It’s been nearly three years since the steeple at Sandy Plains Baptist Church (2825 Sandy Plains Road) was destroyed during a storm.
So at long last—and after numerous delays—the new steeple was ready to be put into place on Wednesday, and the congregation decided to make an event out of it.
News media were contacted, church members set up tents to cool off while they and the public watched, and the proceedings were live-streamed for nearly six hours (see video link below).
A large crane lifted up the base, which was fastened into place by two workers, and then the steeple was lifted up and fastened above that, finished off by the installation of thecross
It was a painstaking process to replace the destroyed steeple that went up in the 1990s, when the church had to be rebuilt due to a fire.
The initial delays were prompted by COVID-19. Later, the replacement steeple exceeded county height restrictions and had to be redesigned.
The first services with the new steeple take place on Sunday.
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