Week 3 in Tucson

As we begin week 3, Midge adds final paint touches to Bumble Bee and Duck while

Avis & Cindy second coat the swing sets and

Bub and Steve make final adjustments to the choir loft gates.

Meanwhile, Gary and Stel begin sanding the communion rail and

they are joined by Barb and

and then by Avis while Stel sands the 330 communion cup holders.

Then Bub joins in on sanding and

is joined by Steve and

Avis and Stel clean up all that sanding dust.

Meanwhile, Barb has already applied poly to the choir loft gates and

Gary has gone back to installing towell holders

and Denny is replacing broken boards on the School Bus.

Gary then salvages parts to hang the new swing seats and

Bub begins hanging them.

Back in the sanctuary, Barb, Stel, Avis and Steve apply the first coat of polyeurothene.

After replacing the floor boards, Denny checks for rough spots and Avis begins painting the floor.

The finished product is quite an improvement.

The last of the playground toys gets a new coat of paint.

The new swingseats are all installed and the cheery colors brighten the refurbished playground.

Avis, Bub and Denny reinstall the last of the refinished cabinet doors.

The church had ordered a giant dumpster from the city and on Tuesday, we set out to clean up the grounds, especially making major pruning of those super thorny Mesquite trees.

Bub, Avis and Stel clean up debris from the previous playground trees.

Steve, Cindy, Gary, Bub, Denny the Pastor and Ramon cut up the limbs to fit into the dumpster.

Midge and  Barb clean out the dead material from the front shrubs.

Meanwhile, we left Jack in the sanctuary to run wires in the attic for the front lights on the church and to finish the installation of the fans before the heat of the afternoon arrived.

After lunch, Midge and

Barb resand the communion rail for another coat of poly.

One last toy needs to be fixed.  Gary and Bub inspect this damaged wheel to determine how best to remove it.

Stel & Bub begin dismantling it

and Bub removes parts from the old wheel to attach the new wheel.

Did I say one last toy to fix?  Here's Avis repairing this hinged door for the plastic playhouse.

Now that the choir loft gates are poly'd, Bub and Steve install them

and they are ready to go.  

We had previously determined that this tire has to go from the playground so Bub, Gary, Stel and Steve set out to tow it away 

and here it goes

and here is its new home

and Cindy refills the hole left by the tire.

The potential future tenants of the Education Building provided paint and we are asked to do the honors so Denny gets started.

There are six rooms to paint on this last minute project so nearly everyone gets involved.

And one final photocell light gets installed & the switch for power gets replaced by Steve and Bub.

One final addition to the playground is this sun to cover the area where we ran out of paint.  Avis painted the sun and Midge does the artistry of the "rays".

And this is the final result

After finishing the wiring in the sanctuary, Jack and Bub began repairing mowers & trimmers and Jack begins mowing

Bub does some trimming

Along with Jodi.

This is our last day but it's also Barb's birthday wo we celebrate it and then...

Farewell to Santa Clara UMC

Second Week in Tucson

As the second week begins, Bub finishes the plumbing in the education building by caulking the fixtures

and Avis begins reinstalling the refinished cabinet doors.

Midge and Barb continue sanding doors and cabinets

and Stel helps Midge by removing hardware.

Barb applies polyeurothene to the cabinets.

Denny and Gary patched holes in the drywall in the Thrift Shop

and applied mud to the seams.

Cindy and Jack finish rebuilding the porch roof.

Avis sorted through paint to find usable material to paint the playground equipment.

Midge paints some missing cabinet doors we found in storage.

Bub and Steve install 2 used fans in the Thrift Shop.

Jack and Cindy installed new vinyl base in the Education Building.

Denny began sanding the swing set

with the assistance of Gary.

Avis painted the concrete slab while Cindy and Stel take a break fron the work and

Gary takes a brief rest.

Bub tries to make these old light parts into a working fixture for the Thrift Shop and

his work was successful.

Stel helps Avis prepare these porch posts for painting and

Gary begins the painting process.

Those tree stumps have to go so Stel begins to dig around them and

Gary lends a hand.

Stel was able to cut off most of them but this one was a big problem.

Afterward, Jodi helps to refill the holes.

Avis replaces damaged floor tile and baseboard in the men's room and

the ladies room as well.

The Pastor wanted 2 gates installed on both ends of the choir loft to limit weekday traffic so Steve, Denny and Bub begin the design process.

and Bub and Steve begin the construction.

Cindy installs new door stops.

The first of the refinished doors is dry so Steve, Stel and Avis rehang it while

Steve and Bub began removing the sanctuary doors for refinishing and

4 people are needed to carry them so Steve, Bub, Denny and Stel each grab a corner

and Cindy preps by taping the glass.

Avis repaints an exterrior door of the Ed. building to make it more "kid friendly".

Denny and Gary begin repairing @ 200 chairs for the sanctuary by adding screws and wood putty.

Steve and Bub design security bars for the restroom windows and install them, but

They were a tad "ugly" so Avis begins covering them with paint

and Bub reinstalls them.

The vacuum wasn't working when they cleaned after installing the vinyl base so Cindy and Jack set out to fix it.

The door locks to the sanctuary were giving everyone trouble so Steve begins to assess the problem while Bub and Stel look on.  Eventually, the locks had to be replaced.

Avis uses a wire brush to clean these cement vehicle stops and

then she repaints them.

Avis begins painting the bus toy in the playground while

Midge works on the bumble bee and duck and

and Cindy paints the swings

and Avis continues painting other playground toys.

Stel and Pastor Augustin meet to discuss project status and additional work to be done.

Midge is assigned to repaint the speed limit sign

and it is ready to reinstall

And the sun goes down on Week #2