Grace Fellowship Church
 Albany, NY
 Original Building: Strip Mall
 
Grace Fellowship Church purchased an entire shopping center strip mall and converted a majority of it into their church facility. The anchor grocery store was converted into their Worship Center, and the stores along the strip were used for classrooms, offices, children’s and youth ministry space. A few of […]

The Worship Facilities conference in Houston had a nice suprise for me; a micro-master coffee roaster. This guy - Kirk - roasts some top-secret expresso blend that was the cleanest I’ve ever tasted. it is common for expresso to have a burnt after-taste, making me want a piece of gum shortly after drinking it. Kirk roasts his […]

I saw on the blog today that LifeChurch.tv has created a free church management web-based application.  It will be available soon at www.churchmetrics.com.  Currently, you can view a video which previews the features of the application.  It will be interesting to see the application once it is available - and it could end up […]

In today’s culture, being ‘green’ is so popular and trendy that there is now a ‘green’ alternative for every aspect of life. Given the enterprising nature of marketers and rampant consumerism in our country, the blatant ‘green-washing’ of the free market is of little surprise; however, the hefty price tag on ‘green’ products is often […]

Abitibi Consolidated is the global leader in manufacturing and recycling newsprint, but more significantly it is an industry leader as a company that offers a free program to non-profit organizations, such as churches and schools, through its division called Abitibi Paper Retriever. They provide a 7-cubic-yard recycling bin for your group to recycle all kinds […]