Trinity Lutheran Church Shawnee Campus Masterplan

SFS collaborated with Trinity Lutheran Church to develop a strategic master plan to guide the continued development of its Shawnee campus to accommodate a growing congregation and its spiritual, educational and community needs. Attendance at worship services at the church's Shawnee campus has grown steadily since opening in 2011 (also designed by SFS). The campus is at capacity most weeks, with multiple meetings, classes, activities, and worship competing for space use in the building. 

SFS was engaged by the church to consider future space needs and explore design concepts for expanding the current building and site to allow worship, education and other ministries to grow. The study also explored an option for relocating the Shawnee campus to a nearby commercial retail center and repurposing an abandoned grocery store to create a new church campus. This potential site offered more square footage and parking than the campus' current location. The same program developed for the expansion of the existing campus was utilized to develop options for the retail site. Several options for adapting the grocery store were explored, with a preferred concept emerging that would ultimately create a new campus for the church.