Trinity Lutheran Looks To The Future

In the words of the Rev. David Wildermuth, Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Yankton was all about the kids.

Celebrating Palm Sunday took on new meaning for the youngest members of the church when Trinity officially broke ground on its new worship space located just west of the current facility at the corner of Broadway and Fourth Avenue.

Wildermuth said that the churchs needs had outgrown the current facility and the congregation members had been debating what the right choice was for quite a while.

This has been a long process, a lot of studies and deciding what the needs were and what we wanted to accomplish with the new building and space, he said. One of the considerations was even building at a new location, but the majority of our parishioners felt that we wanted a presence at our current location. I think this new facility is going to be a great addition to the ministry of Yankton. I look forward to this first phase of the project getting done.

That first phase includes a new worship space, with a large annex for gatherings, as well as a basement and parking lot.

We will move our pipe organ to the new worship space, which is a huge undertaking in and of itself, Wildermuth said. Once we get this first part finished, our hope is to go into the next phase, which will be remodeling our current facility.

All together, the project will be about $4 million once it is finished in all its stages, Wildermuth said. My hope is that a year from now at Easter, we can worship in our new space. Following that, step by step, we will finish the rest. I know that will mean at least one more capital campaign and continuing what we are doing. There is a lot of hard work left.

Joining the congregation Sunday was South Dakota ELCA Bishop David Zellmer, who said he felt it was important to be a part of the celebration.

This is one of our outstanding churches in the South Dakota Synod and we have always had a great relationship with them, he said. I have many friends that are members down here, so it is personal for me as well. It is because of the gifts from other places as well as here that this is going to be able to take place. We are excited about what is going on.

Zellmer said he believes the new facility is needed and will be very useful both for fellowship and for worship.

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Trinity Lutheran Looks To The Future