I have spent all day working on our youth room at Church. It’s OUT with the old and IN with the new time! Our Wednesday night program used to be called ‘The Rock’ many moons ago, but that died and its emphasis diminished quickly. We got rid of the rock about a year ago and everything was up in limbo for awhile. But now once again we start a major program and like all things each time you do something again it just gets bigger and better. This time the Wednesday night program will be called R.P.M. standing for ‘Revolutionary Praise Movement’. And of course with a name like R.P.M. there has to be a road/car theme. To decorate the room we had 48 road signs made and we covered each wall with them. Along with all the road signs is a huge car hood that we put in the middle of the stage with the logo for R.P.M. and scripture verse on it. I got some more lights that shine on the hood itself to emphasize the logo and a new neon clock with a car on it, and we even got a big ole traffic light to hang up. One of the side walls will have a big picture of a road going off into the distance painted on it.
Outside in the hallway we never put anything. The walls have remained bare for years, until now. I have taken several youth pictures from different trips and events, blown them up, and framed them in order to hang them in the hallway. I got most of this done today, but we will continue to add to it as we go along.
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As wonderful as it is to finally be able to decorate our room and make it look like an actual ‘teenage domain’ that really isn’t the main change. It is going to be a big change for everyone and I am sure it will be exciting and fun to have the room all decked out and cool, but the main thing changing is the way we actually do Wednesday night services. I am adding several elements that I hope will develop more spiritual growth and maturity in our students. The room change and new name is not designed to remove the focus from God, but to create a greater focus on God. The whole theme and idea all comes down to one point, one purpose, and one movement. “To be radically changed by God (Revolutionary) in order that our praise and devotion to God would be true worship (Praise). The goal? To do what we can in order that the whole world would be changed and would bring praise to the Father in heaven (Movement).”
I am excited about the new changes and hope that the efforts of the adult leaders and the students would ultimately bring glory to God in all things. I hope to have some pictures of what the room looks like up soon, so stay tuned!
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