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Metropolitan Theodosios of Kinshasa, currently on a new missionary tour, recently visited the city of Kenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a church is being constructed in honor of Saint Gerasimos the Hymnographer.

During his visit, the Metropolitan inspected the progress of the churchs construction and expressed satisfaction with the advancements made so far.

He addressed the faithful and the workers, speaking about the event of the Resurrection of the Lord. Together, they sang Christ is Risen, and the Metropolitan expressed his hope that, once the church construction is completed, the community will have a permanent priest to meet their ongoing worship needs.

Later in the afternoon, the missionary group traveled to the town of Kikwit, home to the parish of Saints Athanasios of Alexandria and Eleftherios. The priests and faithful of Kikwit warmly welcomed the Metropolitan of Kinshasa and his entourage.

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The 140-year-old temple in downtown Charlottesville that once served as the home of the historically Black Mount Zion Baptist Church is returning to its roots and will, once again, be a fully operational house of worship.

The Charlottesville-based nondenominational Point Church has acquired the building at 105 Ridge St. for $1.3 million, about 25% lower than its assessed value of $1.7 million and about 60% more than the $713,000 it last sold for in 2004.

Since 2004, the property has been home to the Music Resource Center, a nonprofit, music-based, after-school program that works with students particularly from Buford Middle School and Charlottesville High School.

The Point Church said it plans to officially begin operating out of the Ridge Street property in April of 2025 and will continue to lease the first floor of the building to the Music Resource Center until the nonprofit group relocates to its new facility on Cherry Avenue sometime in 2026.

The brick, steepled church on Ridge Street in downtown Charlottesville first opened its doors in 1884.

The Church of the Good Shepherd, an Anglican congregation that is relatively new to Charlottesville, has been using the churchs worship space since last year, sharing the property with the Music Resource Center. But according to city records, that church has recently acquired a property at 750 Hinton Ave. in Charlottesvilles Belmont neighborhood from the Hinton Avenue Methodist Church. That $1.5 million is about 50% lower than the propertys assessed value of $3 million. City Council in 2019 allowed the land to be rezoned for the Methodist church to begin construction of an affordable housing project there called Rachels Haven. Although construction was slated to begin sometime this year, so far no units have been built.

Back on Ridge Street, the Point Church says it is planning on converting the old Mount Zion space into a new downtown campus for its congregation.

Chip Measells, the churchs executive director, says the mission behind the downtown campus will be to serve individuals in the community dealing with financial struggles as well as offering coworking space for local nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to similar causes.

Through several innovative programs, we aim to address the root causes of systemic poverty, providing immediate relief and long-term empowerment for our neighbors, said Measells in a statement.

The Point Church on Pantops just east of Charlottesville was founded in 2009.

The historic Mount Zion building is a little less than 3 miles away from the Point Churchs other Charlottesville location on Hansen Road on Pantops, which was founded in 2009 along with another campus based in the town of Louisa east of the city. The downtown development is a part of an ongoing expansion throughout Central Virginia for the Point Church; a new campus in Waynesboro is expected to open later this fall.

This strategic acquisition marks a significant step in our mission to expand our presence and service within the community, said Measells.

The Black congregation at Mount Zion Baptist Church first opened its doors at 105 Ridge St. in 1884, but they had been gathering and worshipping together decades before that.

The congregation was formed in 1864, when Black congregants split from the racially segregated White Baptist church in Charlottesville. At first they met in the residence of one of their congregants, but soon outgrew the space and, in 1875, built a wooden church in a lot next door.

Less than 10 years later, the congregation moved again, this time into the newly completed brick church on Ridge Street, designed by George Wilson Spooner, a Charlottesville architect who was involved in construction on the University of Virginia Rotunda.

Embellished in the 1890s with its steeple, stained-glass windows, and pipe organ, the church became a symbol of the growing importance of Charlottesvilles black community, according to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

The Mount Zion congregation would remain there for nearly 120 years, when under the leadership of the Rev. Alvin Edwards, the church moved in 2003 to a new home at 105 Lankford Ave. less than a mile south, where it remains to this day.

