THIS is the standard rectangular typical layout of many older liturgical spaces. The long middle aisle flanks rows of pews set at a perfect 90 degree angle that all faces the altar and pulpit at one end of the sanctuary.
Using the original existing good quality solid wood church pews you can re-configure the layout to be more reflective of the current worship goal of bringing people closer to the action and closer to each other. This creates a better feeling of community.
This is the new plan for the modified church pew layout at St Richard Church in Chicago, Illinois.
Here are couple photos of St Richard's pew layout after we completed our work.
Another example is St Mary Church in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. St Mary started out with the first layout we showed above and, similar to St Richard, decided to attach the former wall mount pews to the ends of the former center aisle pews. Here is an amateurish cell phone video of that how that turned out:
We hope this helps YOU in in your quest for a better worship experience using your good quality existing church pews.
And, of course, we'd like to help. Call or email us anytime.
Scott Beddome
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woodworkrestoration@hotmail.com
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