Enter In August 2025 Survey

The Project Management Committee wants your input on our sanctuary renovation.

Over the past 13 months, considerable progress has been made on our sanctuary renovation to better serve Plymouth’s mission of uniting for the worship of God and the service of all. Working with Plymouth’s Church Council, the Project Management Committee has commissioned our new pipe organ, received designs for improved acoustics including an accessible choir loft, and addressed many historical preservation concerns.

We are in the chancel design process. After congregational input and responsive design work by our architects, the Project Management Committee has recommended an approach that creates better accessibility and more flexible space for worship leadership.

Now we are asking for your feedback at this critical juncture with this anonymous survey.

We also continue to welcome your questions asked online or in person. Your voice matters! The Project Management Committee has decision-making responsibility as charged by the Church Council. Final approval will be given by the Church Council.

Because architectural drawings can be difficult to understand, and because site line changes are one of the objectives, Project Management Committee members constructed a platform that allows congregants to better visualize the recommended design. The temporary wooden platform has been in place since July 20.

This survey may also be completed via paper if preferred. Paper surveys are available at Plymouth Church or downloadable for printing here:

Survey PDF File

Completed paper surveys may be dropped off on Sundays in the Narthex or at the church office during the week. Surveys may also be mailed to the church office at 925 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS 66044. Completed surveys scanned as a PDF file may be submitted via email to administration@plymouthlawrence.com.

Surveys received by September 1, 2025 will be compiled and results shared with the congregation as soon as possible. The Project Management Committee values every voice in our congregation as we complete this important work together.

Enter In Project Survey August 2025

The Project Management Committee wants your input on our sanctuary renovation.

Please respond to the following questions with consideration of the five primary objectives of the PMC:

Improve accessibility to the chancel and choir loft

Address changes to the sight lines from the sanctuary to the chancel and choir loft

Improve acoustics within the sanctuary

Improve flexibility of the chancel space

Address historical preservation

3. Thinking about our church's mission to unite for the worship of God and the service of all, how important is it that our sanctuary renovation prioritize each objective?

5. What observations or concerns, if any, do you have about the proposed chancel changes?

6. What hopes do you have for how this renovation will serve Plymouth Church’s future ministry?

OPTIONAL: Name and contact information if you would like follow-up:

Plymouth Congregational
Church

Enter In Project Survey August 2025

The Project Management Committee wants your input on our sanctuary renovation.

Please respond to the following questions with consideration of the five primary objectives of the PMC:

Improve accessibility to the chancel and choir loft

Address changes to the sight lines from the sanctuary to the chancel and choir loft

Improve acoustics within the sanctuary

Improve flexibility of the chancel space

Address historical preservation

3. Thinking about our church's mission to unite for the worship of God and the service of all, how important is it that our sanctuary renovation prioritize each objective?

5. What observations or concerns, if any, do you have about the proposed chancel changes?

6. What hopes do you have for how this renovation will serve Plymouth Church’s future ministry?

OPTIONAL: Name and contact information if you would like follow-up:

Plymouth Congregational Church

Plymouth Congregational
Church