Abundant Life Construction Update

Abundant Life Construction Update

Abundant Life is in the process of constructing a new children’s worship building and courtyard with a platform for outdoor worship services, which will merge their existing sanctuary and children’s addition into a single campus. Located in the historic Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Missouri, Abundant Life has pushed to keep the character of the century-old firehouse giving the Mantel Teter team and their partners at Pearce Construction a unique challenge. We look forward to campus construction being completed by Fall of 2024!

Lifesong Church Completes Construction in Sutton, Massachusetts

Lifesong Church Completes Construction in Sutton, Massachusetts

Lifesong Church - located in Sutton, Massachusetts, recently completed construction of their new NextGen ministry space and state licensed childcare facility. These new spaces will enable tremendous Kingdom impact throughout New England!

Habitat For Humanity Volunteer Day

Habitat For Humanity Volunteer Day

Each year, the team at Mantel Teter volunteers with Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City. Working together to make an impact in our local community is so important and reinforces one of our company’s core values, which is giving back through serving. Last fall, we worked on two homes providing support with painting and installing blinds. Looking forward to helping out again this year!

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Under Construction

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Under Construction

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, located in Liberty, Missouri, is under construction with a renovation project to update their student ministry area and outdoor gathering spaces.  This initiative is poised to enhance the church's ability to cater to its youth ministry and host various supportive events throughout the week. Collaborating closely with Pearce Construction, a contractor based in Kansas City, Missouri, we are diligently working to transform this vision into a reality.

Reach Church Nearing Renovation Completion

Reach Church Nearing Renovation Completion

Reach Church - located in Des Moines, IA is nearing construction completion of a complete building renovation project. The project involved extensive renovations within the existing church. The before and after transformation of spaces has been incredible for the church’s ministries. Story Construction is serving as the selected general contractor.

First Baptist Church Lee's Summit Nearing Construction Completion

First Baptist Church Lee's Summit Nearing Construction Completion

First Baptist Church - located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is nearing construction completion of a major renovation and transformation to their 1,100-seat Sanctuary and lobby/gathering spaces. This has been a long-time client of ours since the 1970’s with six phases of projects. What an honor to continue to serve this church and ministry. Kansas City, Missouri based contractor Pearce Construction is serving the project as the general contractor partner.

City Church Completes Construction in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

City Church Completes Construction in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Photo credit: Emmalee Rathsam

City Church - located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, recently completed construction for their new church home along Bridge Avenue. This is the first project for City Church and is their permanent home. The church has a heart and mission to stay nearby and serve the urban core of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This area of middle Tennessee is the fastest growing in the state.

It’s been such a privilege for our team to partner with this church, alongside Dow Smith Company; helping this church create a permanent place to do the ministry that God has called them to do.

Grace Church Completes Construction

Grace Church Completes Construction

Photo credit: Emmalee Rathsam

Grace Church - located in Olathe, Kansas completes construction. Having served this church at their main campus, they returned to their design and construction team, Kansas City, Missouri based architect Mantel Teter and Whiting-Turner Contracting, to design and build a first phase facility. We’re honored to serve Grace Church once again, helping them expand their reach in this community.

Off the Wall Art Gala

Off the Wall Art Gala

We recently had the opportunity to support an organization that is near and dear to our hearts, Sheffield Place. Through the programs provided by Sheffield Place, homeless mothers and children in the Kansas City area are becoming self-sufficient and healed from the severe, chronic, and continuous trauma they have experienced in their lives.

We are proud to be a small part of Sheffield Place’s incredible success with our sponsorship and look forward to supporting this great cause again next year. If you would like to give to Sheffield Place and help make an impact in the lives of others, please visit their website here.

Habitat for Humanity Women Build Gala

We recently had the opportunity to give back to the community with a sponsorship at the Women Build Gala supporting Habitat for Humanity in Lawrence, Kansas. 

Habitat for Humanity is an organization we choose to support because we stand behind their mission and values. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Their vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Lord of Hosts Church Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Church Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Church, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is making progress on their new 1500-seat Sanctuary, gathering areas, and support spaces. This project has been transformational as new life is reborn into an old retail building. Local Omaha, Nebraska contractor, Lund-Ross Constructors, is serving as the selected general contractor. 

Bible Christian Church Construction Progress

Bible Christian Church Construction Progress

Bible Christian Church, located in Garden City, Kansas, is one step closer to completing construction with the team of Mantel Teter and Hutton. The church needed additional space for lobby and gathering, worship space for 500 seats and NextGen ministry spaces to balance with the new worship space seating capacity. Last month we had some great progress on the the metal stud framing and PEMB erection!

