Westover Church is a place where many different types of people come together for one purpose. Westover is designed in order to bring people together, to influence people to interact with one another, and with different people than they normally wouldn’t interact with. The way that this is done is through a variety of different spaces that are all meant for different types of socializing, learning, or worshiping. The church has a café that brings people together in fellowship through the common ground of food and a common topic to talk about, (the sermon they just heard or how there life is going). There is also a sanctuary where all the different races and gender and ages come together and sit together and worship together they are there for one reason to grow in there Christian life. In observing this social environment you will find babies that come with their families and go to the nursery all the way to people who are elderly that are being brought from the nursing home every week. The environment is a place that is very large but it is an open plan which helps to keep the traffic flowing. One important aspect to note about this space is that it is not utilized everyday for the same purposes. Most of the time the Church is not bust but when Sunday comes there is a crowd. Also a lot of the spaces are used for multiple purposes. For example the sanctuary is a room that’s main purpose is for the Sunday service but it is also used for things such as concerts and plays or even dance concerts. Westover church is a great place that is very successful at bringing people together and breaking down barriers and walls.
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