Writing His Word on the Framework

 

As I have mentioned a time or two before, our church is in the middle of a multi-phase building project. We vacated our sanctuary earlier this summer and are meeting temporarily in another location while our sanctuary undergoes a complete overhaul. They removed offices, classrooms, and the library in order to make a bigger sanctuary, and we hope to be back to worshiping in this space before the end of this year. We’re also beginning to build a new wing onto the church to replace what was removed, as well as adding more space for ministry. It’s a huge undertaking and so exciting to anticipate.

            They’re about to put up the drywall in the new sanctuary, so Sunday night they opened the church for an hour for the congregation to come see the work, pray over the space, and write prayers or Scriptures on the framework of the room.

            When Ryan and I bought our Kokomo  house, we wrote Scripture on the walls before we painted them, and I loved it. I loved knowing God’s Word was written on the walls of our home, and I love knowing the same is true of the inner pieces of our soon-to-be sanctuary.

            Ryan and I spent some time Sunday afternoon choosing the verses we wanted to write and then we wrote them around the building.

            It was a meaningful opportunity for us, because this sanctuary has shaped our faith already, and we are still new there (relatively speaking). To be able to make a literal mark on the future of what God does in that space was significant for us.

            We also loved having the chance to talk with friends a little extra and to envision what this room might look like when it is enclosed and ready to receive us for worship again.

            (Big thanks to our friend Julie who captured a few pictures of us writing together – and to our friend Tricia who asked to take one of us to commemorate the evening!)