“It is done.”

On Monday, Oct 23rd, I met with Dr. Daniel Eley at 2401 N Harbor city Blvd just after 12:00pm and handing him 4 sandwich-sized bags of keys. Keys to the exterior doors, keys to the interior doors, keys to the mailbox, and even keys to the 8 paper towel dispensers throughout the building.

The electronic sign out front now just displays the date, time and temperature and all signage of Unity of Melbourne has been removed or covered over.

Not seen by many was the flurry of activity at 2401 N Harbor City Blvd since our 1st service at our new location at 2190 Sarno Road, so allow me to take a paragraph (or 2) to explain.

Moving into our Sarno Road location with less than ½ the square footage as our N Harbor City location demanded diligence in what we could take and what we need to release (a lead-in to Rev Vernelle’s lesson this coming Sunday). Rather than just “leave” what we inherited and accumulated, we coordinated with a business liquidation company to hold a 2-day sale.

The results of the sale were positive and eliminated a majority of items we no longer needed. There remained a number of items that remained to be disposed.

Mickey Moda and Barbara Harris, coordinated with the Village Thrift, who came by on Friday and filled a 20’ truck from what had not sold. I coordinated with our IT firm, Black Hole Makers who recycled over 2000 pounds of metal shelving from the workroom and Hospitality closet. I also reached out to the Veterans Transition Facility who accepted our offer of 7 televisions, including the 2 TV’s that were on the stage for their residents.

In all, I had to hire 3 individual crews from Labor Finders who performed the manpower to move the ministry.

No move is ever seamless, and I’d like to think my efforts have made the transition as seemingly effortless as possible.

I will be away from the church for the next several weeks, as I work to recover my health from this move. I will remain available via email but will not be in the office on a regular basis for a time.

Randy B. Fillmore, L.U.T.
Director of Operations