Where things really get fun
Over the past few months, we’ve highlighted the ways various common church spaces (kitchens, classrooms, even parking lots!) can be...
Paradise and parking lots🌴🌲🌳
Over the past few weeks… We’ve introduced some ways churches can rethink the physical assets they possess and how they...
Game on 🏀
The church gym. A place where memories are made, hoop dreams are born (and then often crushed), potlucks are hosted...
Not enough cooks in the kitchen…🍩🍰🍪🎂
Did you miss it?!? The Church in this country alone possesses over $1 Trillion (with a capital T) in assets...
Beyond Sunday School
My last two homes were built long before I was alive. The house we currently live in was built...
Space use and popsicles
TRUE STORY: Last day of my senior year in high school, my friend John and I submitted our final project...
We can’t do it all.
Better together. It’s a phrase we’re particularly fond of because we believe connection is at the heart of God’s...
Who’s ready to move?
Are churches ready for the work of placemaking? Some are. Many aren’t, lessons we’ve come to sometimes learn the hard...
A theology of place
“This world is not my home.” If, like me, you grew up in the church, you’ve probably heard this expression...
All things new
Jesus is in the business of making all things new… But our part in this process isn’t peripheral. We aren’t...
These uncertain times
It’s no secret that so much in our world today feels like uncharted territory. The way things used to be...
Values | COLLABORATION
In many ways, Ace in the City has always worked at the intersection of church and community. Having spent so...