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"BORN AGAIN... Lampost injects new life into funeral home"
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reprinted with permission from The Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier. |
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Just inside the double front doors the team is putting together a coffee bar that will serve as a gathering place for UNI students and other community members. Behind that, where funeral services were once held, is the performance area complete with stage and audience seating . In addition to the coffeehouse, performance area and apartments, the building houses a media studio for producing training and ministry videos that are used globally, and a training center for creative ministry and evangelism. The Hansons create their own productions, complete with music. They expect to put on four to five performances a year for which tickets will be sold. Throughout the year on Thursday through Sunday nights events will be scheduled, which could include bands, comedy or other sorts of entertainment. The coffeehouse, when complete, should be open daily. Even as they renovate, group members have already given their first performances last week in a piece titled "The Wedding." Betsy McGovern, 20, is the only resident who is still a student at UNI. She was active in drama in her high school in the Quad Cities. She passed up a public relations internship at Indiana University, opting to work for Lampost and live at the new facility. She's handling many of the public relations duties for Lampost and has negotiated to receive university credits for her work there. |
Photo by Rick Chase, Courier photographer |
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"I'm excited to live on top of the coffee shop she said. "I really enjoy it. Everyone here gets along so great." Meanwhile, she's gained experience in such things as sanding, painting and putting in sheet rock. "We've accomplished so much," she said. "I really appreciate seeing the progress we've made." The building had stood vacant for about a year. Most recently it was the Barr Funeral Home. Before that it housed the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home. Every week on the UNI campus, Lampost has worked as part of a leadership team where about 800 students gather for worship and teaching. Now located just down Seerley Boulevard from the campus, Lampost seeks to be a gathering place for students. "It's a good way for people to sit down and communicate," Jeff Hanson said "It's a creative way for people to come and interact through drama and have an enriching experience." |
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Read other articles on Lampost... | |
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Read the review of "The Wedding"
published on the Cedar Valley Enterainment Authority website at cvea.info |
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Read the article
that examines Lampost's history and creative vision from The Standard, a national magazine of the Baptist General Conference. (click here for pdf) |
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