New Carpeting in the Church

On Monday, December 29, workers began the installation of new carpeting in the hallways of the existing church. Asbestos tile was removed from these areas early in the construction project, last summer. The accompanying (poorly illuminated) photograph shows one of the installation workers laying carpet in the hallway outside Nieman Hall, by the steps leading down to the Madison Day Care and Madison Co-Op Nursery School area.

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Epiphany Chapel Passageway

The new passageway between the existing church and the lower level of the new parish hall is taking shape. This new hall runs across the end of the Epiphany Chapel, adjacent to the outside exit doorway into the center courtyard. In order to preserve the view of the stained glass window in the Epiphany Chapel, the new passageway has been made with a partial glass wall. The photograph above shows the view from inside the children's chapel, looking through the new wall, across the passageway, and to the stained glass window.

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Big Progress on Electric System

The electric power supply from the utility pole on Madison Avenue into the church is being expanded and moved. Power now enters the building in a pit under the narthex, where constant moisture, obsolete equipment, and rust are serious safety problems. As shown in the accompanying photograph, a new service entrance is being built in one of the former Madison Day Care nap rooms. The power will go through a new connection between the pole and a dedicated transformer on a pad in front of the building, and then underground into the distribution panel shown above. Major distribution panels are located in the former rectory boiler room, outside the sacristy, in the hallway between the library and the kitchen, and in the hallway between Nieman Hall and the rector's office. As part of the construction of the new parish hall, additional new electric distribution facilities are being installed.

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Our New Power System

Employees of the Madison electric utility are installing a new power line into the church. Starting from the pole, a new 12,500 volt line will go down the pole and then run underground to the new transformer in front of the church. There it will be stepped down to 240 volts going underground into one of the former nap rooms to a new distribution panel. Extensive wiring changes are being made inside the building to move the power entrance from its present place under the narthex to the new center in the nap room. In the photograph, the power lines that will feed the church are visible -- not yet connected -- near the top of the pole shown at center. The new transformer is on the ground, just to the left of the "Route 124" sign. The present transformers, which will be eliminated, are the three garbage-can-size cylinders on the top of the pole to the right.

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Our New Patio Is Taking Shape

The patio outside the south end of the new parish hall is taking shape this week, and the accompanying photograph shows masons finishing part of the patio floor. The outdoor assembly area is intended as a link between the church building and the adjoining garden chapel and columbarium.

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The View Into Nieman Hall

After several months of being closed with a temporary wall of sheetrock, the doorway from the hall into Nieman Hall was opened this week. The accompanying photograph was taken from the hall, looking into the new antechamber (between the kitchen and the new toilet facilities) and through that into Nieman Hall.

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