Youth room church

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…

(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…

My church is a fairly average size church. If you go to a small town church, you'd probably call us a big church. If you attend a mega-chur...

Use a space on your walls to put up a prayer wall like this. Using fabric scraps, tissue paper, or anything lightweight and flexible and give each color a topic of prayer request. Encourage the youth to go each service and pray over some of the colors, maybe even recruit a few who want a way to serve to go and pray over them and help reset the board every couple weeks.