Mel McGowan is a Master Planner & Designer of destinations, including churches, having partnered with over 1000 ministries in the US and abroad. Mel spent a decade at Disney where he learned the art of “imagineering” and Spatial Storytelling. Today he is Chief Creative Officer and Founder of Storyland Studios, a 150-person design and production firm consisting of several former Disney Imagineers, artists, architects and artisans who create “destinations that lift the spirit.” He is an Outreach Magazine columnist and author of “Design Like God Gives a Damn: Revolutionizing Sacred Space”.