Just completed this rendering of  Oak Dale Church, located in Salisbury, PA for architect John Wallis, of JDW Architects.

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For over a year now, we have been working with Pastor Ed Kirkland of Wantagh Baptist Church on Long Island, New York.  For some time, his congregation has been planning a relocation from their prior location in Wantagh, NY to a new facility in Farmingdale, NY.  They began by purchasing a building in Farmingdale in 2001 and renovating it to be used for new church offices and multi-purpose space.   Several years later, they were able to purchase an adjacent development parcel, and began plans for a major expansion.

Armed with their dreams and a new site to contain them, they embarked on a journey of master planning, capital campaigns, and negotiations with municipal authorities.  In April 2008, Ed called me after seeing our listing in the wfx exhibitors list and visiting our web site.  We discussed the various options available, and came to a selection of services that would best suit Wantagh Baptist Church’s needs.

We began by creating a 3D model of the proposed facility for Pastor Ed and his building team to study.  (View sample images here.)  This was instrumental in helping them evaluate the architect’s plans and compare them to their vision.  Over the next months we created numerous iterations of the exterior and interior spaces until they were satisfied that their new campus would be everything it could be.  Through these images, and online meetings where they could tour the new building in real-time, they were able to identify areas of concern and resolve them – thus eliminating issues long before construction even began when they are much more costly to change!  This enabled them to optimize their building while also stewarding the resources they had been entrusted with.

Besides the dozens of images we created for their review, we also created photoreal exterior and interior renderings for use in their capital campaign.  (In the end these also turned out to be very helpful in answering questions during construction!)  Some of these images follow:

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Prior to the church’s capital campaign kickoff, it became clear that they would need some images illustrating how the building floor plan laid out in a way that the average layperson could understand.  We then created the following images for use as Pastor Ed and others gave tours of the building during early stages of construction.

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I am happy to watch the progress of the new facility, named “Living Faith Christian Church” at their website.  Through Pastor Ed’s blog, and the numerous photos throughout all stages of construction, you can really see their new home take shape.  I have included a couple photos below.

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It has been a pleasure to work with Pastor Ed and his team.  I am especially happy when I have the privilege to see, and somehow play a part in refining a design to be the best it can be, avoid potential problems, and on top of that, often save them money in the long run!  This is even more rewarding when working with a church where decisions made early on will have a significant impact on the function of the church for years to come.  And, where the wise stewardship of resources are all the more important as these are funds entrusted by hundreds of people for the furtherance of the gospel.

We continue to work with Living Faith to help them in tweaking their sanctuary design.  I’ll be posting some of these pictures when they are complete.

UPDATE:   Read Pastor Ed’s letter of recommendation here

This morning was the kickoff Sunday for Silver Springs Baptist Church’s capital campaign.

Pastor Russ Stephens and Campaign Director LeAnn Wood approached us after seeing some of our past work on YouTube.  They were interested in having a virtual tour created to help them share their vision and build excitement in the congregation.  Thus began a number of discussions with them, and their architect Roy Gilleland of Gilleland Associates to get a better feel for their church body and what would best suit their needs.

The following video is what we delivered, and what they played this morning to kick off a new chapter for Silver Springs Baptist Church.  Our thoughts and prayers are with them in their new venture!

You can see a small version of the video below, or click here to see it on blip.tv

UPDATE:   Read LeAnn Wood’s letter of recommendation here

Looks like it has been quite a while since I posted anything here. I need to catch up! For now, enjoy our 2008 Sample Church Animation, which we just completed.

Also, see this 15 minute animation we did for Bay Pointe Community Church a few years back:  Click here

Call us for a quote on your project.  I think you’ll be surprised!

Video showing conversion of church gym into worship space.
(TIP:  Once video starts, click on the ‘HQ’ button for high quality)

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Last week I was contacted by South Church of Lansing. They are expanding their services and need additional space, so the decision had been made to convert the gymnasium into a temporary worship facility. This necessitated a remodel that was almost entirely mobile. They had a church meeting scheduled for yesterday evening to present the plans to the membership and vote on the budget increase to cover the equipment. JSSVD was called upon to create visualizations to assist in this presentation.
Those images follow:

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What if a customer wondered what 2100 model XYZ seats with red fabric would look like in their room?

Why not show them?!

And if they liked it, we could add their colors, materials, and fixtures to complete the vision!

Many churches and schools start out with one large room that serves many purposes. It is used as a central gathering place for services, assemblies, weddings, banquets, spelling bees, sports functions, and more! If you are planning such a facility, it is to your benefit to study every conceivable use to make sure that you have covered all the bases. You may find that the stage steps are in the way of a basketball game. Or that the scoreboard is in a distracting location for a church service. Or the kitchen doors are not in a good spot in relation to the buffet line…

We can make pictures and even video of your facility so you can explore such uses. Take a look at the following examples and let me know how we can help you in your planning.

Scott

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These are a few of the renderings we did to show various staging and lighting options for an existing church. Easy way to test out some ideas without any unnecessary ladder moves or back strains!

Individual, larger versions follow:

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Bay Pointe Community Church is now holding services in their new facility on East Long Lake and Secor in Traverse City, MI. (More info on Bay Pointe here.)

They had quite an adventure dealing with the township which necessitated several redesigns of their campus. At one point there were even plans for the incorporation of a school. We did renderings for them at several points. The ones included below are very similar to the current church, but due to changes in design and phasing they are somewhat different.

This was an interesting and fun project with a very fast turnaround.

And here is the video we produced in collaboration with Kairos Productions

Despite all of their roadblocks, the church is now open and quite active. Stop by sometime!

Project architects: Whiteford Associates, Inc. and CWS Architects