Faith On Every Corner_July 2017_CR

Rooms that will be used for growing
lettuce hydroponically.
We took a tour of the building where Johnny told
us about the rooms that will be fitted with the
hydroponic system he is developing. “Karin said,
this food is grown so clean that you don’t even
have to wash it before you eat it.”
Johnny explained that the integrity of this building
is incredible for sitting empty for so many years.
“There was a man from California who bought it
years ago. He and his family lived in the Sanctuary,
they even turned the baptismal into a hot tub,”
Johnny said with a chuckle. “There is also a room
painted pink in the balcony above the sanctuary.
They walled off the balcony and made rooms. The
room was for his little girl,” said Karin.
Our interview was two days before they had a
massive clean-up scheduled. They had a great day
of clean-up and were able to empty the worst part
of the church that looked like it had been used as a
dump. There were truckloads of trash hauled away.
When they were finished for the day, the area they
call the saloon was empty.
“We have heard many rumors about what that
family was doing with this building, but we
really don’t know the real story,” said Karin. “This
church was also sold on E-Bay!”
We continued the tour and Johnny said that this
church was built with state-of-the art equipment.
“Unfortunately, we had to have all of the electricity
replaced because it had been stripped of it’s wiring.
It has incredible architecture. We had a water
problem due to a roof leak, we were ready for a
very expensive fix. The plumber had good news.
The church had been built with an internal gutter
system. One part of the gutter had come apart and
once he fixed it, it was good to go. The cost was
$200.00”
Some of the trash removed on clean-up day.
The church building has relatively little damage
other than graffiti. Although it has been broken
into several times and someone hit golf balls
through the antique sanctuary windows. The
windows were made in Florida and after some
research and phone calls, Johnny was able to find
a source that would make replacement windows to
restore those that are broken.
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