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Thursday, 01 May 2008 00:00

At the beginning of May
the stone men are due on site
to begin the installation of the
stone mullions of the windows
in the Transept. The mullions
are the stone frames for the
stained glass. With the stone
holding the windows, the
stained glass should not
require any attention for some
centuries, barring earthquake,
tempest and fire. When the
mullions are finished - the task
will take about three weeks -
the Transept flooring can
proceed. Also, a couple of
days will see the plasterers
give the final flourish of
plaster to the external walls.
The heating engineers will
soon be connecting up the
mains water supply to the new
system and will pressure test.
Then the heating will be
turned on to drive the winter’s
damp out of the church.
By the time the new
plaster and the walls have
dried out, the electricians will
have comp l e t e d the
installation of the new
lighting, including the three
Nave chandeliers.

 


The painters will then
begin. They have already done
all their preparatory work in
the church.
With the lighting complete
and when the ceilings are
painted, the cherry-picker will
be brought out and the painters
will continue on the interior
walls. The floors will be
finished at the same time.
There again all the preparatory
work has been done. As the
builders withdraw from the
church, the external paths will
be laid in paving blocks.
Worship can then resume
in the church. All the above is
scheduled to take place before
the end of May. But we’ll see.
We have come such a long
way since September 17th and
have accomplished so much,
an extra week or two, just to
get things right, will not
matter in the least. We will do
our best.
I hope no one minds the
way I try to give you every
possible bit of information in
Outreach. I have always taken
the view that a parish belongs
to its parishioners. It is the
people of God in this place
now who will hand St Mary’s
on to the next generation. In
parochial ministry the more
the people know what is going
on, the more likely it is that
they will support what the
Select Vestry decides,
provided that they have been
properly advised and
consulted. That is the theory
and that is what we try to do.
I write this on the Sunday
night after the visit in the
morning of the Strathearn
Chamber Choir. What
glorious music!
And now with the fabulous
Nendrum College up and
running we can look forward
to lots of visits in the coming
years of choirs and musicians
from our local schools. Our
renovated church will be ideal
for music and religious drama.
In the meantime we thank
- again - our own Rosie Barry
and Peter Farrar for all their
lovely music!

 

Jonathan Barry