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2011 Solomon Award winner HH Architects has partnered with Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas, for 15+ years. Project scope has ranged from renovation and expansion to new recreation facilities for the church and its private Christian school. Now, HH has created a 360-degree, in-the-round design for Trinity’s newest worship space. Read more >>

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Redesigning to Increase Outreach
  NOVEMBER 2011


Blogs
Missions Moment
Ends of the Earth Prayer Tower Portal — Prayer to Share?

News Forum
“In today’s house of worship, media is the stained glass of this generation,” says Gary Stroope, director of worship arts for Dallas’s Watermark Community Church. The church chose visualization pioneer Barco and Clair Brothers Audio Systems for a recent system tune-up. Read more >>

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Watermark x3


Volunteer church members at St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine in Boston scrambled atop the famous structure and replaced heavy, old slate shingles with lightweight polymer tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes. The tiles are known for withstanding severe weather. Read more >>

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HeatTrak Snow-Melting Mats…


MuSonics of Grand Rapids, Mich., a full-service acoustics design and consulting firm, was contracted to design and oversee Sioux Falls’ St. Joseph Cathedral’s sound reinforcement system. One critical aspect of the new system’s design: unattended operation of the sound system.Read more >>

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From Depreciation to Restoration
Financial Feature
Mixed-Use Development and the Church
By Carol Badaracco Padgett
Mixed use and the church can make an economical, well community-positioned union. Yet, financial experts like Scott Rolfs of Milwaukee’s Ziegler say churches should not get off track to become commercial developers.Read more >>

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Six Qualities of Uncommon Leaders, Generous Living
Products Redux
The all-in-one Magic Lamp by Global Special Effects is a durable, 11+-foot-tall street lamp that generates evaporative snow—a solution of biodegradable, non-toxic ingredients developed with more than 10 years of research. Read more >>

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Branding from the Inside Out


The RP32-WIFI has a built-in secure web browser, allowing connection locally or over the Internet to the thermostat(s) using a favorite browser on a PC, Mac, smart phone or tablet. No additional software or hardware is needed. Read more >>

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Don’t Procrastinate, Automate


Following a demand for higher security locks, Yale Locks and Hardware, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, announces that its inTouch standalone touchscreen access locks are now available to order as certified ANSI/BHMA Grade 1. A touchscreen display is combined with a cylindrical lockset with no buttons. Read more >>

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Technology Beyond the Worship Platform
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