Youth Rooms

I'm pretty sure fall is my favorite time of year in Ocean City. The weather is perfect, all the visitors are gone, and the sky and beach are beautiful as ever. If you've never been you should totally add it to your list of must-see places. Here's a little snippet of life, lately. 1. Steve started

(Photo courtesy of Memories on Clover Lane) Is everyone familiar with chalkboard paint these days? I have seen it on many blogs. What a fun idea! The photo above is a framed magnetic chalkboard wall, that one of my favorite bloggers made in her kitchen. Here's a link with details about how she did it. You can write on it AND it's magnetic. So cool. I just had my first experience with chalkboard walls. My friend Stephanie asked if I would help write on the walls of their new youth rooms at…

Here it is… one of the biggest questions in all of youth ministry: How do I create an appealing space for teens? There are many large churches that pay good money for their youth ministries to have brand new, state-of-the-art, top-notch youth centers. [If you belong to a church that is considering such a project, we would love to help you. The biggest piece of advice we can offer in preparation for that effort is COLLABORATE. If you are struggling to get buy-in for a dedicated youth center…

Youth ministry room

This post is way late. My friend Katie and I renovated the youth room at our church last summer/fall. It took us several months, putting in hours when we could (usually with 5 or 6 kids with us between the two of us), but we finally got it finished for the most part. There are finishing touches here and there that need updated, but it really looks amazing. I'm already dreaming up the next stages of updates! This room was unfinished when we came to this church 4 years ago....no ceilings…

Your church wants a youth group? This is my favorite Praying-For-A-Youth-Group story: A church in a Colorado ski community wanted a youth group. The problem was that they had no members under the …