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Published April 11, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: New Vineyard church opens


Stacy Kaldor sings during a Good Friday worship service at the new Vineyard Church in Duluth Friday evening. Friday was the first day of worship services at the new church. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

  • Stacy Kaldor sings during a Good Friday worship service at the new Vineyard Church in Duluth Friday evening. Friday was the first day of worship services at the new church. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Ben Folman an associate pastor delivers a sermon during a Good Friday worship service at the new Vineyard Church in Duluth Friday evening. Friday was the first day of worship services at the new church. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • The Vineyard Church staff, volunteers and contractors prepare the sanctuary in the Vineyard Church's new building for this weekend's services. The group was setting up chairs, and measuring the rows to ensure that they were the exact distance from the church's stage and equidistance from each other Thursday afternoon. The room can hold 700 people. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Associate pastor Ben Folman (left) and Doug Erickson discuss the alignment of the chairs, as they set them up in the Vineyard Church's new sanctuary Thursday afternoon. Erickson, and many others volunteered setting up chairs as well as taking care of other finishing touches in the building, as they prepared for their first services in the new church this weekend. <br /><br />(Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Senior pastor Michael Gatlin (center), talks with Marcia Capra (left) and Nick Capra, during a party for him in the Vineyard Church's new building on Arrowhead Road Thursday afternoon. Gatlin's family, friends and staff surprised him with a party to celebrate his 50th birthday. Friday's Good Friday Services will be the first services in the new building, which the church has been planning for four years. Many volunteers were at the church Thursday to help the staff and contractors complete the building before this weekend. (Amanda Hansmeyer/ ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)