Peace Mennonite Church
Criteria for New Building
*These criteria are based on notes from previous visioning sessions, building group meetings, congregational meetings, and small group discussions. They may change over time. For now, this is what we are looking for as we consider new spaces for our church.
**The Coordinating Committee will add a financial component to this criteria after the congregational meeting on September 30, 2012.
Church Needs
- Worship space for at least 125 people
- Gathering space for potlucks, etc.–could be same as worship space or different
- Space for office(s) and classrooms (I could not find a hard number on this, but it seems we would want at least five spaces: office, child’s classroom/nursery, youth classroom, adult classroom/library, and storage)
- Handicap accessibility
Other Considerations
- environmental responsibility
- parking
- acoustics
- flexibility of space (Does it allow for U seating?)
- usefulness of space for ministry and service to the community
- appropriateness of space for special events such as weddings and funerals
- connection to nature
- congruence with our congregation’s values and style (We are very stylish people, you know!)
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