Town Hall Meeting
Feb. 18 and Mar. 17 at 7pm
On these two dates the Building Team will be meeting with the Town of Chapel Hill regarding progress on our current Building Project. For these two meetings we are asking that members of Orange also attend these gatherings which are held at the Town Hall Council Chamber.

The Master Plan is continuing through the Town of Chapel Hill Special Use Permit approval process. Members of the Building Team will be meeting with the Town’s various department heads. It is at these meetings that the church will receive official comments about the plan from each of the review boards. The Building Team will work with the Civil Engineer and our Architect to craft responses to those comments.

The Sanctuary, at more than 6,000 sq. ft., will seat 600 (85 choir and 515 congregation). Windows at the rear of the congregational seating will allow natural light and views to exterior garden space that won’t interfere with worship elements in the Chancel area. The congregational seating design was chosen to make a large space feel much more intimate. There are soaring spaces and intimate nooks within the Sanctuary. So, depending upon where you sit, you may have a different kind of overall “worship experience”. The Baptismal font has been located intentionally at the rear of the Sanctuary so that it will be the first thing you see when you enter and the last thing you see as you exit. The Chancel area has been designed to allow for flexibility of worship styles and worship elements. There is a central pulpit from which both Scripture and the Message will be spoken. There is a back stairway that leads to the lower level Education space that includes the Choir Dressing Room.