November 1
Our fellowship hall/multipurpose building discernment process is well underway and moving forward with vigor. Last week, approximately 40 members and staff, across sixteen stakeholder groups, provided a wide variety of thoughtfully focused suggestions to Elizabeth Boone, our Reynolds-Ash architect.
Elizabeth and her colleagues have synthesized what she has heard from our previous efforts at needs assessment and the recent first round of small group meetings. The Task Force and R/A staff will meet this week with the City to discuss site options related to the “city park” on the south side of our property. She will incorporate as much as possible from all these meetings into an initial set of design options, which she will present at a Town Hall meeting after the November 9 service. This will include time for discussion.
Between then and November 23 Elizabeth and the Building Engagement TF will work to further refine the design options, adding additional detail. On November 23, she will present a revised set of design options for another feedback session at a Town Hall after the service. At that point, she will email a feedback survey to everyone in the congregation, accompanied by the design options. We will have until Dec 1 to review, discuss and respond with your reactions to the various aspects of the proposed designs.
Our collective response to these drawings is critical. Your reactions will be synthesized, prioritized and incorporated into a final proposed design, including the highest priority design elements that we can afford. We plan to review that after the service on December 14, a date you want to highlight on your calendars. The current project can be found by clicking on the project Schedule link on this page. and on the poster set up in the Sanctuary. The Task Force plans to keep you informed of the progress of this design phase with regular communications. Stay tuned.
Just as a reminder, Sherrod Beall and Tom Miller are task force leads with Allison Andersen, Sheryl Guy, Mary Ocken, and Deborah Lycan as task force members. You can contact any of them if you have questions or comments about the building discernment process.