Since 2004, the Mount Zion Baptist Church property in downtown Charlottesville has been home to the Music Resource Center, a nonprofit, music-based, after-school program.

With a police escort, and a large banner leading the way, many members marched (in remembrance of deceased members), others rode buses, from our old edifice at 105 Ridge Street to our new edifice at 105 Lankford Avenue, reads an official church history posted on its website. As we entered the new edifice singing our theme, Were Marching to Zion, both young and old gave thanks to God for his continued blessings.

The building at 105 Ridge St. was enshrined in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

The Point Church is holding an open house at the church building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Tuesday. Pastor Gabe Turner will be speaking about the organizations plans for the campus at multiple sessions throughout the day, at 9 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.

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With major changes coming to one of San Diegos most iconic outdoor malls, your front yard could be steps away from Rolex, Dior and Dolce and Gabana.

SAN DIEGO Fashion Valleywill soon provide more than shopping. For the first time ever, youll be able to live at the mall.

Simon, the property owner of Fashion Valley, announced JCPenney is set to transform into hundreds of high-end residences.

The development would be on the far west end of the mall, nestled next to Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus. The plan is to build 850 luxury homes, the first to ever be located inside the mall.

"We are always going to have people drawn to the Coast of California, San Diego as well," said Laurie MacDonald, President of the Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors. "If you want luxury, you go to Fashion Valley."

With major changes coming to one of San Diegos most iconic outdoor malls, your front yard could soon be steps away from Rolex, Dior and Dolce and Gabana.

"It's kinda fun to see the luxury, reminds me of Rodeo Drive, but not everyone can afford that," Hannah Lawrence said, who lives nearby.

Over the years, more and more storefronts became designer brands and soon theyll have the housing to match.

"This is the trend for any age group, people want walkability. I love what they're doing - creating more housing, in general is great. I wish there was more home ownership opportunities there because that's really what San Diego needs," she said.

With this growth, comes the end of an era for this JCPenney location.

"I've been going to JCPenney since I was a kid," Lawrence said.

"Retail is hard right now, with all of the online shopping," MacDonald added.

Simon, the property owner of Fashion Valley says the multi-million dollar investment will intertwine high-end housing with luxury boutiques - adding the redevelopment marks a new era of sophistication and convenient living.

The units are set to have "incomparable amenities and high end finishes." There are also plans for new restaurants and open green spaces.

"I was a little surprised, because they're building some apartments, right down the road. It's going to be a lot of traffic, so yep we'll see," Lawrence said.

Given San Diegos housing situation, I asked if a city ordinance will require any of the units to fall under the affordable housing category. In a nutshell, a certain percentage will have to be - otherwise the property owner, has to pay a fee. The City of San Diego added, they havent yet received an application for the project.

JCPenney is set to close next year, and then construction should be complete by the end of 2026.

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In Birmingham, Alabama the residential enclave of Mountain Brook unfolds in a procession of monumental homes, most of them hailing from the 1920s and 30s in a pastiche of English styles. But one house literally stops people in their tracks.

Built a little over a decade ago, its a sublimely proportioned brick Georgian, strict as a sonnet and hemmed with enchanting gardens. People knock on its door to ask for paint colors. And while not quite as popular as Ariana Grande, the house has proved to be somewhat of an Instagram heavyweight.

This was all a major surprise to Caroline Gidiere, its owner and decorator who, early in the project, surmised to her architect that the whole town would probably whisper, Why is she building this grandma house?

Building it at all was serendipitous. She and her husband, Stephen, who she met in law school, had been house hunting avidly. One day, she looked at a house so dilapidated the eccentric owner led her in through its only functional opening: a side window. Thinking theyd found an intriguing fixer-upper, the Gidieres snapped it up. Then her architect and friend, James F. Carter, informed her that the half-collapsed pile was a teardown, well beyond saving.

Gidiere, who was still a lawyer at the time (one with unexpressed aesthetic yearnings), didnt bother getting upset. Instead, she told Carter what she wanted him to design in its place.

