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Make Community Outreach Visible to the Community
Royal Oak First United Methodist Church Make Community Outreach Visible to the Community Community outreach takes many forms. Some can be more obvious within a community than others. Successful outreach efforts respond to the question, “What does our community need?” As church architects, we believe buildings are key outreach tools. We ask, “What type of environment can be created to best support the church’s outreach plans to serve their community?” Today church activities extend beyond Sunday morning services. They require…
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Where’s the Front Door?
Royal Oak First United Methodist Church “Where’s the front door?” may sound like a rhetorical question, but it’s not when it comes to churches built in the first half of the 20th century. In this third post, I’ll discuss why the front door isn’t the front door any longer in churches from this era. Front doors are meant to be the primary entrance that directly takes or directs you to your destination. For those of you who read the transportation…
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Revitalize – Transform part 1
Making predictions are dangerous and even a bit ridiculous according to Pastor Carey Nieuwhof, a columnist at Christian Week. Yet in a recent blog post, he boldly made 10 predictions about the future church. Prediction #2: “Churches that love their model more than their mission will die.” This caught my attention and inspired me to write this series on revitalizing and transforming the church through architectural design. To explain his prediction about church mission and model, Pastor Nieuwhof shared examples…
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