Jim Slonoff

Easy-maintenance carpet squares, LED lighting and a projector system are among the $1.4 million in recent upgrades at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Church members Tom Bothen (left) and Art Gustafson helped shepherd the process, with senior pastor Katie Hines-Shah, to make the interior more open and functional. "We wanted to build spaces that could be flexible enough and useful enough that whoever comes next can use them for what they need to do," Hines-Shah said.