LUC Fall Book Study

This fall we will be discussing Lillian Daniel’s book
Tired of Apologizing for a Church I Don’t Belong To. If you are interested
in taking part, but haven’t yet been in touch with me (Emily G.), please send
an email and I’ll send you the information sheet with the topics and
discussion schedule.

You can participate in-person or online or both depending on your availability.  The Online Book Discussion link is HERE.

LUC Renovation Team Communiqué – September 25, 2018

September 25, 2018

We had a successful Renovation Team Town Hall on Sunday September 16th, 2018 with very good attendance and guest speaker architect Michael Nicholas-Schmidt, Senior Associate from Larkin Architects Ltd.

Larkin was chosen from a short list of five architects.  Larkin has completed over 100 projects for churches and parishes in Southern Ontario and are architecture specialists with an expertise in heritage restoration/rehabilitation facilitating the designs of sacred spaces.

Roberto Chiotti, Principal and Michael Nicholas-Schmidt, Senior Associate of Larkin Architects Ltd. are the lead architects for our project.  Roberto is a founding partner of Larkin and in addition to his full architect credentials he also earned a master’s degree in Theological Studies.

Roberto and Michael have been very knowledgeable and forthright with us and it’s not all good news – because they and others have already told us our expectations are very high.  Probably $4 to 5 million projected costs which is double our budget (we are currently working with a budget of $2.5 million).  Larkin will help us to focus in on selecting the key priorities for us going forward.  All things will not be able to be done and we know you understand this.