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Chapel Renovation – $127,000: Built in 1940 as the original sanctuary, the chapel is a formal meeting space. The renovation would not only update and beautify the chapel, but it would retain the chapel’s intrinsic beauty while making it a more flexible worship space for future generations.
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Some more "traditional and formal" uses of the renovated Chapel would include small weddings & funerals. It will also give us more space for family use for funerals (larger than our parlor).
The new flexible seating will really allow an unlimited amount of uses, including meetings like AA (who currently over-fill the parlor), receptions, community meetings, plays, musicals, concerts, movies, classes, fundraisers, study area, UNCG Continuing Ed classes, Forever 39 events, after worship socials, etc.
The space is seen as midway between the formal sanctuary and the very informal fellowship hall, both in terms of design and use.
Did You Know?
(By Lexi) Our English word “chapel” has a fascinating history – full of rebellion, devotion, generosity, and visions. Around 320 A.D., St. Martin of Tours, against the wishes of his parents (his father was an officer in the Roman army), was drawn to the Christian church. Required to join the army, St. Martin experienced a vision that became the most-repeated story about his life. Earlier in the day he had impulsively cut his military cloak in half and shared it with a beggar. That night, Martin dreamed of Jesus wearing the half-cloak he had given away. When Martin woke, his cloak was restored ! In Latin, the holy relic of St. Martin’s cloak is termed cappa Sancti Martini (“the cloak of St. Martin”). The sanctuary in which the cloak was kept for centuries came to be known as the cappa – in French, the chapele – and now, in English, the chapel. The keeper of the cloak was the cappellanu—in French the chapelains – in English, the chaplain. Everytime we enter a chapel we are stepping into a memorial to generosity! (Thanks to the OED and Wikipedia for information).
