Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Bryant Maude | Engineer mechanic, Spc. Scott Yavorsky with the 512th Maintenance Company starts to...... read more read more
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Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude
1st Sustainment Brigade, Public Affairs Office
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Thanks to the efforts of some 512th Maintenance Company Soldiers and the curiosity of some church goers, the Argonne Chapel will soon have a steeple for all to see.
"Too many people said, 'Where is the chapel?' when I would invite them to church. I realized we needed something to distinguish the facility as a place of worship," said 1st Sustainment Brigade Chaplain Terrence Hayes.
Not to long after the idea took hold in his mind, Hayes was talking to some Soldiers working around the chapel and discovered he could help. "I asked them what they did and they said they were welders, etc. So the light bulb went on; 'Hey, how about a sturdy metal steeple?'" inquired Hayes.
Once he found someone who could help he did what anyone looking for a steeple design would do. "I typed in 'steeple' on Google and out came this design," said Hayes.
After reviewing the chaplain's design, Chief Warrant Officer Bill Moore with the 512th enlisted the assistance of Spc. Scoot Yavorsky, also with the 512th, and the two of them went to work. "Normally we don't do these types of projects, but you got to take care of the chaplain," stated Moore.
"It' been fun," said Yavorsky. The two metal workers spent about 10 hours creating the steeple and were about finished when the chaplain came to see the progress.
"I imagine that white spire pointing skyward as a daily reminder for us to look toward the One who made heaven and earth," said Hayes. "Many, many thanks to Chief Moore and Spc. Yavorsky of the 512th Maintenance. That spire will stand there for a long time."
| Date Taken: | 11.12.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 11.12.2007 14:20 |
| Story ID: | 13822 |
| Location: | TAJI, IQ |
| Web Views: | 83 |
| Downloads: | 35 |
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