Our contract has been signed and in effect.  Phase I  construction will be underway late this week. When you arrive at church next weekend, construction fences will be in place:  feel free to look, but don’t go into the construction zone.  One inconvenience to the building is that we must cut off the natural gas supply during construction.  This means there will be no hot water available.  Washing hands with cold water will have to do.  (There will also be no space heat, but fortunately don’t need any this time of year!)