SOS Save Old St Hubert Church

06/01/2026

Good news worth sharing, Chanhassen and friends of SOS Save Old St Hubert Church.

Thanks to this community, the feasibility study for Old St. Hubert's is fully funded, and the next step is one we get to take together.

On Friday, June 5th, neighbors from across Chanhassen are gathering to talk about the future of the oldest landmark still standing in our community. It's a chance to hear where things are, ask questions, and help shape what comes next for a place that has been part of so many lives here.

Whether this church marked your family's biggest moments or you've simply known that steeple your whole life, there's a place for you in this conversation.

Friday, June 5th, 10:00 to 11:30am Chanhassen Library, Wilder Room, 7711 Kerber Blvd

RSVP below! The room is going to be full!
https://forms.gle/C5i53UcvC5auiSw66

Chanhassen Lions City of Chanhassen, Minnesota Government Chanhassen Historical Society St. Hubert Catholic Community

Old St. Hubert Church - Final Public Meeting Friday, June 5 10am - 11:30am Chanhassen Library, Wilder Room 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, MN 55317

05/29/2026

"This beautiful piece of history was built by my great, great grandfather John Geiser. It would be such a shame to see it torn down. Many relatives buried there." — Mary McCanna

The hands that laid those bricks belonged to someone's family.
They still do.

Do you have roots tied to Old St. Hubert's? Tell us in the comments. 👇

05/27/2026

A lot of people have asked us: what does the money actually do.

Here's the honest answer.

The $29,000 we're raising by June 8th does one specific thing…it hires a professional fundraiser to conduct a feasibility study. That study tells us, with real data, whether this community can financially support a full restoration of Old St. Hubert's.

It's not the finish line but it is the door that opens everything else.

Without it, the conversation ends before it really begins. With it, Chanhassen gets to have the discussion it deserves, one with real numbers, a real plan, and a real path forward.

The committee has already done the groundwork. Cost estimates. Engineering updates. Governance models. Over 120 years of combined experience pointed at one question: is saving this possible?

Everything they've found says yes. This is the step that proves it to the rest of the world.
$50 gets us closer. So does a share. GoFundMe link in bio. June 8th is our deadline. 🙏 Thank you for your support.

05/26/2026

A few weeks ago, this effort to preserve Old St. Hubert's was just a quiet hope shared by a group of neighbors who believed this 139-year-old church deserved better than a silent end. Today, that hope has a heartbeat.

Here's where we stand:

As of this morning, $20,450 has been committed toward the $29,000 needed to fund a professional feasibility study, the critical next step in understanding what's truly possible for this building.

That number comes from GoFundMe pledges, personal checks, and a generous $5,000 donor commitment that arrived this week. Every single dollar behind that total is a vote of confidence from this community.

And the momentum goes deeper than donations:

🏛️ Nearly 37,000 views on Facebook in the last 28 days 💬 Over 3,000 engagements from people who care about this place 👥 1,500+ petition signers through the Chanhassen Historical Society 🤝 14 community leaders gathered on May 12th, from county, city, business, and nonprofit, to have a real conversation about the church's future 📅 And on June 5th, we anticipate more than 100 community members coming together to weigh in on what comes next

This was always the goal: not to force an outcome, but to make sure this community's voice is heard before any irreversible decision is made. Every engagement, every signature, every conversation is proof that the people of Chanhassen are ready to have that conversation.

We are $8,550 away from the feasibility study goal, and we have two weeks to get there.

If you haven't yet made a contribution, this is the moment. If you have already given, please consider reaching out to someone in your circle. There is nothing more powerful than a personal message from someone who has already invested in something they believe in. Your voice carries weight that no campaign post ever will.

We're also holding space for whatever the future of this place may hold, and we welcome your prayers alongside your support.

Thank you for being part of this story. 🙏

👉 https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-community-assets-lifesaving-work/fundraiser

— Jeff Burzinski, Save Old St. Hubert's Committee

05/25/2026

On a day set aside for remembering.

We think about all the people this building has held over 139 years. The ones who came home. The ones who didn't. The families who gathered inside those walls to mark both the loss and the gratitude.

Old St. Hubert's has been part of this community through two World Wars, the Great Depression, and every hard chapter in between. It has never asked for anything in return.

Today we just want to say thank you to the people who built it, the people who filled it, and the people still fighting for it.

Happy Memorial Day, Chanhassen. 🇺🇸

05/22/2026

"I hope and pray they do not tear down Old St. Hubert's church. I was baptized there and attended many services as a child. It is a real piece of history that Chanhassen needs to save." — Deborah Ivers Fristed

Deborah said it better than we ever could.

