Organ/Stained Glass Window Fund

Today we find ourselves in a strange and foreign land in the midst of a global pandemic, yet despite this we know the ministries of Saint George’s are as vibrant and active as ever.  We continue in our worship and singing together online, we continue to feed and care for our neighbors, and we continue to nurture our life in Christian community.  Likewise, our organ project and associated renovations continue to progress.  The arrival of our new Martin Pasi pipe organ is now only eight months away.  This summer our Nave will undergo renovation to complete the deferred items from our 2016 renovation to update lighting and do acoustical improvements, as well as make modifications to the organ chamber for the arrival of the organ, relocate stained glass windows in the organ chamber and repair the rose window.  In addition, we have added the emergency repairs to the Transfiguration window, the largest of our windows at the back of the nave ($58,000), to ensure its beauty will continue to grace our space for generations to come.

While the current pandemic has indeed slowed down the progress, it continues in earnest.  During an organ project, we labor over cost, vision, instrument details and design, project details and timing, and such that it is easy to begin thinking of the project as precisely that – an “organ project” – and nothing more.  However, with nave construction and window repair on the immediate horizon, roughly ten percent of our project budget left to raise, and eight months until the arrival of our new organ, we find ourselves more and more excited about the return to worship in our beautiful nave and the organ’s intended role in our life together. This instrument was born of our community’s spiritual and artistic vision and its design reflects that vision.  We are excited for our community to finally experience our new instrument as it:

 -       Thunders to us of the grandeur and majesty of God

-       Whispers to us of the mystery of God

-       Gently reminds us of the intimate love of God

-       Encourages us to sing together unabashedly

-       Challenges us to amend our lives

-       Strengthens us to live out the Gospel

-       Reminds us that beauty matters

-       Teaches future generations of church musicians and youth to cherish similar values.

We invite you to prayerfully consider a gift to the organ/stained glass fund to help fund the remaining $200,000 (ten-percent) of the project budget that will bring forth a glorious new pipe organ for Saint George’s and preserve our stained glass.  Your gift can be made in periodic payments over the next 12 months, if you so choose or as a one-time gift.  More information on our new instrument can be found here. More information on our stained glass window restoration can be found below.

This gift chart shows the type of gifts we need to make our goal.  As you prayerfully consider your gift, we ask you think about what it would take get to the next level of giving.

In our worship and our communal song we discover how deeply music can speak to us of God’s love and our calling to work for justice and peace in the world.  How glorious it will be when we can return to worshipping together in our Nave with restored windows and a beautiful new pipe organ to lead our praises.  With hearts and voices raised on the wings of song, our love of God and the Good News of Jesus Christ will continue to be proclaimed as our souls are nourished and our work in this world is ignited with renewed passion. 

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