Traditionally church buildings are the fullest during the holidays. Attendance goes up as church members have family visiting for the holidays and those who don’t attend church regularly tend to go to a church service over more religious holidays like Christmas and Easter.
If you saw an increase in your regular attendance over the holidays, how did your church building hold up? Was there enough parking? Was every seat full or was there standing room only? Did you have enough classrooms for all of the extra needs? These are questions to ask as you begin to reflect on 2011 and its highlights for your congregation and church space.
Building a church building or renovating a current space is a comprehensive decision for a church to make. Answering the questions above can begin to shed light on the possible needs your church space might have in the coming years. This could be finding new ways of how to best utilize your space as well as the possible need to plan for a new church construction project.
A new building may be in your church’s near or far off future. As you reflect this New Year, calculate what building or renovating your dream church might take on our planning calculator.
