GPC Volunteers Serve at First Presbyterian Soup Kitchen of Memphis
Sunday, February 28.
Archie Whitaker, Emmett Whitaker Jr., Rachel Chapin, Ollie Ciabattini and Morgan Bobo.
Beth and Morgan Bobo, Denise and Rachel Chapin and Lea and Ollie Ciabattini.
Emmett and Tracy Whitaker, Jacques Schuler, Lea Ciabattini and Carolyn Crawford.
Paul, Missy and Cole Gwin.
Tracy, Emmett, Archie and Emmett Jr. Whitaker.
Habitat for Humanity of Memphis
The 2009 Habitat for Humanity of Memphis Fall Build, sponsored in part by Germantown Presbyterian Church (GPC), has begun. On Saturday, September 26, 2009, GPC and other volunteers began one of two scheduled days of construction to complete a house on Pershing Street in the Binhampton area of Memphis for the Threat family. Pictured below from GPC are Virginia Boyd, Jack Kelley, Helen and Tim McCaskill and their daughter Caitlin, George McGaha, Sarah Reed, Austin Simmons and Mike Younkin. Also pictured are Habitat for Humanity staff member Jonathan Helton, the future resident Canita Threat, her cousin Ervin Wallace, Canita's brother Cedric Threat, Tom Kolano of Germantown United Methodist Church and neighbor Jacqueline Shotwell.
GPC's First Build Day for Fall of 2009
Second Day of Fall 2009 Habitat Build
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The 2009 Habitat for Humanity of Memphis Spring Build, sponsored in part by Germantown Presbyterian Church (GPC), has been completed. GPC and Germantown United Methodist Church (GUMC) volunteers were busy with construction on a home in the Binghampton area of Memphis. The third sponsor was Phizer Corporation. Below are photos showing the progress of construction, work in progress and dedication ceremony. The 4 bedroom, two bath home at 2620 Pershing will be the residence of Cheryl Weaver and her two sons, Marcus and Terrance.
At the beginning, the slab was laid and a few walls were in place.
Walls are constucted and the exterior is wrapped with insulation after the first weekend of work by volunteers from Germantown Presbyterian and Germantown United Methodist.
The roof sturcture is added the second weekend.
Roof decking is cut and attached the third weekend.
Roofing and siding is attached the fourth weekend.
Siding and roof are completed and interior walls, trim and paint are completed.
The sod goes down.
With the help of many volunteers, the lawn gets laid within minutes.
The residents, Cheryl Weaver, and one of her two sons, Marcus, help with construction and laying sod.
The completed lawn is ready for the rain that follows.
GPC's Austin Simmons and George McGaha nail shingles to the roof at 2620 Pershing.
GPC volunteer Jack Kelley cuts siding as others complete roofing.
Roofing goes much faster with a lot of help.
GPC's George McGaha gives interior painting instuctions to volunteers.
Jack Kelley, GPC volunteer, applies the finish coat in one of the two bathrooms.
GPC's Austin Simmons, left, and George McGaha, right, work to complete the interior with volunteers from GUMC.
Cheryl Weaver, left, with her mother, Marline Patton, at the front door of Cheryl's new residence on a rainy May 2, 2009.
With shoes left at the door to avoid tracking mud through the completed home, new owner Cheryl Weaver gives the grand tour to volunteers Anita and William Sessoms of GUMC and Sharon Goldsworthy of GPC. This, along with the didication ceremony the following Saturday, was the culmination of their weeks of labor. They all shared a sense of pride and accomplishent in the completed home.
In the kitchen/laundry area, the tour has a lighthearted moment of reminiscing.
In front of 2620 Pershing, the a cappella group Transition sang Wade in the Water and Ask God for a Blessing at the dedication ceremony on Saturday, May 9, 2009.
The completed home at 2620 Pershing with landscaping in place.
Local Missions
Germantown Presbyterian Church is involved in a number of local mission efforts in Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby County and surrounding areas.
Project Outreach, is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization that serves the poor and marginalized of Fayette County, TN. To get involved in this ministry please contact Shona Moore at highc1333@aol.com.
