What happens when a building committee thinks outside the box and selects the design/build method for its construction solution? For Covenant Fellowship Church, the result was an on-budget, two-weeks-ahead-of-schedule educational facility. Members of Covenant Fellowship Church, J&S Construction and the McMinnville community held a ribbon cutting for Covenant Academy on April 4. The school will begin using the new buildings beginning with the fall 2008 school year. The church will begin using the multi-purpose gymnasium for worship services in the next few months. The new building has a full senior high school-size basketball court, which will also be used as the Sunday worship area; room for K-12 classrooms; a commercial kitchen; locker rooms; and an office area. The classrooms not currently being used by the school will house the Sunday school classes. The building was designed with a ‘pod’ concept so that as the school grows, classroom space can be easily added onto the building.