I wanted to do a riff on the George Wythe house, says Gidiere, who was raised in tiny Florence, Alabama, by parents whod taken her to Colonial Williamsburg every summer for 20 years. For at least the first 10, she spent those vacations beating flax into linen, dipping candles over a hot cauldron of beeswax, and envying friends whod gone to Disney World. But as it turns out, she was also busy storing up house plans, particularly of the majestically simple 1750s house built for Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The symmetry and balance of it massages something deep in my brain, says Gidiere, a lifetime decorating devotee whose tastes run from Daniel Romualdez, Frances Elkins, and Renzo Mongiardino to Miles Redd and David Netto. So clear was her vision for the project that she scrapped plans to work with an interior designer and simply forged ahead with Carter on her own.

Gidiere favors timeless, traditional rooms but also exuberant pattern and color. In the foyer, Chinese blue-and-white exportware vases crowd the console. The living rooms sofas wear buoyant ruffled slipcovers in Colefax and Fowlers Bowood, a floral document fabric found in Englands Bowood Castle. The ruffles fraternize effortlessly with filigreed Kentian consoles and a quieter games table and chairs from the Paris Flea Market. Dining room walls are clad in frothy, hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper, its background a saturated midtone green hovering between grass and olive. It cleverly covers the jib doors of four big closets where Gidiere stores tableware.

Her color palette veers close to the edge but never over it and always to joyous effect. The kitchen and family rooms lavender sofa with pale pink and aqua pillows next to a bright orange banquette sounds insane but isntand an equally vivid orange silk sari made into a pleated lampshade only amps up the charm. Next to hot-orange millwork, the bars ultratraditional built-in cabinetry stained chocolate brown surrenders up every iota of stuffiness.

So much color supports a truth about this house: that its a garden indoors and out, each part flowing easily into the other and both well used for entertaining and family life. Stephen worked closely with landscape architect Randy McDaniel to choose plants and has always taken care of everything. He hand-clips the dahlia garden, trains the espaliered hornbeams and fruit trees against the house, and barbers the myrtle topiaries scattered everywhere. Its his playground and stress reliever, she says.

Gidiere learned in the decorating that she could spend long hours on mundane tasks like choosing hardware and never consider it work. One December, Stephen secretly filed her incorporation, got her a decorating license, and put them in a box under the tree. She opened them up, and he said, Its time. She took the following year to wrap up her legal practice.

Unsurprisingly, Gidiere has more colorful and engaging work than she can handle these days. Beyond my wildest dreams! she says. Im blown away and grateful every day.

The front door and its Philip T. Shutzeinspired surround brings the entrance down to a more human scale, says architect James F. Carter.

Miniature English cream dachshund Buttercup offers a friendly welcome in the marble foyer. Regency lantern, Vaughan. A subtle Greek key motif nods to late Georgian/Regency influences with understated simplicity.

A bay window in the den makes way for a cozy breakfast banquette framed by the childrens artwork. Armchairs, Lee Industries.

Carter used horizontal wood paneling to draw a contrast between the den and the rest of the house. Its a graphic way to add lovely warmth, he notes.

A bluestone patio serves the back entry. Table and chairs, Fermob Luxembourg

Dark cabinetry makes the expansive combined kitchen and den at the back of the house feel cozier. A stainless steel countertop ensures a kinship between the island and the appliances, hood, and satin nickel hardware. Cabinetry paint, Off-Black by Farrow & Ball

Tucking tableware storage behind jib doors in the dining room ensures continuity for the showstopping silk de Gournay wallpaper. The table skirt fabric is by Elizabeth Eakins. Trim, Samuel & Sons. Chair upholstery, Les Indiennes and Schumacher

Antique glass and Chippendale fretwork give the built-in bar cabinetry beautiful historic character. Stained mahogany is framed in fiery orange trim (Lava by Porters Paints) and gold leaf ceiling paper (Phillip Jeffries). Pendant lighting, Visual Comfort & Co. Backsplash, Adelphi Paper Hangings

In the living room, a Regency game table and chairs (Paris Flea Market) are flanked by Chippendale mirrors. Abaca rug, Hiltz-Lauber. Lamps, Bungalow 5

The best thing you can have in a house is good natural light, says architect James F. Carter, who designed the living room with four pairs of French doors.

