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I would ask the question what is it that you want the space to convey? checking out the flicker links tells me a lot about what the groups value. Pool, air hockey tell me community, stage amps tells me worship (i hope), white board tells me teaching, floor lighting says living room feel. So what do you want the room to say? Architecture says things. I railed against one of our spaces for a while until it dawned on our team that what the space says really is that what we are about happens out there (in the world) not necessarily in here.

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David

3 years ago

A couple years ago I did our room and went to look at youth rooms all around Denver. I quickly saw what I didn't want ours to look like (with a few exceptions). So I went to where the kids hung out. At that time Denver had a Vans Skate Park and I got most of my ideas from there. Street signs, a little corrugated metal and old food court tables from a mall that was being torn down (they were literally demolishing at one end while I was quickly getting them out the other) and it ended up looking really good. Kids loved it.

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SteveA

3 years ago

Pictures. Pictures. Pictures.
Dig through pictures from youth events and get 'em on the walls. This will trump any paint/gadget/furniture you put in the room, and it will tell the story of your ministry to new students/families that visit.
Get some on canvas, have big ones they can sign, do a collage, cut out the people and just put them on the wall (so not just rectangular pictures).
We also make sure to have an object from each event that everyone signs. W have 2 plungers, a laptop, a sock, roller skates, toy pony, a hat, a bowling pin... etc. Then we hang the object the wall next to a group picture from that event. Students LOVE it!

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Luke

3 years ago

The second space is 25x25 feet. We talked to a contracter and had him construct a 20 foot wrap around bar. We purchased 8 stools online for $30 a stool (www.barstoolsupercenter.com) and we got a couple in the church to donate a 35 inch flat screen.

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RSGillen

3 years ago

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We have two spaces in which we utilize. One is a 25x45 foot room.

We have our "services" in the larger room and we've casted vision to mount two 42 inch flat screens. We finally had a local bank donate two of their screens and we had an electrician in our church mount them with pole mounts. The sit to the top right and left of our stage area (great for lyrics and powerpoint). We're hanging black fabric along the back of our stage ($40.00 @ Walmart) and we mounted a 6X3 foot Foam Logo hanging from fishing string (Staples $100.00)

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RSGillen

3 years ago