Serving Christ in a Coffee Culture
Posted in Classroom, Environment, Inspirations, Playground, Random Thoughts, Site Planning on Jul 6th, 2010
A thought provoking question was posed to me recently: “what is a distinctly “Christian” garden?” I thought I’d try to answer it in this blog to conclude the subject of gardens over the past month. It is easier to answer “what is a “Buddhist” garden?” than “what is a Christian garden”, since the garden style [...]
Posted in Classroom, Environment, Inspirations, Playground, Random Thoughts, Site Planning, Worship Center on Jun 2nd, 2010
When I get a new album that I really like, I tend to play it repeatedly until it plays in my head independent of any listening device. Such has been the case with Phil Wickham’s latest release, Heaven & Earth. The opening song, Eden, poetically expresses a longing to return to a place of origin [...]
Posted in Classroom, Environment, Implementation Planning, Inspirations, Playground, Site Planning, Worship Center on Dec 20th, 2007
We use the term ‘worship center’ to mean the space where a church gathers for services to ‘worship God’. Typically such ‘worship’ is centered on music; instruments and songs of praise and adoration. This is what most people think of as ‘worship’ and is certainly consistent with scripture. But there is more. I do not mean [...]
Posted in Classroom, Growth Planning, Implementation Planning, Location Planning, Ministry Planning, Site Planning, Stewardship on Nov 26th, 2007
1. Because the architect is the cheapest:
A bad architect will cost the church their difference in fee many times over in the design and construction process. The best architect is always the least expensive by the end of the construction process.
2. Because the architect is a member of the church:
We have a policy within [...]
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