BOTETOURT CO., Va. -

Looking through black and white photos, you can tell how much Wheatland Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botetourt County has changed - if by only looking at the tree in the corner.

But, after 150 years, and a couple of construction projects, the church is still doing the job it set out to...

Explains church member Katie Loope, "We care about each other, so it's an uplifting place/experience. Music, the liturgy, it's what we need at the end of the week or the beginning of a new week. And, it's something I miss personally when I'm not here on Sundays."

Church council member Katie Loope married into the church in the 70s.

Her husband's family has ties that date back to the beginning.

"This is a rendition of our founding minister Reverend Shickel," says Loope pointing to a picture on the wall.

In 1864, the church was originally called Luther Chapel and was located on Little Timber Ridge in Buchanan.

By the late 1880s, it had moved to a new site, with a new name, on Wheatland Road.

The white church gave way to a brick structure in the 1930s.

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Springdale, AR -The City Council unanimously passing a proposal involving a church displaced by construction of the Don Tyson Interchange. Victory Church sat on the same corner for some 20 years on the north side of The Don Tyson Parkway. With the interchange, the congregation knew it would have to relocate, but the land the church had set aside for a future home was also needed by the city. Under imminent domain, Springdale took the church's original piece of property for around $2 million, but Pastor Tim Coffman says that money wasn't enough to cover all the cost associated with relocating.

"We've got 13 and a half acres there, that they are going to take about 3/4 of an acre there for the roundabout. We've come to an agreement that's mutual for both of us," Coffman explained.

Tuesday night the council officially accepted Coffman's proposal meaning the church gets about $150,000 for the additional land on the corner of 56th and Don Tyson Parkway.Coffman says the funds will go towards relocating and finding a permanent home for the church.

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A snippet of construction noyse at Hancock Church
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Quake damage spells end for building SVEN HERSELMAN

The St Andrew's Presbyterian Church building in Seddon is to be demolished in just a few weeks because of earthquake damage.

The church, built in 1955, has not been used by its large congregation since the severe earthquakes that rocked area in July and August last year. The Rev Dawn Daunauda said the demolition would be an emotional experience for the congregation and the wider community.

She said the decision to demolish the church building came after months of consultation and was not made lightly.

"The decision was made on April 13. It was unanimous, which was really good."

The building sustained severe damage in both major quakes, making repairs unfeasible.

The church management team had been working with the Marlborough District Council, Simcox Construction and the national Presbyterian Property Trust.

"They have all been so supportive. Council waived the demolition fee, which was very generous, and Simcox have done a special deal for us for the demolition work. Simcox have been great," Daunauda said.

The demolition crew would work with church management during the demolition to save whatever parts of the building they could.

Unfortunately, the stained glass windows cannot be saved as work to remove them would be too expensive because of the structural damage the building had sustained, Daunauda said.

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The Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood, center in red, speaks during the consecration service for Centenary United Methodist Churchs new Columbarium and Memorial Garden.

New Berns Centenary United Methodist Church dedicated its new Columbarium and Memorial Garden Sunday after nearly five years of planning, design and construction.

The Rev. Susan Pate Greenwood, the churchs senior pastor, conducted a ritual of consecration following Sundays worship service in the small garden fronting New Street. About 150 people attended the event, which followed the 11 a.m. church service.

The beautifully landscaped memorial garden has four benches and underground niches for urns covered with granite nameplates line. Above-ground niches are in two locations.

Speaking briefly to a group that filled the new garden and spilled over onto adjacent areas, Greenwood said the columbarium and celebratory event were only possible because of the dogged determination, tenacity and generosity of a few dedicated church members who longed for a sacred place for the ashes of their loved ones.

She praised the committee that worked on getting both church council and New Bern Historical Preservation Committee approval, and she expressed appreciation for the help of neighboring Christian communities who shared information about their columbaria, including Garber United Methodist Church in Trent Woods, and neighboring First Presbyterian Church and Christ Episcopal Church.

Greenwood had special recognition for Mary Cox Bullock, who was a guiding force of the Centenary Columbarium and Memorial Garden.

Her many years of faithful and diligent labor made it possible, the pastor said.

Bullock worked for more than 14 years, through several different committees and church councils, which tabled the proposal, before seeing the Centenary Columbarium and Memorial Garden become a reality.

After the dedication, Bullock brushed off the praise, saying, It was just persistence and my big mouth.

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Right behind Millwood Community Presbyterian Church, construction workers have been busy building the churchs new multipurposebuilding.

We really envision it as a community resource, said the Rev. CraigGoodwin.

The 7,000 square-foot building will contain two classrooms, a large recreational gathering area, a commercial kitchen and two bathrooms. The gathering space will hold about 250people.

The church will use the building for youth and childrens activities and after-schoolprograms.

He estimates the building will be completed sometime in mid-August. The church is planning grand opening celebrations forSeptember.

Now that construction is well underway, Goodwin

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Life Church breaks ground near Hailey

City wants plan to meet its standards

By TONY EVANS Express Staff Writer

The Life Church has finally broken ground on construction of an 8,680-square-foot church complex north of Albertsons grocery store in Hailey. The project will be completed sometime next spring, ending an arduous process to make a permanent home for the Life Church congregation.

We are so excited that this project is started, said Life Church Pastor Michael Hendricks. We have waited 17 years."

