On Tues
day night at First United Methodist Church, a Great Days of Service meeting took place and most of the meeting was dedicated to the discussion of whether or not to spend volunteer hours and funds on the beginnings of a complete rehabilitation of the old First Christian Church on the southeast corner of Denny and O’Connell Streets. The Great Days of Service committee chairs Clyde Hepner and Bruce Evans had previously met with Keep Howe Beautiful President Monte Walker to lay out a plan to complete the restoration in several phases. Due to support from the Great Days of Service committee, the first phase will be completed this month by their volunteer organization.
The old church will get new paint and the windows and doors will be covered temporarily until phase two begins. All of the weeds, trees and brush around the structure will be removed and the landscaping will be beautified by Keep Howe Beautiful.
Great Days is seeking many volunteers to help on various projects as well as the church. For those interested, please contact Clyde Hepner at 903-814-5753 or Bruce Evans at 469-951-6042.
Phase two is planned as a community involvement project with a number of local church leaders serving as committee members.
Full story in this coming week’s Howe Enterprise.
