The elder board was chosen by the new Community Bible Church before we started the building. It was Bert Hawkins, Ellis Adee, and Evan Kindall.
The men of the church started building the first part of the church which was a small lean too attached to the main building which we now use as our library, nursery, and offices. Only one man was a trained carpenter, they mixed concrete by hand and poured it for the foundation. They didn't have money to hire outside help so as they had time and money they worked on the building.
One day they were pouring the concrete in the east room and the duct work in the floor kept floating to the top so one of the men took off his shoes and socks and got in the concrete with his bare feet to work it down. He got terrible concrete poisoning as a result and bad sores on his feet and couldn't work for several days.
For a time we met in the VFW hall which later became the Virginian Restaurant at the corner of 10th Street and Rock. It was torn down in 2016. It cost $50 a month to rent and we had to throw out the beer cans and other things in the VFW every Sunday before church. We had to get there early because the whole place smelled like smoke.
After a year or so meeting like this Bert Hawkins let us use his chicken cleaning shed. Once again we had to clean it out before we could use it. We cleaned out piles of feathers and manure to get it ready. It was located where the current Good Samaritan Center is now on Rothsay Street. Now that we had a building to call our own, our pastor Bill Shroyer moved his trailer house up against it so he had extra room for his family of 6 during the week. A chicken shed and a trailer house were our little flocks humble beginnings.
Luke 12:32 "Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
For a time we met in the VFW hall which later became the Virginian Restaurant at the corner of 10th Street and Rock. It was torn down in 2016. It cost $50 a month to rent and we had to throw out the beer cans and other things in the VFW every Sunday before church. We had to get there early because the whole place smelled like smoke.
After a year or so meeting like this Bert Hawkins let us use his chicken cleaning shed. Once again we had to clean it out before we could use it. We cleaned out piles of feathers and manure to get it ready. It was located where the current Good Samaritan Center is now on Rothsay Street. Now that we had a building to call our own, our pastor Bill Shroyer moved his trailer house up against it so he had extra room for his family of 6 during the week. A chicken shed and a trailer house were our little flocks humble beginnings.
Luke 12:32 "Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
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