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17-Jan-95

95007    CHAPEL CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN EARLY FEBRUARY 
 
                         by Alexa Smith 
 
DALLAS--Negotiations are under way with contractors and 
construction of the chapel in the Presbyterian Center in Louisville 
is expected to begin "on or before" Feb. 1, chapel completion 
committee chair Youngil Cho told the General Assembly Council 
Executive Committee Jan. 7.  
 
     G.A. "Pat" Goff, the denomination's chief financial officer, 
told the committee that "costs are not higher than cash available" 
and going ahead with construction does not put other church funds 
at risk. 
 
     Currently, $518,620 in cash is available and, Cho reported, 
additional pledges of $115,537 are to be collected by June for a 
total of $634,157. 
 
     "I am very confident we will be finished by General Assembly," 
Cho told the Presbyterian News Service. 
 
     The Assembly is slated for Cincinnati in mid-July. 
 
     Cho said the construction budget will cover the basic 
structure, but does not include money for additional items, like 
an organ or piano.  He said the total cost is slightly over one 
half million dollars because the price index has gone up in the 
year since the project's $500,000 budget was set. 
 
     The executive committee authorized the executive director, in 
consultation with the chapel completion committee, to negotiate any 
design changes necessary to complete the chapel project within 
budget and to proceed within the original authorization by the 
205th General Assembly and subsequent GAC actions. 
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