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Local congregation celebrates groundbreaking of new school building
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March 9, 2026
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IDAHO FALLS -- About 100 people met at Hope Lutheran Church at 2701 12th Street in Idaho Falls Sunday morning for a worship service and a groundbreaking ceremony for its new school building.
Construction on the 8,700-square-foot building is already underway. It's an expansion project that will add six new classrooms to the existing building on the east side of the campus. Contractors will also remove two walls that divide classrooms in the current building, creating a large common area for early childhood education.
It's slated for completion this fall, just in time for the new school year.
Although the congregation has been raising funds for the project for several years, Pastor Garen Pay says it has been in the works much longer. He held an official groundbreaking ceremony with church members at the end of the Sunday worship services.
At the beginning of the service, Pay called it "a monumental day" for the 69-year-old congregation.
"Thank you for being here to celebrate with us. This is a good day and was years in the making," Pay told those in attendance. "We're not the first to believe and call on the name of the Lord, and unless the Lord comes back first, we won't be the last. This is a monumental day in setting the groundwork, literally, for being able to share this message for a long time."
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