Consecration of the Church Roof & Handicap Bathrooms

On Sunday, December 23, 2018 a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Manahawkin United Methodist Church to consecrate the new Church and Fellowship Hall roofs and handicap bathrooms.

The ceremony was conducted between the two Sunday services by Pastor Kyewoon Choi and was witnessed by several members of the Trustees and church parishioners. The ceremony included the singing of the first verse of Hymn 545, The Church’s One Foundation, followed by a prayer of Dedication of Purpose.

The Dedication of Purpose was then followed by the Trustee Chair, Mr. Rich Mueller, who formally presented the roof and bathrooms to be consecrated for the worship of God and the service of all people.

A three‐part prayer to dedicate the consecration of the roof and bathrooms followed with the Pastor, Trustees, and church parishioners all partaking in their respective parts.

Pastor Choi closed the ceremony with a benediction and all recited the Lord’s Prayer.

The Trustees then performed the formal ribbon cutting ceremony of the bathrooms.

In addition: The Trustees would like to express their sincere thanks to Bob Molinaro and Bill Welsh for their tireless efforts in ensuring the new bathrooms were completed in accordance with the terms of the contract and conducting several meetings with the contractor’s foreman to discuss time and material issues along with several schedule delays.

Most noteworthy was Bill Welsh’s efforts in conducting several intensive reviews of the contract language to ensure that all submitted invoices contained completed work costs that reflected the initial contract price agreed to by the Trustees. In addition, he conducted in‐ depth correspondence with the contractor to resolve several cost expenditure and time and material issues.

As a result of these actions taken by Bob and Bill the new bathrooms were completed within the original budget limitations of the signed contract between Mr. Hembling and the Manahawkin United Methodist Church.

Thanks to both of you for overseeing and protecting the financial investment of these new bathrooms.

Submitted by Roy George