Organ Purchase Approved

This Sunday, November 22, LCHope met for a special congregational meeting for the first time via zoom to consider four resolutions in regards to future facility/campus planning and to purchase an organ. All resolutions were approved!

The results are listed below:

Resolution #1

Be It Resolved, that Lutheran Church of Hope accepts the recommendation of the Worship Space Task Force Report to hire Integration Design Group (IDG) for a schematic design process for the LCHope facility with specific consideration around a renewed worship space at a cost of $30,000 to be paid for by existing dedicated funds. Approved 92-0

Resolution #2

Be It Resolved, that Lutheran Church of Hope authorizes the purchase of the Reuter Pipe Organ, Opus 1555, from Brookside Baptist Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma for the sum of $10,000 to be paid from existing dedicated funds. Approved 90-2

Resolution #3

Be It Resolved, that Lutheran Church of Hope authorizes the sum of $25,000 to be paid from existing dedicated funds to compensate Reuter Organ Company of Lawrence, Kansas to disassemble, transport, and store the Reuter Pipe Organ, Opus 1555, in its facility. Approved 90-2

Resolution #4

Be It Resolved, that Lutheran Church of Hope empowers the Organ Task Force in concert with the Worship Space Task Force to work with the Reuter Organ Company and IDG Architects on organ design and placement for the renewed worship space and corresponding facility renovations of LCHope. Approved 90-2

So what happens now?

First, Reuter Pipe Organs will travel to Brookside Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma and dissemble to organ pipe by pipe, transport it via semi-truck, and store it in their secure, safe, and insured storage facility in Lawrence, Kansas. After the first of the calendar year, Reuter will begin meeting with the Organ Task Force and with IDG Architects to begin collaboration on both the design of the organ and space. Look for continued updates after the first of the calendar year, and an LCHope organ webpage at www.lchope.org.

Second, the Worship Space Task Force will meet with IDG Architects in December to formalize and lay out the schematic design process that will begin after the first of the calendar year. Again, as the process unfolds and begins we will keep you updated on both the process and its progress, and will have a webpage at www.lchope.org after the first of the year.