City Church Construction Progress

City Church Construction Progress

City Church - located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is nearing construction completion. The project is enclosed and interior finish work has begun. All site utilities are installed while other site work progresses for the parking lot and drives. This is the first project for City Church and will be their permanent home. The church has a heart and mission to stay nearby and serve the urban core of Murfreesboro, TN. This area of middle Tennessee is the fastest growing in the state. “It’s been such a privilege for our team to partner with this church, alongside Dow Smith Company; helping this church be one step closer to having a permanent place to do the ministry that God has called them to do”, shared David Evans, the Project Architect.

Reach Church Construction Progress

Reach Church Construction Progress

God has called Reach Church, located in Des Moines, IA, to be a multi-generational church, which includes reaching the next generation. To accomplish their big vision and lay the foundation for decades to come, they are renovating and expanding their existing facility to reach “THE ONE.” The focus of their building renovation includes cosmetic improvements to the building exterior, first impressions lobby, administrative areas, worship space, children’s and youth worship spaces, and classrooms.

Renovations are now underway. Ames, Iowa based general contractor Story Construction and Kansas City, Missouri based architect Mantel Teter are overseeing construction of this building expansion and renovation project.

Lord of Hosts Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Church - located in Omaha, Nebraska, is making progress on their new 1500-seat Sanctuary, gathering areas, and support spaces. "This project has been transformational as new life is reborn into an old retail building.” commented Brian Rathsam, the Project Architect for the project. Local Omaha, Nebraska contractor, Lund-Ross Constructors, is serving as the selected general contractor.

Sheffield Place 13th Annual Golf Tournament

Sheffield Place 13th Annual Golf Tournament

This past month we had the privilege to sponsor a team at the 13th Annual Sheffield Place Golf Tournament!

Sheffield Place is the only treatment and supportive housing program in Kansas City that focuses exclusively on highly traumatized homeless mothers and their children, empowers families to make the difficult journey from homeless to self-sufficiency through intensive mental health and addiction recovery, case management, employment, and life skills services. The children, which represent two-thirds of the agency’s clients, also receive case management, therapy, educational groups, and more.

David Evans Celebrates 30 Years with Mantel Teter

David Evans Celebrates 30 Years with Mantel Teter

Congratulations to David Evans on 30 years at Mantel Teter! Over the last three decades he has served in many roles for the firm including, Project Designer, Vice President, President, and presently, Director of Operations. All of us at Mantel Teter would like to say thank you for your mentorship and dedication to navigating Mantel Teter to where it is today.

Lord of Hosts Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Construction Progress

Lord of Hosts Church - located in Omaha, Nebraska, is making progress on their new 1500-seat Sanctuary, gathering areas, and support spaces. "This project has been transformational as new life is reborn into an old retail building.” commented Brian Rathsam, the Project Architect for the project. Local Omaha, Nebraska contractor, Lund-Ross Constructors, is serving as the selected general contractor.

Abundant Life Completes Construction

Abundant Life Completes Construction

Abundant Life is a multi-site church that includes a campus in 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 continued this mixed-use redevelopment trend with the construction of their new church facility where they will serve the heart of the city through compassionate ministry.

This renovation project included a dramatic transformation of the 24,00 square foot, 2-story historic Dorfman Plumbing Supply Company retail building located at the corner of 19th and Cherry Streets. Key project features include a 600-seat worship space, fellowship and connection space, café/loft space, event space, classrooms, and a rooftop patio overlooking the downtown city skyline.

Two pairs of large custom barn doors connect the worship space to the adjacent fellowship/connection space which facilitates ingress and egress as well as allowing the fellowship/connection space to serve as an overflow seating area.

Two large hydraulically operated bi-fold garage doors connect the fellowship/connection space to an outdoor courtyard area where outdoor worship and other ministry activities can flourish.

The exterior character of this historic Crossroads District building was maintained by retaining the existing masonry exterior facades while incorporating contemporary architectural cladding and several large window openings. The building interior features exposed existing masonry exterior walls, exposed wood structure, exposed steel columns and beams along with salvaged lumber paneling, freight elevator components, and a cast-in-concrete utility service manhole cover.

City Church Construction Progress

City Church Construction Progress

City Church - located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is under construction for their new home on their acquired property at Bridge Avenue. The project is enclosed and interior finish work has begun. All site utilities are installed while other site work progresses for the parking lot and drives. This is the first project for City Church and will be their permanent home. The church has a heart and mission to stay nearby and serve the urban core of Murfreesboro, TN. This area of middle Tennessee is the fastest growing in the state. “It’s been such a privilege for our team to partner with this church, alongside Dow Smith Company; helping this church be one step closer to having a permanent place to do the ministry that God has called them to do”, shared David Evans, the Project Architect.