Fixing the Floor part 3

When you know the floor is creaky and unsafe, you call in an expert to give you an estimate on what it will take to fix the floor. Back in October, we had such an expert come in. His name was Les Stroh. In two short days, he guided us through part of a process to evaluate the floor and find the weak spots. He also helped us to begin the process of restoring the floor, even building a new floor, if that's what it takes.

So together with several people who comprise the leadership of Zion Lutheran Church in Fairbanks, we worked to evaluate the floor, test the weak spots, and imagine a new floor. The new floor has the potential to look fundamentally different than the old floor. It's kind of like replacing carpet with hardwood. Though it may only seem cosmetic, foundationally, these floors are different.

The work has begun and we are beginning to address one of the weakest spots of our floor: Our Core Values. We've never really talked about them, as far as I know. What is it that we truly hold dear here at ZLC? Why do we think God has put us here? Because this spot has been weak for so long, other parts have been weakened as well. We're not sure why we're here, so we're not sure what we should be doing. Since we don't know what we should be doing, we just do stuff. Any stuff, in the hopes that something comes out of all of the doing stuff.

We're not to the doing stuff part of our floor work yet. We're still working on the foundation of the floor. We're rebuilding the joists that hold us up. It's going to take a while, but it's worth the work in the long run. Les Stroh uses the terms "Core Values and Critical Targets". We're addressing the core values. I'll let you know what we come up with and where we go from here.

Calling all carpenters!