Jones Gap Baptist Church S.A.F.E Day!

We need your help at our S.A.F.E. (Saving Architecture For Everyone)  Day at the Jones Gap Baptist Church in Hendersonville from 8:30am to 1:30pm!

Jones Gap Baptist Church, a red neo-gothic revival church built on the ridge of Jones Gap, has been disused since 1998, when its congregation moved to a new church building across Hebron Road. Click here for more about the church.

The volunteer S.A.F.E. team, which will clean-up and secure the church, will help us prevent further decline and attract potential purchasers. All levels of strength and ability are welcome — we need as many helping hands as possible! Refreshments and Lunch will be provided to volunteers!

If you plan to participate, please contact Ted Alexander by e-mail talexander@presnc.org or call 704-482-3531.

Skilled and unskilled volunteer help needed to:

• Install temporary roof with tarp
• Clear the grounds around the church
• Remove the debris from the sanctuary
• General securing of the property

Items needed for donation:

• Tarps for the roof, synthetic underlay, membrane
• Tar paper
• Plywood/Paneling
• 2×4’s
• 1×6’s, especially 10’ long
• Nails, screws

Tools to bring ( PLEASE MARK ALL ITEMS WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES USING A PERMANENT MARKER ON MASKING TAPE):

• Work gloves, hard hats, safety glasses, masks
• Flat head shovels, chain saws, yard slings, gas weed eaters, rakes, wheel barrows
• Hammers, electric drills, screw drivers, crowbars, saw horses, general tools
• Buckets, ropes, ladders
• Scaffolding sand or scaffolding planks
• Construction –duty trash bags
• Trucks to haul off brush and debris
• Large sheets of plexiglass

Parking will be across the street at the new Jones Gap Baptist Church parking lot. All volunteers must complete a “Release and Waiver Liability” form before working on a Preservation NC S.A.F.E event (forms will be available at the event).