Au Lac Council 10724 repairs Church Floor and saves parish $60,000!
- Sun, Aug 17, 2025 11:35 AM
When using a scissor lift to install new fans in Immaculate Conception Church in Anchorville a few months ago, Brothers in Au Lac Council 10724 noticed that the church floor seemed soft and in need of repair. The Council jumped into action and worked with Fr. Joseph Esper to set up a time where Council 10724 could move the pews and replace the church subfloor, install a new laminate, along with examining the joists.
Au Lac Council donated approximately $30,000 in materials and provided free labor to the project and promisted to Fr. Esper that they could get the work done in between weekend masses.
Upon ripping up the subfloor, Brothers noticed that several floor joists in the main aisle had rotted and needed to be replaced. This set the team back about an estimated two days behind to get the materials and perform the needed repairs.
Worthy Grand Knight Mark Kehoe and Brother Joe Whitenight rallied the Brothers and the families and at one point had over thirty-three people in the church performing repair work, laying down the new subfloor, and putting the pews back in place (repaired and better than ever) to allow the Saturday evening mass to take place in the church as promised.
This next week, the Council will be working on the other side of the aisle, where they will move the other pews and replace the subfloor on the opposite side.
It is estimated that the Council will be saving Immaculate Conception Parish approximately $60,000 in both labor and materials over the entire course of the project!
