Building a

home in Clayton County for a needy family has been a labor of love for

members of Peachtree City United Methodist Church this week.

Working through

Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity, construction will end Saturday

with the completion of the house, which also features a garage and a patio

deck. This is the church's fourth Habitat home, and this year they have

received assistance from other Peachtree City churches such as Holly Grove

AME and St. Andrew's in the Pines along with Riverdale Christian Church.

The home will

be the first built in a new subdivision of Habitat homes called Faith

Park. It is being built for Erica Varner and her sons, Christopher and

Timothy.

Although this

is the church's first Habitat home with a garage and some brickwork, the

project was ahead of schedule late Wednesday, organizers said.

"The Lord

has really blessed us with this project this year," said Mark Creviston,

who oversees the construction crews.

Kim Detwiler,

co-chair of missions for the church, said it has been nice having help

from other churches, making the effort interdenominational.

A number of

Peachtree City and Fayetteville restaurants have provided meals for the

work crews, which have numbered between 50 and 60 people a day, said church

member Kevin McCormick.

Other businesses

have donated materials or labor, such as Pur-A-Tech, which donated an

air filtration system to help the children, who suffer from asthma, Detwiler

said.

"The wonderful

thing is seeing the teenagers who come out here and work their tails off,"

Creviston said. "They've put insulation under the house," he

said, adding that their work nailing on the roof was instrumental in keeping

the project ahead of schedule.

Crews have

worked from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily on the house.

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