In October the digging of the foundations for all the side rooms started.

Did you know that on the ground fall we are going to have 3 breakaway rooms, 2 parent’s lounges, plus store rooms. On the upper level we are going to have 4 breakaway rooms, a board room, plus a hospitality lounge!

In September we saw the completion of the reinforcement and raising of the retaining wall (which will be behind the backstage area of the new auditorium). A concrete slab will be built extending from the wall to the new building. This will be the primary connecting point between the old and the new buildings.

(Interesting fact: this retaining wall was previously built to retain an Olympic size swimming pool which was situated on the grass section behind it!)

Through August worked continued on the lower level floor bed, with the fill brought in amounting to over 800 cubes!

At the end of July work started on the lower floor surface bed, giving a good sense of what the layout of the audiroium will look like!

Friday 14 July 2023 was another mile-stone day as 16 trucks rolled in for our first concrete pour!

On 7 July 2023, all twelve mini-piles were installed into the foundations.

On 28 June 2023 our brand new circulation road was completed and ready to be driven on!

In the last weeks of  June the excavations for the foundations progressed quickly in preperation for the piles to be installed in the first week of July!

19 June was a landmark day as the laying out of the foundations started, with the digging out of the foundations due to commence later in the week.

In May, 3 more containers arrived on site. These 12m containers are going to be set in place during the upcoming foundation work, for where they will be used in the future building!
The scripture on the trucks this time was Isaiah 26:12
“Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.”

On Monday 24 April 2023 work began on the relocation of the main circulation road. This is the first of 4 major projects, the second being the foundations which is due to commence mid-May.

On Sunday 23 April 2023 we officially broke ground on the new auditorium! This was an incredibly special moment as we took everyone down after the gatherings to share in communion, pray and celebrate this milestone!

The new auditoirum will include 27 containers! We will be acquiring containers at the best possible prices as they become available and storing them onsite for future conversion.
The first three containers arrived in April, and the trucks had these 2 scriptures on the front!
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

An extremely generous donation of over 3000s/m of carpet which was delivered from Cape Town at the end of March, and will be more than sufficient to carpet our entire new auditoiurm.