A rectangular shape brings a sense of intimacy to the formal seating area and its trio of slipcovered sofas. A pair of Louis XVI armchairs flank the central sofa; the lacquered coffee table is by Miles Redd for Ballard Designs. Sofas, Bungalow Classic. Slipcovers, custom

Faux book fronts epoxied to a jib closet door give the appearance of an intriguing secret passage.

The stair rail was inspired by the famed Chinese Chippendale design at Battersea, an 18th-century estate in Virginia.

Romantic English florals (Colefax and Fowler) envelop the first-floor guest room. The quilts are Provence market finds. Trim, Samuel & Sons. Four-poster beds, Ikea

A custom upholstered bed in the master bedroom is covered in a deep rose linen by Carolina Irving Textiles. Wall and drapery fabric, Dcors Barbares. Linens, D. Porthault

A petite greenhouse (Eden Brothers) is tucked behind a pleached American hornbeam arch.

Garden table linens, Paloma & Co. Rattan vases, Amanda Lindroth

Painted brickwork gives the classically inspired home a look more in line with its 1920s neighbors, says architect James F. Carter. I expected typical black shutters, but Caroline wanted to match the shade to the house, and I think that went a long way to making it look really fresh. The custom shade is similar to Gray Mist by Benjamin Moore.

Interior Design by Caroline Gidiere; Architecture by James F. Carter; Landscape Design by Randy McDaniel; Photography by Brian Woodcock Produced by Rachael Burrow

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Experts discuss ways to protect homes from electrical disasters

MARYLAND Every day we use electricity getting ready in the mornings, in the kitchen, our personal devices. But how much is too much?

Home electrical fires account for an estimated 51,000 fires each year. More than 1,400 people are injured, there are more than 500 deaths, and approximately $1.3. billion in property damage. May is Electrical Safety Month, and experts are giving us tips on how to prevent electrical disasters.

Mcintyre Electric Service, Inc. owner John Mcintyre, tells us that multi-power strips are one of many causes of electrical fires. Be cognizant of what youre plugging in If you have a cord plugged in and its frayed, and it shorts out. Pets, pets are a good one for chewing into electrical cords and things of that nature that could cause issues. Furniture crushing electrical cords, things of that nature.

Ocean City Firefighter, Ryan Whittington, agrees that in the workplace and at home electrical fires can be a result of old wiring and overloaded circuits. Faulty appliances or improper use of electric devices can pose a risk for a house fire Connecting multiple high-energy appliances, even daisy-chaining some of them together or multiple strips together can overload the circuit.

Mcintyre says older homes may have fixtures that need to be upgraded and cautions all homeowners to check outlets in and around the home. If its not holding when you plug it in and it feels like it wants to fall out, its time to change that outlet If you have a breaker tripping in your panel, maybe its just not the breaker, maybe its an actual problem if you keep resetting it.

Whittington says to regularly check cords for damage, and Mcintyre says you can take a step further to ensure electrical disasters dont happen to you. Having an electrician do a check once a year, just go through your panel box and check that and make sure all your connections are tight there. Have an electrician if he has a thermal imager check your outlets.

Lithium batteries in gadgets like hover boards, have been known to catch fire and cause a lot of damage. Mcintyre says thermal runaway is when the device overheats from the inside causing a combustion. It overheats from the inside and goes into a runoff of flame, and you cant stop it. These batteries will catch fire and cause a lot of damage. Plugging them in inside and charging them in your house is never a good idea to do. Plugging them into the garage or outside its best. Whittington also speaks on instruments with lithium batteries, Charging one of the lithium-ion batteries on a bed or mattress is not a good idea never put these batteries on something combustible.

Whittington warns us to never use water to extinguish an electrical fire, as water conducts electricity. Mcintyre says if your able, get to the breaker shut the whole panel down and be sure to use a fire extinguisher. Most importantly, make sure you have a working smoking detector, smoke detectors save lives. He tells us that all families should have an escape plan, get out fast, and call the fire department.

