Rebuilding the church on its ancient foundations
Construction, FACILITIES, Operations, Recreation Centers, Worship Center Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Church leaders are turning back to inner cities and building urban churches with missional zeal.
What church playgrounds can learn from amusement parks
Operations, Recreation Centers Thursday, April 1st, 2010Churches have something in common with the amusement industry: Both are relentless in the search for ways to attract people. Amusement parks do it to make money while the church does it to build its ministry and spread its teachings.
How clean carpet impacts your church
FACILITIES, Operations, Recreation Centers Monday, February 1st, 2010Day care or child care facilities are a mainstay of many churches and church-supported schools. The benefits of these facilities to parents are innumerable, including the assurance that their children are in a safe, nurturing environment under the care of supportive, qualified adults.
Contemporary American innovation, with a Korean interpretation
Construction, FACILITIES, Operations, Recreation Centers, Worship Center Monday, February 1st, 2010Inspiration for innovation can come from unexpected places. For a South Korean congregation, the spark for innovation was fueled by leading American churches’ missional architecture.
When a small space makes a large impact
FACILITIES, Recreation Centers Monday, February 1st, 2010How important is youth programming for teens in today’s churches? The youth are the church of tomorrow, right? Having a successful youth program will add excitement to any church. Unfortunately, often funding for students is not a high enough priority in a building project or the overall church budget.
The Refinery, a place for remaking young lives
FACILITIES, Recreation Centers Sunday, November 1st, 2009t’s called The Refinery, for the young lives it is intended to mold and refine, who use its facilities. Saddleback Church’s youth center that opened more than a year ago is as much a community center too, providing a venue for events, weddings and sports.
Durable floors help churches get in the game
FACILITIES, Recreation Centers Monday, June 1st, 2009Blondy Church of God in Hohenwald, TN, opened its newly built Family Life Center in the spring of 2008 for social and sports activities. The center serves as a gathering place and draws a steady stream of people.
Be a good sport about safe recreation
RISK, Recreation Centers, Security Friday, May 1st, 2009Church is no longer just a place to gather and worship. It seems an increasing number of churches are finding new ways to involve young adults, teens and children in the church community. To accomplish this, some churches are sponsoring “extreme” sports activities by taking church groups to facilities that offer inline skating, BMX biking, skateboarding, rock climbing, paintball and more.
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