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On Thursday, July 3rd, St. Andrew Church went before the Riverside Planning Commission. The Commission voted unanimously to endorse our conditional use permit revision and to approve the height variance for our domes. St. Andrew parishioners packed the chambers at City Hall and witnessed a wonderful meeting. Our next steps are:
- Submit our detailed building/structural documents to the City Building Department for plan check. This process takes several months.
- Send out our plans to 5 General Contractors for bids.
- Solidify our financing.
- Break ground on Sunday, October 13th, with His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH. His Grace will preside over a hierarchical liturgy that day at St. Andrew, and, God willing, following the Holy Liturgy bless our new property and turn the first dirt.
We call upon all St. Andrew parishioners to continue to faithfully pray for the success of our noble endeavor to build a holy temple for the glory of the Holy Trinity.
October Update:
- Request for Bids have been made to 8 General Contractors who have until Oct. 24th to submit their detailed bids to the parish. The parish council will examine these bids in detail and decide on one in the near future.
- Construction documents are in Plan Check with the Riverside Building Department.
- Our final grading plan has been re-submitted to the Public Works Department.
- Ground-breaking is this Sunday, Oct. 12th.
Building Prayer for Church Temple
"O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who art the true God
and the Brightness and Image of the unoriginate Father, and the Life Everlasting;
and art the Cornerstone hewn without the aid of seed of man from the Virgin
Mountain; as also the Foundation immovable of Thy Church; Who also, through
the shedding of Thy precious blood, hast founded Thy Church, and hast
raised it up by Thy death, and perfected it by Thy Resurrection and blessed
it by Thine Ascension, and hast sanctified and enlarged it by the descent
of Thy Holy Spirit: Unto Thee do we now humbly pray: Send down the grace
of Thy Holy Spirit, and bless all aspects of our labor to erect a holy
temple to the glory of Thine all-holy Name and in honor and memory of
Thy holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Andrew, the First-called.
Preserve this parish in Thy peace, which is beyond human comprehension.
Be Thou, who art the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, Who
from eternity hast created all things, the Beginning, the Increase, and
the Completion of our work; bless our congregation, parish council and
building committee, architects, engineers, contractors, laborers, artisans
and all who work for the establishment of Thy temple and the furtherance
of Holy Orthodoxy in our community. Prosper Thou the work of their hands,
and by Thy divine providence abundantly multiply all things necessary
for the building and completion of Thy holy temple: that it may be perfect
and filled with Thy glory, and that in it may be glorified Thy great and
all-holy Name, together with that of Thy Father and Thine all-holy Spirit,
always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.” |
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