Tag: church
Developing a budget for your renovation or construction project
Part of our firm's Master Planning process is the development of a Project Budget. A Project Budget is different from ...
A Pastor’s Perspective on the Mission of the Physical Plant
One of the most challenging moments for many a Buildings & Grounds or Master Plan Committee member is when they ...
Chairs or pews?
Whether to go with chairs or pews in a worship space is a big question for those building new churches ...
Old baptismal pool finds new life
When you walk through the front doors of Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown Albany, NY, it doesn't take long to ...
No more drive-in services at the Crystal Cathedral
Way back in time, while I was studying architecture in college, the famous (and somewhat notorious) American architect Philip Johnson ...
Softening a 60’s Worship Space
St. Athanasius Church in Reading, MA was designed during a building boom for Roman Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of ...
Master Planning Process – Phase IV
Consensus-Seeking Phase Consensus decision-making calls for church members to let go of their vested interests and their personal agendas. They ...
A day at the Ecclesiastical Exchange
As was mentioned in an earlier post, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia runs a program that makes available to other churches a ...
What to do with all these closed churches?
The demolition of St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, NY earlier this year was one of the saddest things I've seen ...
Master Planning Introduction
This is the first post in a series of posts about master planning for religious organizations. Each post will discuss ...