Last week we participated in the Golf For an Impact Tournament in support of The Summit Church's mission partners and projects. Most mission partners impact the local Kansas City and Lee’s Summit communities and include Hillcrest Transitional Housing, Lee’s Summit Social Services, The Hope Center, Lee’s Summit Elementary and more! A beautiful day on the links with good friends and colleagues, all benefitting a wonderful cause!
New Life Church in Gillette, Wyoming, engaged Mantel Teter to assist with renovations and expansion to their existing facilities. Added on to and expanded in various phases over the years, their existing facilities were not indicative of the culture and DNA that has made New Life Church a growing community of believers.
Abundant Life is a multi-site church that is preparing to extend their ministry reach to the Crossroads District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kansas City’s Crossroads District is an eclectic enclave of boutique shops, one-of-a-kind restaurants, creative businesses, studios, art galleries and residential development. Abundant Life identified the continued mixed-use redevelopment trend in this area as a unique ministry opportunity.
Mantel Teter Celebrates 60 Years!
Through the unwavering support we have from our clients, and their trust in our ability to be the creative instrument that brings their visions to reality, Mantel Teter is proudly celebrating 60 years in business! Through the years, the firm has grown and transitioned with knowledge and expertise in various project types, having been strengthened through positive leadership dated back to the firm’s founding partners, Jim Mantel and Dwight Teter. Our religious facilities expertise has led us to become a nationally recognized firm that continues to raise the standard in church planning and design. For the team at Mantel Teter, the journey of excellence continues, and we are eager to have YOUR journey begin with us!
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here to stay for a very long time. These are unchartered waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
In this blog post series, we’ll look at several key areas within the church campus where design can have a major impact on the occupants’ safety and protection from transmitting and/or contracting COVID-19 or other viruses.
As churches begin to reopen, federal, state, city and county health and safety guidelines are in place to help prevent new cases of COVID-19. But beyond best-practices of hand sanitizer stations, daily deep cleaning, and seating people six feet apart, what else is worth considering in terms of indoor spaces.
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Pandemic Predicament: Church Design – Part 4 of 5
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here to stay for a very long time. These are unchartered waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
In this blog post series, we’ll look at several key areas within the church campus where design can have a major impact on the occupants’ safety and protection from transmitting and/or contracting COVID-19 or other viruses.
As churches begin to reopen, federal, state, city and county health and safety guidelines are in place to help prevent new cases of COVID-19. But beyond best-practices of hand sanitizer stations, daily deep cleaning, and seating people six feet apart, what else is worth considering in terms of indoor spaces.
Pandemic Predicament: Church Design – Part 3 of 5
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here to stay for a very long time. These are unchartered waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
Christ Community Church’s Downtown Campus serves the Crossroads District, the center of the arts community, in Downtown Kansas City. The church is an intergenerational collection of individuals and families from different communities purposed for the flourishing of Downtown KC.
Over the last several years, the church has accomplished its ministry out of a leased facility. As the church outgrew this space, they began searching for a facility that they could own and that would better accommodate their immediate and future needs. After researching several different options, the church identified a 2-story 20,000 square foot building located at 208 West 19th Street in Kansas City, Missouri as a potential new home.
Rev City Church is a non-denominational Christian church in Lawrence, KS. The church selected Mantel Teter to serve ministry and space need redevelopment, and to help renovate the exterior of their facility.
The existing facility was lacking in community space, and the look and feel of the interior did not reflect the current DNA of Rev City Church. Through creative interior renovations, and modifications to the dated exterior, Mantel Teter helped provide exciting renovations to their children’s ministry classrooms, and expanded their existing lobby to provide much needed community and connection space. The exterior now boasts a drop-off canopy, and exterior café seating that connects directly to the expanded lobby. New glass walls along the lobby renovation provide connection and visibility from the exterior, allowing people to see the exciting things happening at Rev City Church.
On January 1, 2021, Mantel Teter celebrates 60 years in business!
After all those years of maintaining a traditional office structure, Mantel Teter decided in 2021 to transition to an innovative “virtual office” structure. Through creative technology, our team is now based out of their personal offices, allowing our staff size to efficiently increase with larger workloads. Smaller overhead and more nimble staff allows for more individualized care and attention to our clients.
