Equipping the ARC

Last night Cleary approved monies for making several purchases to equip the ARC. The short list is a projector system for the Youth Area, with an upgrade to the projector system in the sanctuary, sports equipment, kitchen tools, and chairs, tables, and whiteboards. Now for the breakdown:

Projector system: Kevin Wade will get a dual-projector system installed for the Youth Room. This projector system will include the projector currently being used in the sanctuary, with a new bulb, as well as a new, comparable projector.

Sports equipment: All the gear to set up a basketball court and two volleyball courts. We are talking about nets, poles, backboards, balls, and a portable scoreboard! This will go a long way to Upwards sports!

Kitchen tools: Knives, ladels, serving utensils, sheet pans, cleaning gear. All the kitchen tools that would be used in order to serve about one hundred people. While this does not include silverware, plates, or glasses, it does allow us to get started.

Chairs, tables, and whiteboards: Some of the chairs, and tables would go into the classrooms along with all of the whiteboards. At this time we are expecting to put about twenty chairs per classroom. One line of thought regarding the chairs and tables in the classroom is to allow the classes to "buy" the chair or table as a gift for the ARC. The remainder of the chairs and tables would go into the dining hall. These tables are six feet in diameter and should seat eight. I believe we are looking at forty tables in the dining hall. Forty times eight... three hundred and twenty...

God is so good!