It's time to start working again on the Little White Church in Paradise Valley! The building has been jacked up and a foundation built underneath. The exterior siding of the building has been repaired and/or replaced and painted and looks great!
There are new windows, a new roof, and there's a bell on the top of the roof that came all the way from Texas! There's a stone tablet out front with the Ten Commandments on it.
If you haven't driven by the church, be sure to do so, you'll be surprised!
Now we need to turn our attention to updating and repairing the interior. The pews were painted by the Boy Scouts last summer and they look real spiffy! Thanks guys! But there's more to be done. Here's a look at what we need to do:
* Tear off all the old wallboard and wall coverings and replace them. We're looking at cedar siding to complete that job.
* The floors need to be sanded and refinished.
* The wood stove is in poor shape and needs to be replaced or repaired.
* The electricity in the church is old and dangerous. It needs to be rewired.
* Also, the water running off the roof is going to discolor the new white paint. We need to install gutters on both the north and south sides of the building.
I'm sure that as things go along this summer, we'll find a few other things that need repairing or replacing, but we hope to wrap up the job this year.