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The Fire 7: Interior Work on 1st Floor
THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES:
With most of the outside structural work done on the first floor, the focus now
begins on the interior, getting it finished so we can move in and begin
unpacking from over a year working out of living rooms and construction
trailers. As much of the work as possible is done by the school staff to keep
expenses down. Additionally, several volunteer cabinet builders came down from
Neerlandia, Alberta (Canada) and offered their services for a few months.
JANUARY through APRIL, 2004
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Rev. Rudy Poettcker spray paints the chapel walls in
the building.
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Harry Lewis, volunteer teacher assistant from the U.S. paints steel
beams holding up the second level cement floor (on top of corrugated
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Guyanese teacher and
church member, Vanessa Gomes taking instruction from Rev. Poettcker
on how to spray paint. (Note: Vanessa Gomes became a student at CLA when she was quite young and also attended the church. She
graduated from the school and later became a teacher.)
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Grant vanAssen, Canadian volunteer from Neerlandia, Alberta,
building library shelves
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Completed library shelves await the painting of the walls for their
permanent installation. |
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Gregory Kandasammy, former CLA graduate, is now the grounds manager
for the school. He is caulking the windows on the first floor.
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Ben Bruekelman, Canadian volunteer from Neerlandia, Alberta, working
on school cabinets for the administration area.
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Nirmala & Asgar Hamid stand behind (left and center) the new school
cabinets for the school secretary with Grant vanAssen on the right.
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School cabinets for administrative offices built by Ben and Grant
from Canada. |
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Entrance to the administrative offices for the school just to the
left of the waiting room area (pictured at right). |
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Waiting room area for the school. Window in the back of picture is
for payment of fees to the school bookkeeper. |
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Main hallway leading to the rest of the first floor: left entrance
is for chapel and church meeting room, straight down the hall is to
the school library, to the right are doors to school offices and
just before first door on right, as pictured above, is the waiting
room for school visitors.
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Chapel area with Alney Gomes (sister of school teach, Vanessa Gomes)
resting on plywood used in building the cabinets. |
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THE MAKING OF A PULPIT
The original pulpit, after which this one is designed, was
donated to First Presbyterian Church in 1980 when the church was
known by the name Open Door Bible Church. Rev. Donnan was the
missionary and pastor at the time. The pulpit below borrowed
somewhat from that design, but made a much more stable and sizeable
pulpit.
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David Sundar, a student with the school, sands the new pulpit made
by one of our Canadian volunteers.
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Rev. Poettcker (left) and Rev. Hamid (right) in work attire staining
the new pulpit.
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Pulpit ready for varnish finish clear varnish. |
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Finished pulpit in newly tiled and painted chapel ready for first
service on April 18, 2004. The front of the pulpit has the graphic
below on the front of it.
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THE FIRST SERVICE OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PARAMARIBO
HELD IN THE NEW CHAPEL FACILITIES OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY ACADEMY
APRIL 18, 2004
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Rev. Asgar Hamid preaching first sermon in the new chapel of the
school, which is also the meeting place for the church. |
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Rev. Poettcker pronounces the benediction of the first service.
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