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The Netherlands With the 2022 version of Soenda Indoor Werkspoorkathedraal in Utrecht being an unbridled success, repeating the trick for the 2023 edition in the same location would be no small feat. Fortunately, T.Y.S was once again on hand to create a design that surpassed expectations.

The biggest challenge for the design team was coming up with a solution that could turn the cavernous Werkspoorkathedraal into a venue with a cosy club atmosphere. With a floor surface of 5,800 m2 to cover and a ceiling height of 20 metres, there was plenty of scope for creativity.

Together with the events producer, Elevation Events, the design team decided that doing something with motion could add a surprising new dimension to the lighting set-up for the 2023 edition. This culminated in the construction of four large square frames that were suspended from the venues two crane tracks. With each frame loaded with visual and lighting equipment, double the number of trusses and motion hoists were needed to support the frames and make them tiltable.

DEFRAME provided the stunning visuals that covered the square frames. Ampco Flashlight supplied the motion equipment, while Stagelight was responsible for supplying the sound and lighting equipment. They equipped each square frame with 32 Showtec Helix S5000 Q4 LED washers. With eight washers attached to each side of the frames and each washer having the capability to be split into five separate sections, it was possible to create virtually unlimited wash effects. The DJ booth also benefitted from two Helix S5000 washers, which were used as side and front lights.

A total of 60 Infinity iB-2R moving light beams were added on either side of the square frames to create a dynamic light curtain for the frames to dance through. With their razor-sharp beams, vivid colours, fast movements, rotating prisms, ultra-fast gobos and colour wheels, the iB-2R fixtures added plenty of energy. There were also 20 Infinity Furion S601 Profiles that were used to project a wide variety of breathtaking gobo effects onto the walls and ceiling of the Werkspoorkathedraal.

Soenda is an event that continues to go from strength to strength, which is not surprising given how much time and thought goes into its planning and organisation. The design team behind Soenda Indoor Werkspoorkathedraal 2023 in the Werkspoorkathedraal are currently preparing for the eagerly anticipated Soenda Outdoor Festival 2024. As soon as theyre done with that, theyll start planning for Soenda Indoor Werkspoorkathedraal 2024. Who knows what theyll come up with for that, but its probably best to expect something spectacular and unexpected.

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A new church on Eau Claire's south side started to take shape Friday.

TOWN OF WASHINGTON (WQOW) - A new church on Eau Claire's south side started to take shape Friday.

This morning as the sun came up, the first walls went up at what will soon be Haven Church.

Construction has been underway the past few weeks at the corner of Highway 93 and Deerfield Road. Friday, the group Builders for Christ kicked off construction of the $5 million project.

Builders for Christ is a national volunteer group. Over the next 16 weeks, 900 volunteers will travel to Eau Claire on their own dime and help with construction.

The pastor of Haven Church, James Whatley, said the free labor will save them about a million dollars.

"Personally for me, we live in a world that is really isolated. Being able to come together, particularly post Covid, is such a tremendous blessing. We just think Jesus brings hope and community and a positive future," he said.

The church hopes to be in the new 16,000 foot facility by November. In addition to a lot larger space, the church will also have a nursery, children's education area and an outdoor pollinator garden.

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The congregation at Ashley Ridge Church in Summerville has been meeting at the local high school for over a decade, patiently waiting to build a permanent home for its ministry in the Summerville community. Now, that dream is being realized.

On April 21, church leaders and representatives broke ground on a new building at 9815 Delemar Highway.

Trident Construction, which is overseeing the building development, signed on to the project four years ago and has been patiently waiting to get things going.

We picked Trident because they are deeply invested in the Summerville community, said Pastor Jenn Williams. They have also been a great asset in offering creative construction ideas to help us save money and build the best possible tool for our ministry.

Ashley Ridge is the only church in the Summers Corner community. Leaders and members anticipate rapid growth as thousands of new homes are being built there, as well as a new community center, which promises several large pools and recreational facilities.

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Father Agustin Martinez, associate pastor of St. Paul, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Father Michael Hermes, pastor of St. Paul, stand in front of a rendering of the new St. Paul Church in Olathe. The parish broke ground on the church on May 11. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JAY SOLDNER

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OLATHE There was a reason St. Paul Parish here exchanged its usual Mass venue in its temporary worship space last Sunday for a grassy field adjoining the east side of the school.

