RELIGIOUS
Worship, Religious Education

Religious architecture ... a product of hopes, dreams, and faith
Religious facilities are the places where people gather to worship, and to celebrate the momentous events of their lives – birth, coming of age, marriage, death. It is also where they come for the ordinary activities in the life of a congregation – coffee hour, committee meetings, choir practice, and the education and faith formation of their children.

Religious architecture represents a faith community’s greatest hopes and dreams – within the bounds of the funds they can raise. It provides opportunities for designing unique forms that interpret people’s spiritual and emotional relationships with one another and with their God/Creator. It is an architecture that lasts for generations. It is an occasion for designers and a congregation to work together to create something of lasting meaning: a product of faith, a labor of love.