01 For the first time, trying to introduce the church and the church building to a small group of visitors, from the 223th General Assembly of PCUSA in St. Louis. 我們首度嘗試向一小群來自第23屆總會議場的訪客介紹教會跟禮拜堂 This is an experiment that expores the situations, the senarios, and the potential responses in a churchseeing and starts a baseline for continuous improvements. 這是個實驗，用來探尋參觀教會時的情境、情景、跟潛在反應。這個實驗是「開始一個永續求進步」的基礎點。Che sī ti̍t-ê teh thàm-thó chham-koan kàu-hōe ê sî khó-lêng chhut-hiān ê chêng-kéng, chōng-thāi, kap hoán-èng, ê si̍t-giām. Ēng án-ne chò kè-sio̍k chìn-pō͘ ê ki-chhó͘ tiám. We will make new videos with caption, multiple languages, avoiding background noise, etc. 我們打算另造新片，採用字幕、多語言、減噪音，等等。Goán ū siūⁿ-beh koh-chài têng phah-phìⁿ, chhái-iōng jī-bō͘, to-chióng gú-giân, kiám-chió cha̍p-im, téng-téng.
This tour starts from the Fellowship Hall which is designed for people to meet and be connected, before and after worshiping in the sanctuary / worship hall. 這個觀覽行程從交誼廳出發。這個交誼廳是為了讓人們在參加禮拜廳裡面的禮拜儀式之前跟之後相遇、互聯而設計的。Chit-ê chham-koan ê hêng-thêng tùi kau-gî thiaⁿ chhut-hoat. Chit-ê kau-gî thiaⁿ sī ūi-tio̍h hō͘ lâng tī chham-kai lé-pài thiaⁿ lāi-bīn ê lée-pài sek í-chêng kap í-āu saⁿ-tú, saⁿ-liân-hē siat-kè ê. Meeting face-to-face is a keyword in the Fellowship Hall. We hope that nobody feels lonely and neglected in this hall where the scene of the sanctuary as a giant picture, reminding the source of inspiration, is always visible as a background. 當面相見是這個交誼廳的關鍵字之一。在這個有禮拜廳景觀像是一大片隨時看得見，一直在提醒著我們靈感的來源，的圖畫，在陪襯的交誼廳裡我們不希望有人覺得孤單、被忽略。Tng-bīn saⁿ-kìⁿ sī chit-ê kau-gî thiaⁿ ê koan-kiàn-jī. Lé-pài thiaⁿ ê kéng-koan ná-chhiūⁿ chi̍t tōa-pak-tô͘ sûi-sî khòaⁿ-ē-thio̍h, it-ti̍t teh thê-séng lán lêng-kám ê lǎi-goân, ê tô͘-ōe, chò pōe-kéng, teh kap kau-gî-thiaⁿ lāi-bīn ê lâng chò-phōaⁿ. Goán ǹg-bāng bô lâng tī chit-ê thiaⁿ lāi-bīn kám-kak tio̍h ko͘-toaⁿ, siū hut-lio̍k.
02 a Presbyterian tree
This is a special tree, or two, in the front/side yard of the church property illuminating one of the basic principles of Presbyterianism -- let people of different types and levels grow and live together. 在禮拜堂前/側院的一棵（或兩棵）樹展現出長老會精神的一個重要原則 -- 讓不同類型、層次的人一起成長、生活。
03 Entrance
This unconventional entrance of a church building reverses the tradition of church building with theology from Jesus. Traditionally a church building has a small space between the entrance and the woship hall, the sanctuary. That means that the visitors are expected to enter the worship place immediately, assuming that everybody goest to a church building for worshiping God. The entrance of the TPCSTL lead the visitors to the largest open space of the building, the fellowship hall, where they have chances to turn to many other options than participating in a worship service or a quiet meditation alone in the sanctuary. This is designed based on the following words from the Sripture. Matthew 5: …23 Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. 25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.…
04 stained glass in the fellowship hall
Stained glasses that won't distract while adding the visual effect in the sanctuary. The stained glassed windows that multiply throughout the church building.
05 in the sactuary (worship hall)
The off-hour of the sanctuary is great for meditation.
06 legacy of how we handle the pastor
Our first pastor spent a lot time working at the church building. He sweats frequently and needs to show and change clothing frequently, especially when he needs to meet others at the church or leaving fromt eh church site. We include a shower room for him and for other special occasions where showering is necessary.
We include a restroom right there in the pastor's office to make it easy for the pastor, especially at the moment right before the preaching. This is very unusual everywhere.
In the fellowship hall, there is a special room for collection the sanitary related items. On each side of the door, there is a line showing that the drywall is different from the ordinary wall. That is a monument of how we treat the opinions of two extremes. Some people want to build a movable partition to make part of the fellowship hall an extension of the sanctuary while others believe that the whole fellowship is part of the sanctuary when there is activity going on in the sanctuary. We ended up reserving the room for storing the movable partition with the drywall easily changed for the special remodeling, without actually building the partition. This is a testimony of Presbyterianism at work.
We include a restroom right there in the pastor's office to make it easy for the pastor, especially at the moment right before the preaching. This is very unusual everywhere.
In the fellowship hall, there is a special room for collection the sanitary related items. On each side of the door, there is a line showing that the drywall is different from the ordinary wall. That is a monument of how we treat the opinions of two extremes. Some people want to build a movable partition to make part of the fellowship hall an extension of the sanctuary while others believe that the whole fellowship is part of the sanctuary when there is activity going on in the sanctuary. We ended up reserving the room for storing the movable partition with the drywall easily changed for the special remodeling, without actually building the partition. This is a testimony of Presbyterianism at work.
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