So, I got a LOT accomplished today which was VERY necessary if I am going to pull off this HUGE task. With the help of my son Nick today, I built five 48″ wood panels with 2×2 frames that were stapled to the back. Then I put a first coat of flat house paint to seal the wood and I will add another coat later tonight. Since I only have about 50 minutes to complete each painting during the services on Christmas Eve, I will need to prepare each panel with a rough start of a landscape painting. That will actually be very nice to have a head start before each service starts. When the congregation begins to enter the main room, I will already be on stage with my brush in hand and they will not know where I started. They will just sit down and the service will begin… then the fun begins 
Here is the five framed panels getting prepared with a coat of flat house paint. It is a cheap $5 gallon of discarded paint I picked up at Home Depot.
Dude, you already got the artist hat – yer 95% of the way there!
Ahhh….you are wearing a t-shirt outside…it is so blustery cold here….and snow is in 10-20″ drifts at the moment….brrrrrrrrr….. Your Christmas eve plan sounds exhausting but definitely energizing to you!!
Well Scott, don’t let the t-shirt fool you, It has been cold here too. I have to tell you, we are used to having Christmas Day be 80 degrees… it has been in the 30s at night and onlin the upper 50s in the daytime. 
Peace, Rich