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Images from June 26, 1999.

Parishes working this day
Holy Communion
Grace
Advent

First day of work and also ceremonial groundbreaking. The plan to lay flooring was delayed because the beam was not in place, so we prepared as best we could by measuring and cutting in preparation for the next workday.

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	Project leadership and future owners gather together for the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony.
	Marking of the flooring begins with the foundation in the background.
	Monte is furious at Dave for not telling him his sweatband is upside down. (Okay, maybe not.)
	Marking the floor joists for cutting.
	Drilling into the foundation. . .
	. . . and attaching some of that wood stuff to it.
	Cutting the floor joists to length.
	Lunch.
	Lunch.
	Sump.
	The first week work crew gathers together.
	Colorful balloons adorned the groundbreaking celebration.
	1st week's crew posing.
	A lively neighborhood mural across from Friendly Temple church.