Official Opening September 19, 2010

All of us at Waterford United Church
are excited to be home in our new sanctuary
following the devastating fire in April 2008.

Our Church Members and those in our Church Neighbourhood
are extended a warm welcome to attend both the
morning service at 10:30am and the afternoon
Official Opening on Sunday September 19, 2010 at 2:00pm.

We are very pleased that
Mardi Tindal, Moderator of the United Church of Canada
will be present to participate in this happy occasion.

Ribbon Cutting ~ Special Music

Thank You Thank You Thank You

We want to take this opportunity to extend our sincere gratitude for all of the support - financial and emotional - that the Town of Waterford and the surrounding area has shown our congregation since the fire at our church in April 2008.

In this tumultuous time we were blessed to belong to a community who so visibly stood behind us and our future.

For all of this we Thank You.

Waterford United Church
2010

Official Opening September 19, 2010

The Official Opening of our new building will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010. Mardi Tindal, Moderator of the United Church of Canada will be joining us.

Community Open House

Please join us on Sunday July 11, 2010 from 3 to 5 as we proudly host an Open House of our new building. Tours and light refreshments will be available.

A Peek Inside

"Sanctuary view from back of hall"


"Windows at Main Entrance on Church Street"




"Memorial Hallway" looks onto Church Street where a Memorial Garden will be planted.







Here is a peek at the (finished but unfurnished for the most part) product. We are pleased to be using the sanctuary and the large Sunday School Room. There are still lots of bumps to be ironed out - audio-visual systems, the furnishings, paint touch-ups here and there - but the overall feeling is that we are home.

Week 41

No photo this week, just a written update of whats going on inside. The pews were being delivered and installed this week and the pipe organ is on its way from Montreal.
All of the flooring - hardwood and tiles - is complete as is the painting as well as the sound system.
Everyone is working very hard to be able to get into our new building soon!!

Week 38

Work is moving along very quickly now and huge changes are happening daily. Light fixtures are being installed in the sanctuary and the tile flooring is being laid in the foyer. The next major jobs will be the wood flooring installed in the sanctuary and the organ install.

View from Church Street of Sanctuary and Office Wing.

Architectural detail in vaulted ceiling of sanctuary.

View from corner of Church and Main.

Main Entrance.

Week 37

Church Street Entrance

Architectural trusses waiting to be installed in sanctuary


View to front of sanctuary with preparations being made for the new organ

Front view on Main Street

View from Main and Church

Week 32

With a crowd of on-lookers, the steeple arrived in Waterford on Tuesday February 23 and was finally installed. The church has been awaiting this arrival and everyone was excited to see the crane lift it from the back of the truck up to the top of the church roof.

Week 30

South facing window at the front of the sanctuary

Rear view of sanctuary - window overlooks current CE wing

View of the front of the sanctuary

Office Wing

Main Sanctuary

The much anticipated arrival of the steeple has been postponed and is

now scheduled to arrive in a few weeks. Brick work continues

and some drywall work has commenced in the classroom wing.

Week 29

View from across Main Street at Church Street.

They are laying brick under the tarps.

View from Church Street. This is the main entrance.


This is the top of the window that is at the front of the sanctuary facing Main Street.

Re-Post of Drawings

To re-fresh our memories and so to compare the actual building

to the plans, here are the drawings for comparison.

The following rooms have been re-purposed but will sizes remain as shown:

The Common Classroom on the south side of the sanctuary has been divided in half and the newly formed room on the west side will house The Archives.

The Secretary/Treasurer Office shown on the north side of the sanctuary has been moved to the current parlour.

The space left by moving these 2 rooms (and the removal of the joint wall) is accommodating a large parlour easily accessible off the vestibule/memorial area.

As well, the AVR room shown on the south side of the sanctuary will be a "Baby/Crying Room" with visual access to the sanctuary, the AVR will be housed in a room under the stairs at the north east corner of the sanctuary.

Week 27

As you can see there has been a lot of progress since the last post. The weather is now a factor in the work that can be done but the building has undergone signifigant improvements.

View from across Main Street at the front of the main sanctuary.

View from down Church Street showing the back of the sanctuary and new entrance above the current CE Wing.

Week 23

Continuing progress on sanctuary roof system.

Week 22

As trusses and beams are delivered and assembled, the roof
of the main sanctuary beings to take shape.

The proposed completion date has been extended to March 2010
to accommodate the recent delays.

Week 19

Office/Entrance wing facing Main Street

Truss installed as the beginning of the structure to support the new steeple.

Construction has re-started at WUC and we are looking forward to visible progress now as they work to install the structure needed to support the steeple and work on enclosing the building before winter weather. Many of the windows have been installed as they work towards enclosure.

Week 14

Classroom Wing

Office/Entance Wing

Main Entrance Hall



Construction has slowed while they wait for the required structure
to install the steeple on the main part of the church.

Week 10

Week 8

The final layer of concrete has been poured and lumber has been delivered to begin building structure. As of this morning the classroom wing has been framed.

Week 6 of Construction

The concrete slab under the sanctuary has been installed and the footings for the classroom wing and entrance/office wing are complete.

A New Beginning

After a Ground Breaking Ceremony on June 28, 2009, construction began on the new building (as described in the drawings below) located at the corner or Main and Church Sts in Waterford.

Excavation began the week of July 13 and in these photos, taken at the end of July the footings are complete and the forms for the foundation are in place.

Proposed Site Plans for New Church

Proposed Classrooms

Proposed Offices

Proposed Sanctuary Outside Front

Proposed Santuary Plans

New Church Illustrations

Proposed Memorial Garden - off of Church Street

Proposed South View from Main Street

Proposed North View From Church/Main Sts.

Proposed Main Entrance off of Church Street

Deconstruction of Sanctuary