The evening Mass for the solemnity of the Ascension on May 11 was also the historic groundbreaking for the construction of the fourth church in the 164-year history of the parish the first and thus oldest parish in Johnson County.

The outdoor altar was situated approximately where the new churchs altar will be located.

The mood of the more than 2,300 present on that warm, sunny evening was excited.

Thats what Jose and Maria Ramirez said, with translation assistance from their daughter Juseth Cruz.

The Ramirezes have been parishioners for 27 years and were part of the procession on Dec. 29, 2018, from the former church at 900 S. Honeysuckle Dr., where the parish worshiped since 1962, to the current St. Paul School at 21650 W. 115th Terr.

Were pretty excited for the church and very happy, said Jose.

Very happy for the new church, said Maria. Weve all been collectively working together for this new church that well all be able to celebrate in in a bigger way.

As for Cruz, she was excited, too.

Im very excited for this new church, she said, and getting to see all the new people who will join and experience this beautiful building being built.

The groundbreaking was but another step in a master plan set in motion when Father Michael Hermes became pastor on July 1, 2014. Parishioners have long been eager to exchange their temporary space for a real, beautiful church.

This is a day weve been waiting for for a long, long time, said parishioner Terry Punswick, who was handing out buttons and programs, and there are many parishioners whove been waiting longer than I have. For this day to finally happen just fills us with joy and anticipation. I wish we could start building right away.

That wont happen. Instead, parishioners will continue to use the temporary worship space a multipurpose room inside St. Paul School for a bit longer.

Plans have been drawn up by JNKA Architects of Chicago and cost estimators have produced their figures. Requests for bids by general contractors will go out in mid-June, said Father Hermes. No exact dates have been set for the start or completion of construction.

The main celebrant of the Mass was Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, and the homilist was Father Hermes. He tied the building of the new church to the duty of all Christians to evangelize.

This task belongs to all members of the church. It is not only for bishops and priests, he said in Spanish and English. Every baptized person must think of himself or herself as permanently sent, as a missionary disciple, so that in the midst of family life and in the midst of our work, we may always be carrying the joy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others by the testimony of our lives.

In his remarks, Archbishop Naumann praised the work of Father Hermes, associate pastor Father Agustin Martinez, the parish building and planning committees, and parishioners.

I want to congratulate Father Hermes and the building team for all theyve done, he said, and to congratulate you for responding so generously.

Its expensive to build a new church and a new campus. Thank you all for your support. Its not over yet, I hope, and I look forward to being able to be here when the new church will be dedicated to celebrate that glorious day.

The reason for a new church was alluded to by Archbishop Naumann and Olathe mayor John Bacon. Bacon said Olathe has doubled in size in the past 30 years, and now boasts approximately 153,000 residents.

St. Paul is the largest parish in the archdiocese, recently surpassing the Church of the Ascension in Overland Park, said the archbishop. It has at least 3,325 registered families, according to Father Hermes. The growth shows no sign of stopping.

The design of the new church will have both traditional and contemporary elements. It will have a Romanesque cruciform layout with some pews in the front in a fan-shaped configuration.

The outside faade will be Spanish Colonial. The upper level of the building will be the church, and the lower level will be the social hall/church offices with a kitchen. The hall can be divided with accordion-style movable partitions. Each level will be 19,540 square feet.

To manage costs, the master plan calls for construction in stages. At first, only the upper level church and eucharistic adoration chapel will be finished. The lower level will be unfinished for a while. Later stages will include a courtyard and school gymnasium. The estimated cost of the first stage of church construction is $20 million.

The new church will be built northeast of St. Paul School. The entire campus consists of 20 acres donated by the Leonard and Ellen McKinzie Family.

Dignitaries for the groundbreaking included Archbishop Naumann, Father Hermes, Father Martinez, Bacon, Carol Kulhmann representing the McKinzie Family, David Kulhman of JNKA Architects, parish council representative Hoan Kim Pham, finance council representative Scott Anderson and building committee representative Dennis Wilbert.

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