LaVergne First United Methodist Church
Location: LaVergne, Tennesse
Project Scope: New church addition and renovations
LaVergne First United Methodist Church is a multi-generational congregation having experienced immense growth over the last several years. It became unclear how best to serve their parishioners, so the church’s building committee sought the assistance of Dow Smith Company. Our team developed a master plan for the church, outlining phases of construction that included a new fellowship hall, sanctuary, as well as renovations of existing educational and administrative space. The project also included the conversion of the original fellowship hall into a foyer and welcome center for patrons. Despite the challenges associated with performing construction while the church remained open, our team was able to complete the project in nine months.
After growing up in Washington State and working construction for most of his life, Joel Tellez wound up in Smyrna, where he became a superintendent for Olympian Construction. One day, he was sitting in the pickup line at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in his work truck when Dow Smith—who also had kids at the school—came over and struck up a conversation. A few months later, Joel was working at DSC. Last week, he celebrated 20 years with the company.