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Emmanuel Episcopal's New, Renovated Facilities Ready To Welcome Community
from Shawnee Outlook
One of the earliest projects in the renovation and new construction at Emmanuel Episcopal Church was the replacement of the lead framing within the stained glass windows in the worship area, which were placed as part of the original structure built in 1907.
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 501 N. Broadway has finished much of the remodeling and new construction the parish has been discussing for more than a decade, and Fr. Tom Dahlman looks forward to when parishioners, civic groups and those in need in the community will be able to use them to their full potential.
The project may still have a few elements to complete, but Dahlman – rector of Emmanuel Episcopal – said the results of the large portion of the work are impressive and beyond what he imagined they would be.
Between what was added to the original structures and the new building, the church was able to incorporate 8,000 new square feet to its facilities. This includes a former lawyer building next door that will now be used for their outreach ministries. Some of these programs are geared toward their neighbors experiencing homelessness and those with critical needs and include things like meal service. Dahlman said that they are currently able to give away about 65 sack lunches per weekday for the community, and they also host a monthly breakfast at their campus.
Some of the new facility was built on to the existing footprint of the building at its corner site occupied by the church. The parishioners have been talking for almost 15 years about expanding, Dahlman said, but they wanted to make sure they did it in the right way. "They'd not settled on a design, but they had been talking about fixing the building,” Dorman said. "The building was constantly full when we had gatherings.” "The goal was to have more outreach space but also more space for the youth and the children to grow."
One of the features of the old building was a cinder block structure that served as a nursery area when first built in the 1940s. As time passed, it became more of a multipurpose building for other things that the church offered, and eventually became so
In addition to duplicating the woodwork in the parish hall of the church’s original structure, the designers and builders kept consistency with other elements such as the window in the foreground of this photo, which match the windows of the original 1907 structure seen in the background.
The church added 25 percent more capacity to its parish hall – seen in the far end of this photo – with woodwork that matched the preserved woodwork dating back more than 70 years.
The large window facing Broadway in the youth chapel matches the design of the largest stained glass window in the church’s worship area with future plans including adding stained glass to this new window. crowded that it was hard to open a door fully or have two adults pass each other shoulder to shoulder in the hallway.
As the church began working on the designs, it became clear that this existing structure would need replacing to make room for new facilities that could house the services already offered or hosted by Emmanuel Episcopal.
One of the primary considerations when planning the new spaces was the Episcopal Church’s emphasis on longevity not only in its ministry but the places in which they are offered. As such, local parishes are required to use architects to professionally design additions or renovations to its campuses to ensure that the changes and decisions behind them are intentional and serve the needs of its parishioners and the community long after planners have put forth their ideas.
The original structure for the church was built in 1907 and has served the community since then, Dahlman said. Planners wanted to emphasize the traditions and the style that has carried the church through all those years when designing elements of the new facility. "We wanted to honor that style of architecture but also fit on this property, which is rather small," Dahlman said. “We also wanted it to be useful, so we had to figure out what our priorities were."
One of the challenges for the parish hall component of the construction and remodel was preserving the woodwork that had been in place for almost seven decades while expanding the capacity by more than 25 percent with matching woodwork. Dahlman said they found a builder with the expertise and skill in Greg Cullison Construction to create a seamless addition.
One of the earliest and still ongoing projects at Emmanuel Episcopal Church is the restoration and preservation of the stained glass windows in its worship area, Dahlman said. The lead material that frames the glass typically lasts 100 years, and builders installed the windows in the worship area as part of the 1907 original building. The church hired a craftsman to remove each window and replace material housing each pane of glass. Nearly every one of them has been completed, but there is still a little work required in the largest window in the back of the worship area, which Dahlman has read during this process was that window at one time was the biggest stained glass window in the state.
The new addition to Emmanuel Episcopal Church’s campus connecting to the parish hall replaced a cinder block structure from the 1940s with a modern, open design housing a large kitchen, meeting rooms, offices, nursery, children’s area and youth chapel.
It is not only the original structure to which close attention was paid in matching the architectural style, Dahlman said. The windows in the completely new wing housing children's classrooms, a youth chapel, a new kitchen, new church offices and various meeting rooms also incorporate the exact styling as those windows featured in the original structure. There are also plans to incorporate stained glass in the largest window that is part of the youth chapel.
The expansion and construction has also allowed those participating in the music ministry of Emmanuel Episcopal Church to have more space in the original building dedicated to their needs, Dahlman said, and the project addressed practical needs like ongoing improvements to the parking lot and entrances, especially for those in wheelchairs.
The two-year process of constructing the facility on top of the years of discussion may have had its tumultuous moments, but that the church has reached a point where such expansion was necessary spoke to the importance of its services to its parishioners, its neighborhood and the community overall, Dahlman said. He especially likes to see growth of this kind in a church that holds closer to long-standing traditional ideas and practices in an industry that seems to push for more “hip,” contemporary ideas to grow its base.
