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MileStones<br />
Intent to Reinvent<br />
ChristChurch<br />
Presbyterian<br />
atlanta<br />
Church and worship is sometimes as much<br />
a “being within yourself”as a physical location.<br />
It is okay to find church on a golf<br />
course, fishing or horseback riding on a Sunday<br />
morning, because what could be better<br />
than the great outdoors created by the<br />
divine being? For others, “church” must always<br />
be inside a beautiful sanctuary in fellowship<br />
with one another. A fallen Southern<br />
Baptist, I find myself on many Sunday mornings<br />
kneeling inside a small, plain and beautifully<br />
humble Episcopal church but other<br />
Sunday’s not... for one reason or the other.<br />
I’ve toured cathedrals around the world<br />
and in most major cities and still appreciate<br />
the reverence that falls over me as I pass<br />
through the doors of a place of worship.<br />
Atlanta is blessed with many breathtaking<br />
churches, cathedrals and synagogues,<br />
many of which are richly steeped in tradition.<br />
My children were confirmed at Saint<br />
Phillips Cathedral and wedding vows were<br />
said out loud at Peachtree Christian Church,<br />
surely one of the most beautiful places to<br />
be wed in Atlanta. Sometimes, though, tradition<br />
breaks the mold as with Christ Church<br />
Presbyterian. The congregation realized<br />
that preserving and repurposing a building<br />
was preferable to destroying and rebuilding<br />
it. I’m thinking that God Almighty would be<br />
pleased...<br />
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MAY/JUNE <strong>2015</strong> • DESIGN&BUILD MAGAZINE DESIGN&BUILD MAGAZINE • MAY/JUNE <strong>2015</strong> 31
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