Church Chairs / Worship Seating
Church Seating
George Kreger

Review: Cheap Hercules Church Chairs from Bizchair & Others

For several years the church worship seating market was dominated by a number of manufacturers who offered similar lines of chairs.  While there were significant differences in styling, fabric choices, and the number of options each manufacturer offered, overall the commonalities of church chairs outweighed the variances. A few years ago a major development took place when the imported Hercules

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August 1, 2011 7 Comments
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Church Art & Design
George Kreger

Does your church need cosmetic surgery?

Cosmetic surgery can be extreme or minor; like a facelift… if a true facelift is done well, people might say: Wow! You look great…what is different?  How are you looking so young and radiant?  But, if a facelift is done poorly or is extreme, people could say: Wow..ummm…what happened?  (Or just act like nothing has changed because they don’t want

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July 27, 2011 1 Comment
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Church Audio-Visual
George Kreger

Widescreen Video for Churches?

I spoke with a pastor last week and he asked me if they should change their existing projection screens from video format (4:3) to widescreen format (16:9).  My simple answer was “Yes, because 4:3 format is outdated and in our past when it comes to video in churches.  We never design 4:3 format for anything” Every church should move to

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July 27, 2011 No Comments
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Church Construction
George Kreger

Your Church Design & Construction Project Needs a Vision

When it comes to church design and construction it is impossible to underestimate the importance of vision.  Vision determines the amount of space and/or property necessary to support your ministry and influences what that space will look like.  Vision establishes a hierarchy of space and enables your leadership team to prioritize which spaces come first during the conceptual stage of

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July 26, 2011 No Comments
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Church Audio-Visual
George Kreger

In-Ear Monitors a Benefit to Churches?

Monitors are the speakers or headphones that allow your worship team to hear themselves and each other while playing.  Needless to say, they are critical in helping a worship team play and sing well. There are two different methods that can be used for monitoring: Monitor speakers or “wedge” monitors are speakers that are designed to sit on the floor

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July 18, 2011 3 Comments
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Church Money & Accounting
George

Church Outsourcing? It’s Not Just for Businesses.

Churches are not businesses, but churches should always strive to use wise business practices.  Brad Leeper, president of Generis, a team of church generosity consultants, says, “Shrewd business practices are part of the fiduciary responsibility of church leadership.” Wise business practices in the church are more and more often including outsourcing, especially outsourced accounting.  Churches can often hire an accounting

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July 18, 2011 No Comments