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Church Furniture
George Kreger

Wood Pulpit or Acrylic Lectern — What’s the Difference?

No, this is NOT a patronizing title!  I know every one of you can tell the difference between wood and acrylic!  However, can you always tell the difference between a lectern and a pulpit?  I’ve been around the church my entire life, and there are still times I’m not sure, “Is that a pulpit or a lectern?” The sanctuary of

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Church Furniture
George Kreger

Church Nursery Carpets and Faith Based Rugs

“I love the new rug in my children’s Sunday School classroom!”  That comment and others like it seem to be quite common within churches that place some of the fantastic faith-based and Christian-themed rugs that are available today for children’s environments in churches.   Our two favorite lines at Church Furniture Partner are those available from Joy Carpets and Carpets for

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Church Money & Accounting
George

Is Pastor WIRED for Church Bookkeeping & Accounting?

Many times bookkeeping at a church falls on the pastor, a member of the support staff, or a volunteer who is not passionate about accounting, but who does it for the good of the church. Most pastors are not wired for accounting… They are wired for building relationships, teaching God’s Word, and casting vision! What would happen at your church

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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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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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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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