Hi Greg,
I spent some years of my life in contracting. You can’t tell me that stuff is simple! (For proof that it’s not, just ask any of these science-y types to set up a correctly-sequenced, realistic construction schedule for even a basic home. 
) As an avid commenter here with no official standing to do so, allow me to welcome you to the Forum.
Turning to the substance and tone of your comments: I think you’ll find most in the evolutionary creation camp actually agree very strongly with your comment that “we need to treat Him with reverence as such.” If science teaches us anything, it’s that we are pretty insignificant in the grand scale of things and that God’s creation is awesome, and I mean that in the truest sense of word: “prompting a response of awe and reverence.”
Second, people don’t adopt the evolutionary creationist stance in order to win people over to faith in Christ. We adopt evolutionary creationism because we feel the evidence merits it. We do feel that certain stances are likely to turn people off to faith in Christ, but that’s a secondary point. Truth is the motivator, not attractiveness.
Finally, I think several commentators here are probably better placed than I am to address your core assertion that
but I’ll give it a stab. I presume you mean that macroevolution is not repeatable in a lab unless of course you have 20 million years to watch. While this is true, it’s only part of the story. The truth is that “macroevolution” has passed every test science has put to it over 150 years. (I put the term in quotes because scientists don’t really grant that there’s any difference between micro- and macroevolution, because the decision of what counts as one or the other is completely arbitrary.) The evidence for it is extremely strong, and comes from several different completely independent fields. Others have done a better job than I could of explaining that evidence, but I would just encourage you to look into it. As a good place to start, I would recommend Falk’s book Coming to Peace with Science. It’s about as clear and accessible an explanation of the basic evidence for macroevolution that you’ll find, and by a believer, at that. The man’s got a knack for explaining things at a popular level. If you got through a chemistry course in college, this is peanuts… more like watching an episode of Nova. Much easier than wiring a house!
Aside from all the science, there’s the issue of Scriptural interpretation, when you refer to “what Scripture seems to suggest.” I need to tackle some stuff around my house, so I hope others will chime in on that question, which is critical. Suffice it to say, most of us here don’t feel we have to sacrifice a bedrock commitment to Scriptural authority in order to embrace evolutionary timelines.
Anyway, thanks for commenting and engaging.
All the best,
AMW