

An asphalt driveway next to a large workshop building with garage doors. Trailers, a wood chipper, and a smoker are parked with a forest in the background.A wide shot of a sloping woodland area in late autumn. The ground is covered in a thick carpet of brown leaves, and the bare trees reach up to an overcast sky.A yellow excavator sits in a clearing within a winter forest. Bare trees surround the area, and a pile of cut branches is in the foreground.A wide view of a cleared area in a forest during winter. The ground is covered in reddish-brown dirt, leaves, and sticks. Bare trees surround the clearing.