trusses

This week, our friends with Miller Brothers Construction have been putting trusses in place on our new building. A few months ago, I didn’t know what a truss was. Now I’m writing about them. A truss is a strong, triangular-shaped framework, typically made of wood or steel, designed to distribute loads evenly across a structure.

Miller Brothers gave me access to the security camera they installed at the site. I can watch the progress on the building in real time using an app on my phone. On days like today it’s easy for me to forget everything else as I watch the process. It is fascinating. Today I saw a crane lift the trusses up to workers on the roof so they could put them in place. I’ve been impressed by the skill of the crane operator, the balance of the workers, and the speed at which they work. I’m convinced that if my family depended on me to make a living as a construction worker, we all would have starved to death years ago. I have a lot of respect for these guys.

Watching them put the trusses in place is exciting. It shows that progress is being made quickly. And it is a stark reminder that we need to be making preparations for our reopening, which will be here before we know it.

We have all heard that a church is not a building, but rather, the community of faith that meets in a building. From that perspective, what can we be doing in the here and now to make Virginia Hills a healthy congregation?

The great commission (Matthew 28:16-20) tells us we should be about “making disciples.” While making disciples is one of the “trusses” of our faith, it has nothing to do with building a structure. It has everything to do with changing lives. Who do we know that needs to be transformed by the power of Christ?