Nein, das habe ich anders verstanden. "Church-in-a-box" heisst entweder, dass saemtliche Utensilien fuer den Gottesdienst in einer Kiste transportiert werden koennen (Opferkasten, Abendmahlskelch, Keyboard, Bibel) und man so ueberall Gottesdienste halten kann, auch in shopping malls und office space, oder mit "box" ist auch umgangssprachlich der mehr oder weniger grosse Laden in einer strip mall gemeint. In Salt Lake City habe ich das letztere erlebt. "Funeral-in-a-box" heisst dann analog, dass man auch in einem gemieteten Bueroraum oder einer "box" (Laden) in einer strip mall die Trauerfeier halten kann, die in den U.S.A. oft auch am offenen Sarg stattfindet.shalom hat geschrieben:Zum Hecht im Na-Karpfenteich: …“funerals-in-a-box“ = casket?
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This objection was addressed by one of the attendees who remarked that the hotel where they've been holding services on Wednesday nights in the Mobile area does the set up of the chairs and tables each time. He [Hecht] mentioned that they need only set up the "church-in-a-box" that they have -- the chalice, portable piano, etc. Will there then be weddings-in-a-box... or funerals-in-a-box, where those events can take place in outside facilities at the members' expense?
Aus dem NACboard
Anscheinend ist es nicht mehr ungebraeuchlich, dass Kirchen in shopping malls Gottesdienste halten und ihre teuren Grundstuecke mangels Geld verkaufen.
Strip malls get saved — by churches. Zitat (Auszuege):
strip mall = nebeneinanderliegende Laeden unter einem gemeinsamen Dach, jeweils mit ein paar eigenen Parkplaetzen vor der Tuer. Ein ganz einfaches "shopping center" Konzept.Never the most popular commercial tenants because of their Sunday-only customer traffic, churches are now the darlings of shopping-center landlords stuck with empty movie theaters and big-box retail stores.
Upstart churches have been leasing empty storefronts for years, though they tend to move on when they outgrow the space or can afford more-attractive quarters. But shopping centers are now filled with For Lease posters. And unconventional space in high-traffic retail settings has become so attractive to some churches that they are leaving their old sanctuaries for trendier digs.
"If it's breathing, it's looking good now," said Scott, senior vice president with Sikon Construction Corp. in Deerfield Beach. He said he has spoken recently with churches that are sitting on substantial real-estate holdings at a time when they're struggling financially but could negotiate strong lease deals with shopping-center or building owners.
For C3, the move into one of the region's biggest shopping centers has led to some profound changes. Of the 1,500 members and visitors who had been attending the old church on Sundays, "we lost about 1,400," Bledsoe said. But, he added, new people immediately started coming. Now C3 [which stands for Connecting the Community with Christ] draws about 700 congregants on Sundays — and about 90 percent of them had not been attending church previously, the minister said.
Without all the old overhead and operating expenses, he said, the church is debt-free and able to direct a much greater percentage of its offerings and revenue to those in need. It recently gave 500 backpacks to needy children and fed 6,500 families.
to make such a claim. As I've suggested before, the NAC apostolate should publish 