Lutheran Social Services, Inc.

More than 60 future residents, staff, volunteers and supporters wrote messages of support and favorite bible verses during the Grace Graffiti event at the Village at Gleannloch Farms Community Chapel.
Future resident Bob Madsen chose two verses from Psalms to grace the walls of the new chapel. The verses will be covered in drywall, sealing the blessings into the chapel walls.


 

 





 

 

 
 

Future Village at Gleannloch Farms
residents gather for Grace Graffiti Event
Oct. 15, 2007

HOUSTON, Texas - Graffiti is normally something you wouldn't want to see at a church, but for future residents of a future retirement community in Houston, it couldn't be more appreciated. The Village at Gleannloch Farms, soon to be North Houston's most extensive continuing care retirement community recently hosted a "Grace" Graffiti ceremony and reception to celebrate the construction of the community chapel.

Lutheran Social Services Chief Executive Officer Kurt Senske addresses the future residents of The Village at Gleannloch Farms Grace Graffiti event. The master planned community is scheduled for completion by summer 2008, and will feature more than 200 residences.

More than 60 future residents, staff, volunteers and supporters were encouraged to share their favorite Bible verse or prayer by writing it on the exposed lumber of the unfinished chapel before the sheet rocking commences, embedding their well-wishes into the walls forever.

"I've been to several "grace graffiti" events, and all have been incredibly moving," said Kurt Senske, chief executive officer for Lutheran Social Services, which owns and operates The Village at Gleannloch Farms. "Even after the sheetrock is hung, the walls are mudded, textured and painted and after the flooring is laid, the hopes and dreams for future residents surround them because they are permanently inscribed on the studs - and on the hearts of those who wrote them."

Scheduled to open in late summer of 2008, the master-planned community located on Spring Cypress Road and I-249 will feature over 130 independent living apartments and cottages, plus an additional 80 residences for seniors requiring assisted living, skilled care or memory support specialization. Click here for more information.

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