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Strategic Designs for Active Shooter Readiness

In this video, David Fletcher and Dave Milam from Visioneering Studios walks through Milam’s 10-point report card on active shooter readiness. The report card, with explanations, is available in the downloadable tool. Use the Report […]

2019-10-24T07:47:44-05:00By David Fletcher|Great Buildings, New Building, Predator Safety Video, Predators|
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Renovating a Church for Safety and Ministry

In this video, David Fletcher talks with Dave Milam and Bob Bergmann from Visioneering Studios. Milam and Bergmann share insights on renovating a church campus. Bob uses a sketch pad while Dave brings before-and-after […]

2019-10-24T07:47:57-05:00By David Fletcher|Great Buildings, New Building, Predator Safety Video, Predators|
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Tools to Avert Predators—Strategic Designs for Active Shooter Readiness

Use this Report Card to help you evaluate your readiness for an event at your church. Score 0 for not prepared to a 10 for fully prepared.

1. Is there a standardized campus-wide warning system?

In the […]

2019-10-10T18:32:19-05:00By Dave Milam|Great Buildings, New Building, Predators|
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Is Your Building Family-Friendly?

A connected family engages all members. The same is true for the church family. It takes the wisdom of seniors, the commitment of adults, the passion of youth and the innocence of children to be […]

2019-08-15T13:43:50-05:00By David Fletcher|Great Buildings, Webinars|
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Cultural Factors that Affect Building Design

When we design a church building, cultural factors heavily influence us. We add certain elements, such as a steeple, for cultural reasons. The size of the building is culturally-driven. The decision to install air conditioning […]

2018-07-20T20:26:22-05:00By Andrew Cook|Great Buildings, New Building, Operations|
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Church Photo Worth 1,000 Words

XPastor gives a “Gold XP” rating to Mosaic Church of Orlando for the intro shot in their welcome video. David Fletcher recently was at Mosaic, helping them […]

2019-04-16T21:50:45-05:00By David Fletcher|Great Buildings|
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Concealed Weapons in Church

As the need for a more formalized approach to security becomes the norm for many churches, some congregations are developing plans and policies to better protect their congregants and staff from active shooters.

A matter of […]

2017-07-17T17:08:59-05:00By Jim Riggs|Facility Policy, Great Buildings, Working with Others|
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