During the past few weeks I have been in the construction business with a group of people which I have grown to admire. Together we are renovating a building in Downtown Metropolis which was constructed in 1923. I am sure a building this old would have much history to tell us if only its walls could talk (actually these wall have spoken!). We have uncovered several old documents stuffed in the walls. Many of those old documents were parts orders, repair invoices, and copies of checks. Many of these documents have the names of the people who made these transactions nearly eighty years ago. We have even found a whiskey bottle stuffed in one of the walls dated from pre-prohibition days.

This building was originally built to serve its community as an automobile dealership and garage. It has been the home of at least three car dealerships in its history. More recently, it has been a gymnastic training center serving the children and youth of our community. In some ways this property has always served the community of Metropolis.

Four Rivers Church is dreaming to use this building once again to serve the people of Metropolis. A few days ago someone asked me, “Why we would want our church to be located in the business district?” That’s easy I said, we want to be about the business of our city. We dream about making our Metropolis a better place to live and do business. We dream of being a servant and of being a spiritual home for our town. We dream of a place where we can all connect with God and make great friends.