On Monday 30 July 2007 16:33, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > There are a number of questions that you need to ask: > > 1) Do you plan to have pews or chairs? (My understanding is that a pew is > a bench with ends and will often accommodate five people or more). Pews > accommodate more people than do chairs since small children will not need a > chair each). If you plan to use chairs, then 500 mm width is adequate > (visit http://adg.stanford.edu/aa241/fuselayout/fusesection.html for > dimensions of aircraft seats).
We are going to have pews. At least I showed him the rough draft, which has pews, and he didn't disagree. But in airplanes, you don't have lots of people laying Bibles beside themselves. > 2) During your worship, is it normal to kneel during the service? This will > affect your pew/chair spacing. The church we're meeting at currently has arrodilladores and we use them. I got the pew spacing by measuring it. > Of course, the easy answer is to visit another church somewhere else. If > you live close to a large city, large churches or cathedrals are often open > to the public and you could measure up chairs and pews without drawing > attention to yourself. If you live in a small community, I am sure that > the pastor/minister of a neighboring church would be willing for you to > measure up their chair/pew layout. Sounds reasonable. I could visit the Harris church, which is the big one, and measure it. Pierre
