The Construction Team

The Balmoral Kirk construction team consists of four young, talented adults, each bringing their creative strengths and energies to the projects.

Lucas Austin and Jeff Cole: Responsible for carpentry work. Lucas’ main responsibility was preparing the balcony. Several challenges were presented while the detailed work was undertaken. Lucas diligently overcame all obstacles and produced a wonderful balcony area completed with fantastic trim work. A carpenter by trade, Jeff was a driving force behind the transformation of the balcony and stairwell. His precision work helped bring the room together with great drywall and trim work. Together the team rebuilt the pews and converted them from fixed to mobile pews without compromising the integrity of the structure.

Thomas Hunt: Served primarily as a painter, painting many things, including pews, the walls and ceilings both upstairs and downstairs, and the majority of the outside walls. More recently Thomas has expanded into helping develop the Balmoral Kirk blog, and is also focused on helping bring about promotional activities and rental ideas.

Jill Ritchie: Artist. Jill painted the mural in the foyer, depicting a map of the local area and featuring local businesses and landmarks.

Jinx MacGillivray: Responsible for all the photos depicted on the Nova Scotia mural in the front foyer, as well as the photos shown above showcasing the progress the construction crew had made on the building. Jinx is also responsible for the color choices in the building, as the paint colors used in the church were drawn from a photo she had taken over Brule Point. (Photo shown below).