Hard work and good progress

 A big thank you to all those who worked so very hard at church today to get it to a place where it is usable for our own activities and the lets during the week. The water to the upstairs kitchen area was isolated and the water to the rest of the building switched back on.  The plumber arrived this afternoon and has done the necessary repair.  We are waiting to hear from the loss adjuster as the building is in the Listed building category and work on the creche ceiling needs to be agreed.
This morning the creche room carpet had a distinct squelch too it and a small amount of water had seeped on to the carpet of the main hall. The vax was busy sucking up more water from this carpet. The carpet here and the youth room need to be thoroughly dried as do the floor boards and ceiling beams.  All the creche toys, and that is no small amount, were hit with a high level of anti bacterial spray, dried and are now either stored in the prayer room or in our temporary creche in the room at the top of the stairs. A small selection of toys are damaged beyond use.

The majority of the Storehouse cupboard has been cleared out and has been dried.  A good amount of stuff we have been able to save, although electrical items and some toiletry items are not salvageable.  We will need to assess where we are at with Starter Packs and storehouse food items this coming week. Thankfully the Christmas Hampers were not bought because of the weather and Jackie was out early this morning doing that.
Our Sunday service will be on tomorrow and will be followed with the AGM. Parking around the building continues to be slightly challenging.  The car park near Skibo court is parkable in part.  The two car parks near Andrew Carnegie's birthplace, at the point of typing this, are still under snow/ice. The two up from the bakers are now both usable.  Directly outside the building there are still a number of ice mounds but these are shrinking all the time.
It will be good to worship God together tomorrow. Come if you can!