It’s business as usual and the brand experience remains the same. We simply no longer have a single physical office where we all gather. However, our team work and collaboration has never been better. The personal attention and creative solutions that so many of our clients love, well that continues to be our highest value and is stronger than ever! Although we’ve already been doing it the last 9 months due to COVID-19, we’re excited about innovating and leveraging this new virtual office structure.
You can still call us, email us, and even video call us, the same as you’ve always done, but please update your contact correspondence for us. Our new mailing address is:
5013 N Washington Street
Gladstone, Missouri 64118
Pandemic Predicament: Church Design – Part 2 of 5 Considerations for the Lobby & Common Areas:
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here to stay for a very long time. These are unchartered waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
Living Faith Church - located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, recently acquired an existing church facility and property. They have selected Kansas City, Missouri based architect Mantel Teter to lead them through a metrics analysis, discovery of space use, and design process to update their campus master plan and add facilities. Immediate facility needs include parking, additional space for lobby & gathering and NextGen ministry spaces to balance with the new future Sanctuary seating capacity. Homoly Construction was selected to serve as the general contractor. "This church has unique strategies for reaching their community in southern Lee’s Summit and it’s impacting their building needs in a very positive way. We’re excited to partner with this church & help them develop and design new and renovated facilities." shared Brian Rathsam, Project Architect for the project.
Living Hope Church - located in Olathe, Kansas, recently selected Kansas City, Missouri based architect Mantel Teter to lead them through a metrics analysis, discovery of space use, and design process to update their campus master plan and add facilities. Immediate facility needs include a new Sanctuary, additional space for lobby & gathering, and NextGen ministry spaces to balance with the new Sanctuary seating capacity. Universal Construction was selected to serve as the general contractor. "Our team is honored to partner with this church & help them develop and design new facilities that will create impact for the Kingdom." shared Brian Rathsam, Project Architect for the project.
Grace Baptist Church - located in Manhattan, Kansas, recently selected Kansas City, Missouri based architect Mantel Teter to lead them through a metrics analysis, space use discovery and design process to update their campus master plan and add facilities. Immediate facility needs include additional space for lobby & gathering and NextGen ministry spaces to balance with the Sanctuary seating capacity. "Our team is excited to partner with this great church & develop an updated master plan and design new and renovated facilities to help them impact the Kingdom." stated David Evans, Principal for the project.
Pandemic Predicament: Church Design – Part 2 of 5 Considerations for the Church Property
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here to stay for a very long time. These are unchartered waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
Lawson Assembly of God breaks ground on their 500 seat sanctuary/multi-purpose room and lobby addition!
The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined daily life. From working environments to required face coverings to food delivery to entertainment, the effects and aftermath of social distancing may be here for a very long time. These are uncharted waters and architecturally speaking, will no doubt have an impact on the design of future gathering spaces. Therefore, it is incumbent on the architectural community to look for ways to not only mitigate virus transmission, but to design safer gathering spaces.
As the current stay-in-place culture wears on (and wears thin), people are understandably looking for different ways to cope. Heading outside is becoming a popular way to reduce cabin fever. From community concerts held outdoors, musicians performing in courtyards at restaurants and bars, drive-in theaters, and even pop-up concerts on front yards, socially responsible activities happening outside are a growing trend.
As churches begin to reopen, health and safety guidelines are in place to help prevent new cases of COVID-19. But beyond best-practices of hand sanitizer stations, deep cleaning, and seating people six feet apart, the act of taking worship outside is worth considering.
LifePoint Church - located in Smyrna, Tennessee, has finished renovations to their existing facilities with the design and construction team of Mantel Teter and Dow Smith Company. Immediate facility needs included consolidation of staff offices, better configured children’s ministry space and student ministry space, and improving overall security and wayfinding/connection throughout the facility. We were honored to serve this church!
Image Credit Emmalee Schaumburg
Christ Community Church is starting to shape up! Construction on this 2-story 20,000 square foot building to will be completed mid-October. Check out the latest construction photos of this project located in Downtown Kansas City.
Earlier this month, Manna Church, located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, dedicated their new multi-purpose building which includes a 600-seat worship space, fellowship/connection space, classrooms and offices. We enjoyed serving this church!