The churchwhich is being developed in Blaine Countywill have a roof height of 33 feet, and will feature an extensive sanctuary, four classrooms, a kitchen and three offices. The development will have 51 parking spaces and be accessed by a gravel driveway connecting to McKercher Boulevard.

From 1992 to 2011, the Life Church met on Main Street in Hailey, before moving to an old church building on Snowbank Drive in Woodside subdivision to make room for more followers.

We have been running out of room for 10 years, said Hendricks, who gathers an English-speaking congregation of 120 people each Sunday, followed by a Spanish-speaking congregation of 60.

The churchs name has changed over the years, from Valley Chapel, to Valley Christian Fellowship, to The Life Church.

We are non-denominational, providing a contemporary feel with foundational principles. We have a lead guitar, keyboard and drummers. We do hymns, but the majority of our music is songs for today, Hendricks said.

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Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) July 17, 2014

Sunshine Recycling, provider of construction dumpsters in Jacksonville, FL is currently assisting Westmoreland Construction LLC on a new 6,000-square-foot building for Covenant Christian Church located at 10570 Greenville Road in South Jacksonville. Sunshine delivered a 30-yard container at the beginning of July and anticipates multiple weekly hauls through the duration of the job.

Covenant Christian Church was founded in 2011. The church is currently located at 4613 Phillips Hwy in Suite 211. The project began with excavation in May. Sunshine Recycling is collecting and hauling construction debris. Typical refuse generated from new construction includes wood, paper and cardboard, drywall or sheetrock, plastics, glass and metals.

We are happy to support our local community throughout Jacksonville, said Chuck Herb, owner of Sunshine Recycling in Jacksonville. This is a beautiful area in Southside for the church and its congregation. This is a moderate-size job that will generate a fair amount of refuse, so we provided an appropriate size dumpster and are able to accommodate their weekly hauling needs.

Sunshine Recycling provides roll off dumpsters for residential use during projects including small additions to a home, a remodel or a room renovation. Roll off dumpsters can also be used in commercial and industrial applications for excavation, renovations, new construction and demolition. In addition, Sunshine offers long-term waste management solutions in the form of trash compactors for local businesses.

About Sunshine Recycling of Jacksonville: Sunshine Recycling Inc. of Jacksonville is a dumpster rental company servicing north Florida. Offering various sizes of dumpsters including front-load, roll off and full-size construction dumpsters, Sunshine Recycling also collects recyclables, waste and construction debris, and provides hauling services and trash compactors. The company is a proud member of the U.S. Green Building Council and is LEED AP certified. For more information about renting construction dumpsters in Jacksonville, please visit http://www.dumpsters-jacksonville.com/roll-dumpsters/.

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Plans to speed up the renovation timeline for Falls Church High School remain in limbo as the Fairfax County School Board wrestles with the school systems construction backlog.

The School Boards drive to accelerate the high schools facilities upgrade stalled when confronted with the realities of the scheme, which would delay the renovations of 13 other schools.

The School Board in January directed staff to identify methods of expediting renovations for the countys five legacy high schools. Though the school system aims to renovate schools at least every 25 years, this group of schools - Falls Church, Herndon, Langley, Oakton and West Springfield - were all built around the same time in the 1960s and have never been fully renovated.

Falls Church faces the longest wait of any of these schools, with the start of construction still at least five years away. FCPS staff used Falls Church as a guinea pig to investigate the feasibility of speedier renovations.

The school is scheduled to receive funding for its renovation through the 2019 school bond referendum - if county voters continue to approve the biennial school bond votes.

To move that timeline up by two years, allowing Falls Church to receive funding from the 2017 bond and start its construction sooner, it would need to leapfrog other schools on the waiting list for renovations.

We simply dont have a silver bullet to deal with this request, said Jeff Platenberg, the assistant superintendent for facilities and transportation services. The challenge is, we have these needs that go beyond just one school, even legacy schools.

The school system contracts independent engineering firms to determine the order of schools for renovation. The last evaluation in 2008 placed 63 schools in a renovation queue based on the age and condition of their facilities, as well as other factors.

Falls Church currently sits at No. 45 on the queue. Accelerating its renovation would move the school up to No. 31.

Platenberg said such queue jumping has only occurred once before, when Chantilly High School was renovated out of order in the 1990s due to structural issues with the school building.

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Sudanese Christians reacted with anger and surprise last weekend when it was announced that no new churches will be allowed to be built.

Guidance and Endowments Minister Shalil Abdullah announcedSaturday that there were enough churches already, and prohibited the construction of new houses of worship.

Sudan Council of Churches Secretary-General Rev. Kori El Ramli said the announcement follows the destructionof a church on June 30 in Khartoum. Officials have not identified a reason for the demolition, and church leaders were given only one day's notice before the church was destroyed.

Rev. El Ramli said that the number of Christians in Sudan is increasing, and that more churches will be needed.

"We want the government to give us new plots so we can build a new church," he told BBC's "Focus on Africa" radio show.

"We are citizens and the constitution says there is freedom of religion and worship so we are using this to get our rights."

In addition to the destruction of churches, El Ramli reported that Christians were forced to move from an area outside of Omdurman to an area north of the city. The church that the Christians attended was bulldozed, and they no longer have a place to worship.

The Council of Churches held a workshop on Monday, but it was interrupted by government officials who accused them of proselytizing, El Ramli said.

Some Sudanese Christians are afraid to attend church services out of fear of violence or other retaliation.

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