Let me begin with those shots where the new part of the church and the old part can clearly be distinguished. A lot of the scaffolding has been removed and the glass panels have been put up. Here is the side view of church, you can clearly see the new glass panels already installed.
Here is the back of church. The scaffolding is still up. The white part of the building is actually not really a completely new construction; it's the old building extended by one floor and the whole section there was repainted white. As you can tell, the stairwell has been extended up to the 3rd floor. Internally, the staircase (the main staircase) has been full contructed, but not opened due to safety issues I guess.
These next 2 shots are front view shots of the church. The first one is a shot of the front of the new wing. The scaffolding has been removed so the cross can now be clearly seen! The second one is a shot contrasting the old and new buildings. The old metal cross has been removed and it has been unceremoniously left on the ground at the base of it's old position! You can tell from both pictures that the new 4th floor of the new wing has a significantly higher roof than the old wing.
Now for some elevated shots. These were taken from the surrounding blocks. The first 2 are pictures of the new rooftop area. The first shot unfortuantely makes the church look like a multi-storey HDB carpark. Probably due to my poor photography skills. The second one shows clearly the 2 entrances to the roof. There will a total of 3 entraces to the roof. If you look carefully at the second shot; the entrance that more to the right of the picture has some glass panelling. That is the new lift that will service all floors of the church.
This picture was taken from the 6th floor of the adjacent HDB block. The rooftop area above the old building is actually the entrance to the new chapel. I will have a shot of this area again later, so take note of this open air area. This area has been designated "rooftop garden" for convenient reference.
This shot was taken from the opposite HDB block. You can see the new chapel cross clearly. I have a shot of the still uncompleted chapel, it will be apparent how this cross will fit in once you see the picture below. So take note.
Now for 3 pictures of the driveway. The first one is a picture of the old carpark and breakfast area. (Try to imagine!) To have an idea of the orientation, observe the slope and the glass panelling near the area where you see yellow paint. That is the side of the existing sanctuary. (Get it?!)
This is the "still-in-construction" new "main-entrance" to the church. To get an idea of the orientation, if you look to the back of the picture, you can see some white canvas. Just behind that is the main lobby. Where the white canvas is, is where the 2 old big wooden doors to the church used to be. Where those 2 doors are now... I have no idea. Maybe Marvin ate them.
This is the new 24 hour prayer room. To get an idea of it's location, that is the area where they used to set up the 2 tables to sell breakfast every Sunday morning. Or if you look at it from another angle, I took this shot while standing at the back gate and looking into the driveway.
Now for the shots everyone has been waiting for! The interior ones! Unfortuantely, due to poorer lighting, the pictures are not that fantastic. But anyway, let's start from the 2nd floor and make our way to the 4th floor chapel. These are solely shots of the new wing. The first is the new admin office. Pastor was giving my mom a tour, that's why you see her in the picture.
This is the new multi-purpose hall on the 3rd floor. Directly above the admin office. Apologies for the poor quality. Anyway, if you look to the left of the picture, where the green colour "exit" sign is. (I know you cannot see the word "exit" but it's quite obvious that it is!) The rectangular frame directly beneath it, is the entrance to this hall. There are two such rectangular frames side by side, only caught one in this shot (ie 2 doors). Beyond the main entrance, is the wall that partitions peace cove.
Now recall the shot above that was taken from the 6th floor of the adjacent HDB. The one where I pointed out the rooftop garden. This is the reverse of that shot. You can see a little of that open air area on the right of the photograph. The rectangular frame you see there is the entrance to the new chapel!
And finally, the interior shot of the new chapel! Now the position of the cross makes sense right? That area will be the chancel (stage). Looks small in the picture, but the area is quite big. And the ceiling is very high.
That was all the pictures I took today! More to come next week!
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