Church Buildings

[grich]

We have a 10 burner stove and 10 fryer baskets under a single hood.

You never know what these churches will want done in their halls.

We also have a 10 burner stove, hood, fire suppression, commercial dishwashing setup, zillion-HP garbage disposer, etc. We don't fry fish inside, we have a trailer outside, which keeps most of the mess and smell inside. We also ended up with a surplus Subway baking center, which works great for our homemade dinner rolls, and for keeping baked fish and baked potatoes warm.

Our sanctuary is over 100 years old, and modest. Until a lightning hit 5 years ago, our sound was a 35-watt Peavey industrial amp and two speakers. It was replaced with a 100-watt Toa amp. Plenty of sound for our needs. In contrast, the mega-church on the west side of the metro has a fancier control room than the commercial TV stations in town.

 

[jim dungar]

We also ended up with a surplus Subway baking center...

Our convection oven had to be put 'down the hall' in a storeroom, as we don't have room in our kitchen. Our building is barely 30 years old, I am glad someone thought about a hall being more than just some place to serve cookies and punch.

 

[zbang]

Standard problem- architects spin up a building plan without really looking at how it'll be used and how it might be used. It's really a problem with preforming arts spaces- let's have a 40' wide stage with no wing space, no overhead space, and two 20-amp circuits! Dressing rooms? Why would you need them? Etc.

 

[kwired]

We also have a 10 burner stove, hood, fire suppression, commercial dishwashing setup, zillion-HP garbage disposer, etc. We don't fry fish inside, we have a trailer outside, which keeps most of the mess and smell inside. We also ended up with a surplus Subway baking center, which works great for our homemade dinner rolls, and for keeping baked fish and baked potatoes warm.

Our sanctuary is over 100 years old, and modest. Until a lightning hit 5 years ago, our sound was a 35-watt Peavey industrial amp and two speakers. It was replaced with a 100-watt Toa amp. Plenty of sound for our needs. In contrast, the mega-church on the west side of the metro has a fancier control room than the commercial TV stations in town.

Church I belong to has two household ranges in the kitchen, seldom are used. Most events they have there are potluck or main entree cooked offsite and held in roasters in the serving line. Not that large of a membership in this church though, and has gotten less over the years. Kids graduate and move away.

Local Subway manager reluctantly waits as long as possible before updating equipment before the franchise people get on her to get it done. She had to replace the refrigerated prep table several years ago, and wasn't happy to get rid of one that still worked fine, also wasn't happy that she wasn't allowed to sell it. She said franchise requires them to destroy and dispose such things as they don't want potential competition to get it. Sort of surprised me a little when you mentioned the "surplus baking center", based on what I thought I knew about Subway policy on such things. Though I don't know what effort goes into assuring compliance either.

 

[grich]

Church I belong to has two household ranges in the kitchen, seldom are used. Most events they have there are potluck or main entree cooked offsite and held in roasters in the serving line. Not that large of a membership in this church though, and has gotten less over the years. Kids graduate and move away.

Local Subway manager reluctantly waits as long as possible before updating equipment before the franchise people get on her to get it done. She had to replace the refrigerated prep table several years ago, and wasn't happy to get rid of one that still worked fine, also wasn't happy that she wasn't allowed to sell it. She said franchise requires them to destroy and dispose such things as they don't want potential competition to get it. Sort of surprised me a little when you mentioned the "surplus baking center", based on what I thought I knew about Subway policy on such things. Though I don't know what effort goes into assuring compliance either.

A previous pastor got ahold of it over 15 years ago, so I'm not sure where it came from. Perhaps at that time, donation to a church or other non-profit was an acceptable means of disposal.

 

[drcampbell]

... Perhaps at that time, donation to a church or other non-profit was an acceptable means of disposal.

And perhaps it still is.
That might be a pretty lucrative side hustle for churches -- accepting donations that for-profit organizations can't, making minor repairs, and reselling them. (or, y'know, , recycling equipment to keep it out of the landfill, protecting our Good Green Earth, and accepting indulgences)