And she's not alone. We've heard from people who got married there, buried their parents there, wandered in once on a random afternoon and never quite forgot it.
This building has been collecting moments like these for generations. We think that means something.

What's your memory? Tell us in the comments. 👇

05/20/2026

Think about everything that building has absorbed over 139 years.

Grief. Joy. The particular silence of a room full of people who don't know what to say. The sound of a congregation singing something everyone already knows. A baby crying at exactly the wrong moment. A couple trying not to cry at exactly the right one.

It held all of it. Without asking anything back.

"We have lived in Chanhassen nearly 40 years. The church has always been a solid, steady presence. The whole setting is so beautiful and serene." — Judith Potthoff

For most of us, this building has been there our whole lives; free, available, quietly beautiful, asking nothing.

05/19/2026

Close your eyes for a second.

You're inside Old St. Hubert's. The light is doing that thing it does, coming through the stained glass at an angle that makes the whole room feel different from anywhere else in Chanhassen. The wood is old in a way that smells like time. The ceiling arches above you and something about the scale of it makes you feel small in the best possible way.

Maybe you were seven years old. Maybe you were getting married. Maybe you just wandered in once on a random afternoon and never forgot it.
That feeling is not an accident. It took 139 years to build.

You can't download it. You can't rebuild it somewhere else. You can't recover it once it's gone.

What you can do is give it a fighting chance.
A June 8th deadline. Every dollar counts and so does every share. 🙏
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-community-assets-lifesaving-work/fundraiser

05/19/2026

Here's something we want you to sit with for a second.
We need $29,000 by June 8th.

That sounds like a lot. But Chanhassen has about 27,000 residents.

If just one in every thousand people who call this community home gave $35, we'd be there.
One in a thousand. That's the bar.

You probably drive past that steeple at least once a week. You probably have for years. Maybe decades. That steeple has been free your whole life.

Today we're asking if it's worth $35 to you. Or $50. Or $100. Or if you feel especially called, donate $2,500. We welcome all gifts to help us reach this monumental goal.

Not to restore the whole building. Not to solve everything. Just to keep the next conversation from going silent.

Link in bio. June 8th. One in a thousand. 🙏 We can do this.

05/16/2026

We Need to Act Now !

For 139 years, Old St. Hubert's Church has stood at the heart of Chanhassen — surviving two World Wars, the Great Depression, and 25 presidencies. It has held baptisms, weddings, funerals, and quiet moments that stayed with people for the rest of their lives. Today, it is the last remaining historic landmark in this community. And right now, its future is in our hands.

We have until June 8th to raise $29,000:

Fr. Talbot, Pastor of St. Hubert’s, following a conversation with community leaders gave permission for the Save Old St Hubert Committee to have until June 8th to raise $29,000 to fund a feasibility study. These funds will hire a professional fundraiser that would conduct the feasibility study, the essential next step in determining whether this community can support a $2.5 million restoration effort. The feasibility study would take approximately two months. Without the $29,000 to fund the study, the conversation ends.

The community has already spoken:

A survey by St. Hubert Parish found 58% of respondents support restoration. Among Chanhassen community members, that number rises to 75%. Within the parish itself, only 39 more people voted against restoration than for it. That is not a mandate to demolish. That is a community asking for more time and more conversation.

Who we are:

The SOS Save Old St. Hubert's Committee formed in December with one purpose: to make sure this community gets to fully weigh in. Our committee includes a former city administrator, a former Mayor of Chanhassen, a former Minnesota state legislator, founding family descendants, and the Chanhassen Historical Society. We are neighbors who believe this place deserves more than a quiet exit.

Our initial estimates put restoration at approximately $1.5 million, with an additional $1 million endowment to fund ongoing maintenance. It's a real plan, built by people committed to seeing it through.

Your contribution goes 100% toward this effort through our nonprofit partner, the Community Asset Foundation, and is fully tax-deductible.

We're not asking the city, county or parish for financial assistance. We're asking the community this church has always belonged to.

No contribution is to small. Please give if you're able. Then share this with someone else who would want to know.

Contributions for the feasibility study can be made by check payable to Community Asset Foundation for the benefit of SOS (Save Old St Hubert)at 21 Carvers Green Chaska, Chaska, MN 55318. Or to the Save Old St. Hubert GoFundMe Account by this link https://www.gofundme.com/manage/support-community-assets-lifesaving-work/fundraiser

This building has been part of Chanhassen's story for 139 years. Help us continue the conversations by being a part of the story.