Our experience has demonstrated that dedicated spaces for youth (now often called “Student Ministry”) tend to be some of the last spaces that churches will allocate – especially for smaller churches. If evangelism is a core value for a church, this can be a huge mistake. According to the Barna Research Group, 64% of born-again [...]
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Posted in Newsletters, Spring 2009 on Mar 6th, 2009
St. Timothy on the North Shore UMC - Mandeville, LA
The Highway is a new 9,000 sq.ft. facility to provide for the growing youth ministry of St. Timothy’s, a church of over 3,000 members. The vision of the youth pastor, Andy Durbin, was to create an environment of progressive experience. The main entry leads into a [...]
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Posted in New Ideas, Newsletters, Spring 2009 on Mar 6th, 2009
The versatility of modern technology has brought art back to windows with a new era in “stained glass” while also allowing the use of modern window assembly techniques. This design trend started with window manufacturers taking advantage of the fact that most large windows require the use of laminated glass. This type of glass, similar [...]
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