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Small group classrooms are integral to the spiritual life of the contemporary Church. They’re spaces of discipleship, where members and guests can digest the heart of what Christ is teaching us. They’re also places of prayer and intimate growth.

As such, it’s important that small group classrooms accommodate a great range of activities and group sizes. Yet, they must also be intimate enough that individuals feel comfortable expressing their doubts, questions and struggles surrounding faith.

It’s a delicate balance of familiarity and flexibility.

Why stained glass is always at home in places of worship

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church architecture, Church design, church glass, church stained glass, church symbolism, church windows, stained glass design

September 16, 2015 at 11:37 am.

From the earliest of times, we know that Phoenicians were the first to make objects of glass. As a seafaring people, they spent time on beaches where lighting strikes turned sand and ashes from cooking fires into glass.

Human beings have long been fascinated by glass — its beauty and challenge of its manufacture.

Engaging spaces: 4 types of adult classroom spaces

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adult classroom design, church architecture, Church Construction, church education, Church expansion, church small spaces, classroom design churches

August 1, 2015 at 2:49 pm.

For each church, educational spaces will be quite varied: some small, some large, some flexible, some very specific. For a design to facilitate the varied forms of religious education, it must be based on an understanding of the specific needs and goals for a particular ministry.

All things to all people: examining non-traditional worship venues

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church architecture, Church design, designing worship spaces, sanctuary design, worship space design

March 30, 2015 at 11:42 am.

As we present Part 3 of this seven-part series, we should remind ourselves of a primary concept: Every church is different. With this particular article, that’s especially true. In fact, the non-traditional worship space can be almost anything.

New eBook examines — in-depth — the “heart” of church design: the worship space

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church architecture, Church design, church worship spaces, sanctuary architecture, sanctuary design, worship space design

February 13, 2015 at 9:57 am.

Every church is different. Even so, one thing they all have in common is the desire to create a space that evokes and contributes to a person’s worship experience. In this in-depth new eBook, “Designing Worship Spaces” series author Curtiss H. Doss, AIA — who has designed for church clients for more than two decades — talks about the unique DNA of each church, and why it must be honored in the church’s worship space design.

Is your church campus truly engaging? A new eBook breaks it down

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church architecture, church campus, Church design, engaging spaces

February 12, 2015 at 2:08 pm.

For a church campus design to be effective, it must be engaging — beginning the moment someone walks through the door. In this new eBook, co-authors Allison Parrott and Paul Lodholz of Ziegler Cooper Architects discuss the importance of designing an engaging first impression: the church lobby, as well as 3 design musts for engaging sanctuary design.

Engaging Spaces: Engaging from the get-go

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church architecture, Church design, church lobby design, engaging church design

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

For a church’s design to be effective, it must be engaging — beginning the moment someone walks through the door.