Lutheran Church of Hope

The design of this welcoming, lively church property is intended to express and strengthen the congregation’s spirit of "reaching out" and being "Christ-centered." The building itself is intended to be evangelistic, its energetic form inviting "seekers" by expressing the Holy Spirit in a contemporary - not traditional - way. The building and parking areas are organized around a center drum, topped by a skylight and cross that are beacons to the surrounding residential community. All entrances follow the cross in plan and lead people to the center - the gathering place - the community space of the church.  Designed as a multi-phased project:

Phase 1: Design Began: Dec 1989 :: Square Footage: 37,500 :: Project Cost: $4,530,000

Phase 2: Design Began:  Dec 2002 :: Square Footage: 42,700 ::  Project Cost: $4,600,000 

Phase 3: Design Began: 2007 :: Square Footage:71,000 :: Project Cost: $14,000,000

The design of this welcoming, lively church property is intended to express and strengthen the congregation’s spirit of “reaching out” and being “Christ - centered.”  The lighting systems serve multiple functions for the church ranging from contemporary worship high in video production uses, to concert tours and smaller more meditative evening services.  Theatrical lighting techniques were employed- installed within a series of catwalks concealed above the complex ceiling cloud arrangements.  House lighting fixtures were also mounted to the catwalks allowing for easy access for maintenance and lamp changes.

A theatrical dimming system operates the gathering and worship spaces allowing for both preset scenes and/ or independent "custom" shows created using the remote DMX consoles.  Gathering space lighting was accomplished thru decorative fluorescent fixtures which react to changing daylighting conditions in these areas.  The scale and location of the fixtures mirrors the gathering of worshipers as they come from different locations to a single gathering place to worship.