Category Archives: Campus Design
What in the World??? – a hallway display
It’s no secret that most churches are somewhat “communicationally” challenged. And by that I mean that we struggle to create engagement, both with the “outside” world and with those inside our congregations – and Ginghamsburg is no different. We struggle just like others with what to post, what to announce in worship, what warrants weekend...
Inspiring You
Frequently I get asked how i come up with all the designs for our projects. The answer is two-fold. First,I’m constantly thinking, ideating and asking myself “what if??” -mentally testing my ideas and exploring all the materials on hand. Yes, it’s a disease. Second, pictures of what others have done become quite inspiring to my...
ADULT CONTENT Stage Design
It’s an eight-week series to kick off 2014 – all about growing up into spiritual maturity. We called it ADULT CONTENT and each week of the series addresses one of the listed attributes from the first chapter of the New Testament book of 2 Peter: …For this very reason, make every effort to add to...
Souper Bowl Canslide
i’m not a huge football fan but i love partnering with New Path each year to stage the Souper Bowl in Ginghamsburg’s lobby, replenishing our South Campus food pantry. New Path feeds close to 700 families every month and let me just say they are one AMAZING outreach. We created two goal stations. The goalposts...
RENEGADE GOSPEL Stage Design
When our Ginghamsburg Worship Design Team met to dream and design our summer series, lead pastor Mike Slaughter felt strongly that our three-month study should hit the theme of discipleship. Calling ourselves Christians and understanding what it means to name Jesus as LORD are two different things, he relayed. The Church may have treaded...
HEROES Series Stage Design
THE BUNKER: Closet Makeover @ the Fort
Our Fort Mckinley campus is growing – with three explosive worship celebration every Sunday morning. The worship team needed some space to relax and refresh but what 1960s church building sports a green room close to the worship stage? Enter one of my favorite mantras: EVERYTHING YOU NEED YOU ALREADY HAVE. And yes, we did...
stage design: THE HOLY SPIRIT SERIES
full stage Our Ginghamsburg Makeover Team set out to design a stage to provide an engaging backdrop for our seven-week series on the Holy Spirit. Inspired by a Columbus, Ohio Anthropologie storefront, our key resources were smashed aluminum cans (clean!) and paper pendant lights from IKEA. With weedcloth as a wall covering/backdrop – and following a...
the CRUX – stage design
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Common Grounds @ The Point -Part 2
our second workday at The Point was amazing and exhausting. 59 servants, 11 cans of paint, 8.5 hours, one newspaper and two TV stations later we had a vibrantly painted cafe. i met a lot of great people and was surprised all over again at how much can be accomplished with a single focus and...