Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 11:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mary Donna Pond
Subject: Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church Event
Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church will move closer to completion of its new church building with a special timber-raising ceremony on Saturday, August 6, at 9 a.m.
At that time, the last of 280 timbers will be erected and the final pegs will be driven to complete the structural framing of the church’s new sanctuary. A special viewing stand has been set up at the site so spectators can watch the timber-raising process.
The address of the new church is 314 Great Ridge Parkway, which is south of Chapel Hill off S Highway 15-501. The construction site is a half mile south of Mann’s Chapel Road at the water tower marking the northern entrance to the new Briar Chapel community.
The timber-raising process started on July 25 and involves the erection of the roof arches and insertion of 800 “trunnels” into them. No nails are being used in this part of the construction.
Trunnel is an abbreviation of “tree nail” or “treenail,” an ancient technique for connecting and fastening wooden structural members using only wood pegs or dowels, which was especially popular in timber-frame
construction and wooden shipbuilding.
Fabricators of the roof arches are Dreaming Creek Timber Frame Homes in Powhatan, Virginia, which was very excited to have the opportunity of working on the sanctuary. The men at the factory repeatedly told members of the church’s building committee what a beautiful space they will have, and that they look forward to its completion.
Chapel in the Pines purchased land for its new church in January 2009 and 13 months later broke ground for the new sanctuary and adjacent building. The total cost of construction is $1.7-million, and the new
church is expected to be completed between Thanksgiving and the end of this year.
The new church was designed by Keith Shaw with Shaw Design Associates, Chapel Hill, NC.
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Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church was conceived in the mid-1990s and organized in the summer of 2002. Early in 2006, a fledgling group began worshiping at Captain John’s Dockside Restaurant in Cole Park Plaza south of Chapel Hill. In early 2007, after outgrowing that facility, members began holding services at North Chatham School on Lystra Road, where services are now held every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to join in worship and we hope you will visit.
The church was chartered on May 4, 2008, with the Rev. Mindy Douglas Adams as its ï¬ rst pastor, after she had served as Organizing Pastor since February 2006.
For more information and photographs, visit the church’s Website at http://citppc.org.
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Design and Construction Credits:
Architect-Shaw Design Associates, PA; Chapel Hill, NC
Structural Engineer-Engineering Tech, PA; Raleigh, NC
Civil Engineer-Earth Centric Engineering, Inc.; Mebane, NC
PME Engineer (plumbing, mechanical and electrical)-Lighthouse Engineering; Raleigh, NC
General Contractor-C.T. Wilson Construction Co., Inc.; Durham, NC
Timber Contractor-Dreaming Creek Timber Frame Homes, Inc.; Powhatan, VA Â