Cogun News
11.7.08
Cogun wins Solomon Award for Best Building Contractor
WFX Announces Winners for Solomon Awards Program
Growing and Tech-Savvy Churches are Recognized for Excellence!
Houston, Texas – November 6, 2008 – The winners of the 2008 WFX Solomon Awards were acknowledged today at the Worship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX). The Solomon Awards, presented by Church Production Magazine and Worship Facilities magazine, provided churches across the nation with recognition for their excellence in facilities design, operation, use, and A/V production.
All projects in this year's program must have been completed between January 1, 2003 and August 8, 2008. Multiple awards were given per category based on church size.
The following is a complete listing of the 2008 winning companies and projects. Product descriptions and categories entered are listed online. Click here.
BEST BUILDING CONTRACTOR
The Beck Group: First Baptist Church Dallas – Criswell Center, Dallas, TX
Cogun, Inc.: Rock Bridge Community Church, Dalton, GA
Additional information on the contestants is currently featured online here. For further information on the awards program, please contact Cindy Server at cserver@ehpub.com or 508-663-1500 x311.
10.31.08
New Partnership to Help Churches Meet 21st Century Challenges of Space and Culture Changes
Christianity Today International and Cornerstone Knowledge Network to launch BuildingForMinistry.com
Carol Stream, IL October 29, 2008- Creating space, engaging people, and transforming lives—that’s the mission of BuildingForMinistry.com, a new website under construction through a collaborative partnership between Christianity Today International and the Cornerstone Knowledge Network (www.theCKN.com). Christianity Today International is the publisher of Christianity Today, Leadership, Your Church, and Church Law & Tax Report, and Cornerstone Knowledge Network is comprised of a select group of companies that design and build churches and provide expert guidance through conferences and consultations.
BuildingForMinistry.com, which launches in early 2009, will draw upon the ministry expertise and passion of both organizations to help churches utilize, design and build ministry space based on an understanding of cultural trends, church identity, and ministry vision. The site will feature a Thought Leader Advisory Panel including widely respected church leaders throughout the country.
“Our passion is to radically enhance ministry’s impact in this dawning digital age,” said Ed Bahler, CEO of Aspen Group and co-founder of CKN. “We are dedicated to creating powerful resources for church leadership, as well as designing and constructing strategic church facilities.”
Bill Couchenour, President of Cogun and also co-founder of CKN adds, “Churches will typically spend more on facility related costs than anything else except for staff – usually 40 to 45 percent of their entire budget. CKN is passionate about helping churches understand how to integrate vision, culture and leadership to develop the best answers to their facility questions.”
BuildingForMinistry.com will help churches invest their resources wisely and for maximum kingdom effectiveness—through ground-breaking research, downloadable training packs, articles, and video clips. “We exist to serve church leaders,” said Kevin Miller, executive vice president of CTI, “so we have to help them with some of the biggest decisions they’ll ever face.”
10.30.08
Hempfield Church of Christ Complete
Cogun is honored to present the completion of Hempfield Church of Christ in Greensburg, PA. The design, produced by James Sampey, was an 11,593 sq. ft. multi-ministry project. The church’s vision was to build a Family Life Center over their existing basement. However, the basement was too small to sustain the new space. Cogun was able to step in to help expand and redesign the basement to accommodate the new multi-ministry space. This enhanced their current ministries and provided opportunities for new areas of outreach to the community.
10.15.08
Three Churches Break Ground with Cogun in a Month
Palmetto Presbyterian Church, a new church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, broke ground at the beginning of October 2008. This project will include a 14,000 square foot worship facility, large narthex/third place area with catering kitchen, administrative center and classrooms. Cogun also provided camps master planning, phase 1 building design, demographic and ethos study, and a half day congregation workshop designed to identify the “Code, Calling, Context and Creation” of their new faith community.
Palmetto Presbyterian Church
Pawley’s Island Presbyterian Church located in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, will also be breaking ground in October 2008 for a new 9,300 square foot Family Life Center on their campus. The project features a large fellowship hall, with stage, designed as flexible space to accommodate dining, education ministry, special programs, and even worship services. In addition, the project will have a large commercial kitchen, storage, three additional classrooms, library/conference room, toddler space, and a nursery.
Finally, Crowfield Baptist Church, in Goose Creek, South Carolina, will soon break ground in November 2008. The project consists of a 12,000 square foot worship facility to serve the neighborhood and community. The worship space will have over 650 seats, large choir area, full baptismal, changing rooms, two counseling rooms, and a large narthex. This is the first phase of a two-part worship expansion program.
Crowfield Baptist Church
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