March 20, 2025
Spring is here! Crocuses and daffodils slowly emerge, reaching for the light. And our new Greenfield Chapel also emerges, promising much Light to come.
The chapel actually looks much the same as it did last week—new green aluminum roof; green sides waiting patiently for new white siding; goopy, sticky mud around the exterior; a make-shift ramp serving as a temporary entrance way; work crews coming and going.
Construction Moves Forward
While the chapel may look the same from the outside, don’t be fooled. Workers continue their focus on completing systems that will soon be hidden behind the walls—HVAC, electrical wiring, and plumbing. All that needs finishing before they move on to putting up dry wall.
If you step inside the building now, you’re looking at the chapel’s skeleton—air ducts and wiring and pipes; wooden beams outlining the main chapel, lobby, and side rooms that do not yet have walls. A platform with as-yet-uncarpeted stairs hints at where altar will eventually be placed.
Blessed, Already-Sacred Space
Curiously, however, the chapel space is already filled with Light. We haven’t even conducted a single service there, and it already feels like sacred space.
It’s worth remembering that just last fall our revered President Brother Chidanandaji presided over a ground-breaking ceremony that blessed the space where the chapel now stands. And decades of visioning, planning, prayers, and dedicated service (guruseva) from dozens of devotees have already gone into building this chapel. That’s a whole lot of Light.
If you are able and would like to contribute to the ongoing construction of our beautiful new Greenfield Chapel please consider donating to the Greenfield’s Building Fund. And please do keep holding this sacred project in your prayers.
Although there is no new video this week, here is a playlist of all construction videos so far