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Explore this page to see all the exciting possibilities and blessings we'll receive through the expansion of our church and school.
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Join us in expanding opportunities for both members of Jerusalem and students at Jerusalem Lutheran School. Your donation will help enhance our worship, fellowship and our students classrooms. Together, we can continue to create, share and grow all of the many blessings we have received through Him.
With expansion in mind, we must also remember our mission:
“Serving a diverse community with the unique message of Christ’s love.”
THE NEED
Jerusalem Lutheran School has been serving the church's mission of spreading the Gospel to young children and their families since 1906.
Since then, the school has grown to 130 students daily, but the capacity of the building has remained the same since 1929, except for one classroom addition. Grades 7-8 students have their classes in the back of the church, and two offices had to be turned into two classrooms: The old Jerusalem room, and the former Mrs. Laura Boughton's classroom in the basement.
To resolve the challenge of the growing enrollment, it is identified that we need more classrooms in our school, so the school can continue to spread the Gospel to young people and their families, as past leaders at Jerusalem acknowledged when they first started the school.
However, school is not the only beneficiary of the expansion project. The church's fellowship hall access is limited due to its current location and is not easily accessible for some of our church members. Having an elevator can resolve this. By having an elevator through this expansion project we allow for any congregation member to access church meetings and events held in the fellowship hall.
Through the expansion project, we seek to add four classrooms, a new lobby, two offices, a new school entrance and an elevator.
