Churches and Community Spaces

Spatial Impact offers three consulting services for churches and community spaces.

IDENTIFY

A one day consultation that involves identifying the building’s first impressions, a seminar on ‘The Hospitality of a Building’, and a walk-about the spaces while verbal suggestions for possible changes are offered  

INTERPRET

Learn about your building and its potential.  Core values are named together as well as the limitations and opportunities of the building’s use. Patterns of movement in the space are observed.  Two seminars are offered, ‘The Hospitality of a Building’ and ‘Third Places’. A document is written and presented that shares ideas for increased partnership of building and ministry/programming.

ALIGN

In addition to all the services provided in INTERPRET, an additional seminar is offered on ‘Generational Characteristics’.  Focus groups and listening sessions are added to gain greater understanding of the space and its intentions. ALIGN engages an organic ‘play’ process that invites people who use the building to be involved in designing their building for new possibilities.   

“ On target!!  One person who was highly skeptical of the whole process, wary of consultants talking about what works elsewhere, was surprisingly pleased that the document grasped our uniqueness and made recommendations consistent with who we are.” 

“ I have attended and participated in several sessions such as this.  This was the best!  Ms . Mendenhall has control of a meeting, very professional, yet warm and caring.  Not easy to do.”