Comments on: Upcoming Worship Facilities Conference in Atlanta http://theministrycafe.com/2007/09/11/upcoming-worship-facilities-conference-in-atlanta/ Serving Christ in a Coffee Culture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Todd http://theministrycafe.com/2007/09/11/upcoming-worship-facilities-conference-in-atlanta/#comment-1423 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:33:20 +0000 http://theministrycafe.com/2007/09/11/upcoming-worship-facilities-conference-in-atlanta/#comment-1423 That's a great point about budget cuts typically coming out of audio / accoustical treatment and compromising the spaces performance - plus I had not thought about the green building / environmental angle. Great comments, Cathy! That’s a great point about budget cuts typically coming out of audio / accoustical treatment and compromising the spaces performance - plus I had not thought about the green building / environmental angle. Great comments, Cathy!

]]> by: Cathy Hutchison http://theministrycafe.com/2007/09/11/upcoming-worship-facilities-conference-in-atlanta/#comment-1422 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:55:51 +0000 http://theministrycafe.com/2007/09/11/upcoming-worship-facilities-conference-in-atlanta/#comment-1422 Okay, being with an acoustics and performance technologies design firm who have had great success in multipurpose spaces, I feel I can safely say that you <b>can</b> get quality acoustics and audio in a multipurpose space. One of the challenges is that many times multipurpose rooms are considered "interim" worship facilities and people cut budgets for the acoustic treatments or production technology not allowing for what is needed to really make the room work. One of our sessions at WFX has to do with sustainability. In crafting the session, we realized that one of the biggest places churches could impact the environment is in building spaces that have maximized usage. Single use spaces such as choir rehearsal rooms or large auditoriums that are only used one to two days a week (and possibly cooled all seven) aren't as effective as they could be. Multipurpose spaces could be a much better allocation of resources--especially if they are open to community use. Pragmatically, construction escallation is going to drive many churches to rethink what they build and I believe we are going to see a lot of innovation in what churches construct over the next 10 years. Multipurpose spaces, auditoriums that are shared by the community, repurpose/renovation of existing construction...there is a lot of opporutnity. Personally, I'm thrilled WPH is invested in helping churches maximize their resources. Rock on! Okay, being with an acoustics and performance technologies design firm who have had great success in multipurpose spaces, I feel I can safely say that you can get quality acoustics and audio in a multipurpose space. One of the challenges is that many times multipurpose rooms are considered “interim” worship facilities and people cut budgets for the acoustic treatments or production technology not allowing for what is needed to really make the room work.

One of our sessions at WFX has to do with sustainability. In crafting the session, we realized that one of the biggest places churches could impact the environment is in building spaces that have maximized usage. Single use spaces such as choir rehearsal rooms or large auditoriums that are only used one to two days a week (and possibly cooled all seven) aren’t as effective as they could be. Multipurpose spaces could be a much better allocation of resources–especially if they are open to community use.

Pragmatically, construction escallation is going to drive many churches to rethink what they build and I believe we are going to see a lot of innovation in what churches construct over the next 10 years. Multipurpose spaces, auditoriums that are shared by the community, repurpose/renovation of existing construction…there is a lot of opporutnity.

Personally, I’m thrilled WPH is invested in helping churches maximize their resources. Rock on!

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