Sinners, Repaint!

I totally stole that phrase from another church.

Or should I say, “borrowed with the highest sense of gratitude”?

Sinners, repaint! was appropriate for us, not because we’re sinners here at Calvary (that’s another issue) but because the Care and Upkeep Committee of Calvary Baptist Church mounted a successful campaign this last weekend to repaint Kendall Hall.

Having recently undergone major renovations, most of our church facilities look great. The part that we used to death while renovating, though, has been seriously in need of a facelift for some time. After hearing a cost estimate of $12,000 to repaint the space, the Care and Upkeep Committee felt suddenly called by God to guilt all the rest of us into spending a weekend together getting paint in our hair.

With military precision, Church Clerk and resident architect Phil Renfrow managed painting equipment, doled out jobs and scanned the walls for missed spots.

Care and Upkeep Committee Chair, Kevin Hagan, on the other hand, was the cheerleader of the weekend, inspiring us by various efforts including but not limited to: Starbucks coffee, regular lectures on why we were doing God’s work and many opportunities to hear him sing along with Air Supply.

It was a huge space to paint, but thanks to the efforts of a whole team of dedicated church members (I would have to guess there must have been about 30, all told), by the time the sun came up Easter Sunday, Kendall Hall was newly painted a cheery yellow.

I have to say, it was fun to hang out with church folks and work together in a common cause. I’m still rather sore from a day of climbing ladders and wielding roller extensions, but I think in the end it was all worth it, as Kevin has assured us all that we each have earned considerably more stars in our crowns than we already had!

And thank goodness for that, as I think crowns would be a vast improvement over bandanas . . . (no offense to Eric and Tanya, who clearly both looked amazing in their bandanas . . .).