Youth Rooms, Part 4: How to get your youth involved in planning and decoration without giving over full control to chaos
After getting your youth room decorating ideas, vision, and space, and talking with your pastor for budget and approval, it’s now time to set your plans into action. It can be overwhelming to think that it’s all up to you to pull this plan into action, but DON’T! You can call on your CORE team, […]
Youth Rooms Part 3: How to Approach Your Pastor for a room & for Funds
So you’ve got your youth room decorating ideas mapped out and you’re ready to make them a reality . . . however, you may be a little hesitant as you ask yourself where you’re going to get funds for them. What if Father he doesn’t go for your pitch? What if he approves but can’t […]
Youth Room, Part 2: Tips and Ideas on How to Decorate
For part one of this series click here. So you’ve got your youth room or designated area in your church’s parish center . . . now what? Where do you begin as far as decorating goes, and what do you do if other ministries are using the same space throughout the week? When I started […]
Youth Rooms: Creating an Environment for Encounter, Part 1
This is it. The moment you’ve been waiting for. School’s back in session, and that means your youth are about to start arriving for youth group again, with some maybe coming for the very first time. If you’re like me, your mind has been focused on making sure your kickoff is ready, getting all the […]