Address: Highway 7 and Fox Pass Cut-off
Phone: ??
Location: Fountain Lake, Hot Springs
Region/State: Arkansas
Country: United States of America
Continent: North America
Coordinates: ??
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Site readied for construction March 15 of Kingdom Hall
By LEWIS DELAVAN News editor
February 14, 2007
Jehovah's Witness members in Hot Springs Village helped lay the foundation last week for church growth. Elders Paul Auld, David Bowen and Denny Felton were among members helping prep the concrete slab Saturday for a Kingdom Hall at the corner of Highway 7 and Fox Pass Cut-off in Fountain Lake. The slab will cure for a month. An army of hundreds of volunteers will arrive March 15, work around-the-clock and have the building completed in time for Bible education on March 18, said building co-ordinator Joel Wall of Hot Springs. The 4,000-square-foot, 108- seat building will be finished inside and out. It will also have an overflow seating area. Meanwhile, volunteers will be landscaping the site, and that will be finished by March 18.
Jehovah's Witness' tradition is to complete buildings rapidly. "The idea is to free up more time for Bible education," said Bowen. The project will be well coordinated, said Bowen. Framers will move in March 15, followed by other carpenters, plumbers, electricians, sheetrock hangers and finishers, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialists, wallpaper installers, insulators and others. All volunteers will enjoy three meals daily and snacks, prepared by a support team. Quality won't be sacrificed for speed. "Every stage will be constantly inspected by professional inspectors, just like any other business or home," Felton said. "It will be a well-built structure, and will meet building codes," Felton said.
The building team has completed 70 projects in the last two decades in Arkansas, "and a lot of remodels," Wall said. Volunteers will come from all over Arkansas, Wall said, including Ashdown in the southwest, Warren and Monticello in the southeast and Springdale to the northwest. It will be the third Kingdom Hall in the Hot Springs area. One is near the Hot Springs airport. Members building the new hall have been attending on U.S. Highway 70 East near Magic Springs Amusement Park. The new site will be convenient for north Garland County residents, and members expect further growth. Residents of the Story community in Montgomery County have expressed an interest in attending. The site was bought about two years ago. Curious passersby have asked what was coming. Some thought it would be a fast-food restaurant, "but the only food you can get here is spiritual food," Wall said.
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New Kingdom Hall rises in less than 100 hours
By LEWIS DELAVAN News editor
March 28, 2007
A new Kingdom Hall rose in less than 100 hours recently on Highway 7 south of Hot Springs Village.
Framers kicked off action on a Thursday, and worshipers enjoyed the completed building on Sunday. Hundreds of other carpenters, plumbers, electricians, sheetrock hangers and finishers, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning specialists, wallpaper installers, insulators, cooks, landscapers and other volunteers kept the site abuzz. "Nobody gets in each other's way," said building committee member Fred Emanuel. "We just work around each other."
Quality wasn't sacrificed for speed. "Every stage is constantly inspected by professional inspectors," Emanuel said. "It's a wellbuilt structure, and exceeds building codes." Each area has an overseer who finds members for his workgroup. Dividing the work allows the project to be manageable, he said. The 3,800-square-foot building at Fox Pass Cut-off is the third Kingdom Hall in the Hot Springs area. "On any given weekend throughout the world, we're doing 15 of these," Emanuel said. "We complete all in three-and-ahalf days. We used to do them in two days."
"The people who are the most amazed are builders and contractors," said Virgil Martin of Arkadelphia, quality-control overseer. "They can't believe this can be done." Buildings are completed rapidly to allow members to concentrate on Bible study, held three times each week, said David Bowen of Hot Springs Village.
All volunteers enjoyed three meals a day and snacks prepared by a support team. The slab was poured a month ago, and volunteers readied the site for the busy weekend. Since 1983, the building crew has built more than 100 Kingdom Halls in Arkansas, Bowen said. Open house will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. April 27-28. "The public is more than welcome to attend," he said. Bible education programs are at 10 a.m. Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Many of the congregation's 60 members live in Hot Springs Village, Bowen said.
"Jehovah's Witnesses are known for preaching the Good News about God's kingdom," Emanuel said. "It's not that the planet's going to blow up, but it's going to change. The Bible shows only a little group (144,000) will go on to Heaven," he said. "There will always be people on earth." The wicked will be destroyed, and the saved will enjoy a new earth, he said.
Jehovah's Witnesses' congregations have no paid staff members, and no collection plates are ever passed. Members make pledges, and a donation box is available in the hall.
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