Whole group report back/discussion

Promotes/supports vision:
- Curved pew arrangement – welcoming; not regimented – wheelchair spaces in front and back [of sanctuary]
- Entry way – [outside] plaza and [interior] gathering area – draws people in and keeps them visiting after
- Sanctuary – promotes worship and music
- Fellowship hall – accessible, good colors – most gatherings held here
- Community garden – learning, ministry, hospitality, reaching out to the community
- Lots of coffee pots
- Recent signage and new, fresh colors all around [with interior re-design]
- Antiquated building – but we use what we have really well [Army pants metaphor]
- Jane’s office in the basement [?]
- Prayer garden – peaceful and beautiful place for people to useDay school - supports our passion for mission

Gets in the way:
- Bad acoustics in the Fellowship Hall
- Lack of connectivity of all levels in all buildings – trouble for many people – i.e., stairs
- “Hell hut” [Scout hut] must be gone” – doesn’t fit with our vision at all
- Stairs everywhere!
- A lot of stairs we have don’t have railings
- Things are low – Marian [McClure] ducks a lot (old issue with the architect)
- A lot of space – not very well used – closets, storage space, etc. – i.e., rooms off hallway down to bilingual class [old high school Sunday school classroom] [though Alan later says many of these odd storage space rooms don’t easily lend themselves to other uses]
- Jane’s office in the basement [different views about this]
- Hard to get to the main office
- No roof over the door by the office
- Lack of dishwasher/disposal in the kitchen
- Lack of outside signage [Bill Gilliss and Pastor Jane say some of this is already on order]
- Lot of storage – very spread outIn general: accessibility and sound

-- Elaine