November 18, 2024

No movement at all for months, followed by rapid dramatic progress for several weeks… That’s an apt description of how our Greenfield Chapel construction project got underway.

Now what?

Construction is ongoing, dampened somewhat by a couple of soggy, rainy days. The foundation walls and the steel beams that support the main floor are now complete and in place.

Back to the Earth

A  few things need to take place before the concrete floor slab gets poured:

Plumbing. Pipes to drain away all the waste water from the building’s sinks and toilets will be installed next. That means that workers will be back—you guessed it—digging in the ground directly under the spot where the new chapel is already starting to take shape.

Inspection. Once the underground preparations are completed, these need to be inspected. Construction plans call for that to take just one day.

Tending to the Sacred. This, from Sister Brahmani: “Mother Center has given us some soil from sacred places – Babaji’s cave, Mother Center, Encinitas, Lake Shrine, and Hollywood Temple. We will sprinkle this into the foundation area before the slab is poured.”

After the slab is poured and inspected, all the action will again move above ground where we can more easily watch the progress as it unfolds.

With Thanksgiving holidays ahead of us, construction will slow somewhat. Please do remember that we have a LOT be thankful for as we sit down to our celebratory meals. After years of planning and eager anticipation, construction on our new Greenfield Chapel is well underway and still on target, if winter weather cooperates, to reach completion sometime in the Fall of 2025.

Here is the latest construction video.

And here is a playlist of all construction videos.

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