“We think scarcity is what makes value," Dahlman said. "Content is everywhere, because we have the internet. What is not everywhere is meaning and relationship. The traditions, the cycle of prayer that we follow and the liturgy provide meaning for people. It's fun to get off the 'relevancy' bandwagon sometimes.
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Dahlman served as a minister with the Church of Christ for 10 years before joining the Episcopal Church with which he attended seminary before resuming a ministry role six years ago. When he came to serve as priest at Emmanuel four years ago, he was told about plans for expansion and renovation, but he did not think they would be able to achieve it so early in his tenure. It was apparent, however, that the limitations of the old facilities had a direct impact on the church and the services it could offer. "There had not been much work or remodeling done since the 1970s,” Dahlman said.
An unfortunate element to the whole process was the timing and impact of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, Dahlman said. During a typical week, the church's facilities would be in use on a nightly basis for activities directly involved with the parish or by other community organizations, such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The new playground facilities, nursery area and children's classroom have gone largely unused, but the rector is hopeful for the days when he can welcome these groups to the new facilities.
The church has resumed normal worship services at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sundays incorporating social distancing guidelines, and Dahlman has been encouraged by the response of those who have attended and their desire to see the church begin to add more if it's typical services to the parish and community.
For more information, call (405) 273-1374 or visit emmanuelshawnee.com.
This children’s area and the nursery next to it will host the church’s ministries and services aimed at its youngest visitors, though it has gone largely unused since completion as a result of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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It wasn’t unusual for a president or a man hoping to become president to make a quick trip through Shawnee stopping to speak from the back of a train. Citizens were fortunate that the town’s major railroad presence allowed easy access to such popular public figures. But having a president’s wife come to town and stay overnight was a real treat.
On Wednesday, March 17, 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady to President Franklin Roosevelt – came to Shawnee. After arriving in Oklahoma City, she began her tour that would take her to Alva, El Reno, Durant and Pawhuska, where she was treated to an Osage tribal dance.
Rather than coming to Shawnee with a caravan of special agents and staying overnight in a hotel, Mrs. Roosevelt stayed the night with Elmer and Maude Harber in their spacious home out on Highway 270 (east Highland) across from the Country Club.
The Harbers along with Tom and Ida Waldrep went to Tulsa and accompanied Mrs. Roosevelt and her secretary, Malvina Scheider, to Shawnee. Local police and sheriff’s personnel met them to escort her to the Municipal Auditorium for an address. School was let out so the children could attend. It was noted that the new auditorium was the result of one of Roosevelt’s programs for recovery during the Depression.
That afternoon, accompanied by a police escort, she toured what was then the Shawnee Indian Sanitarium south of town and visited each of the 40 patients. She continued to Tecumseh to the Girls’ Industrial School, where she was presented a jar of pickled peaches by one of the girls. Newspaper reports said she wore a wine-colored dress trimmed with blue braid.
City officials discussed taking the opportunity to hold a dedication ceremony for the new Municipal Auditorium, much of which had been constructed with funds from President Roosevelt’s New Deal. It was decided, however, that was too much to ask of the First Lady in her tight schedule.
That evening, she spoke to another sold-out audience. Tickets were 25 and 50 cents with reserved seats double that cost. The Business & Professional Women’s Club (BPW), Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts decorated the stage and Shawnee firemen hung bunting and flags in the business district. Students from the National Youth Administration School (NYA) in Stillwater were special guests. Her talks as she traveled about the state centered on her concern for world peace.
The highlight of the evening was the notice that it was the 32nd wedding anniversary of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt. She was presented with a surprise wedding cake carried by two children, Rosene Looney of Wewoka and Joe Ellis, Jr. of Shawnee, dressed as the bride and groom. Reportedly the bride’s dress was designed to replicate the one Mrs. Roosevelt had worn at her wedding.
She also received a wire from her husband. He was in Warm Springs, Georgia, and she said they had missed being together on other anniversaries when his duties kept him away, but he always remembered the date.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her party left the next day for Durant as she continued her tour of the state. She didn’t travel with bodyguards or secret service agents but was accompanied by local law enforcement. While in Shawnee, local officers led the car caravan, stood guard during the events in the auditorium and patrolled around the Harber house. She complimented the Shawnee Police Department and Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office for their work.
During her husband’s terms as president, due to his limited physical ability because of his bout with polio, Eleanor Roosevelt often represented him at events, especially in press conferences. She often spoke against unfair treatment of the poor and minorities. When her husband died in April 1945 and Harry Truman became president, he appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, and she was active in many other endeavors, especially those involving human rights.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had six children.
She died on November 7, 1962 of cardiac failure at the age of 78, and most who had a chance to see the president’s wife in Shawnee, Oklahoma, have likely passed on as well. But they had quite a story to tell their descendants.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stayed the night with a local family in Shawnee on March 17, 1937 during a visit to Oklahoma. Though President Franklin Roosevelt was in Georgia, the date happened to be the couple’s wedding anniversary, so Shawnee residents presented Mrs. Roosevelt with a cake to celebrate the occasion at her speaking engagement at the Municipal Auditorium – a building that largely benefited from Roosevelt’s New Deal that helped the nation recover from the Great Depression.
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