Category Archives: Campus Design
twas the night before new orleans…
i’m watching the 11 o’clock news before going to sleep for the “night.” our bags are packed, the trailer’s parked outside and our dog Buddy is predictably depressed having watched us prepare to leave during the evening. the alarm is set for 3 a.m. when clark and i’ll rise to meet 20 other adults from...
repurposed
we were asked to create a ginghamsburg bookstore (aka “the vine”) presence/location at our fort mckinley campus… a somewhat portable, lockable kiosk-type cart that would attraction attention and enable the fort to sell resources, message cds/dvds and mission tshirts. i researched carts and found them online beginning at around $1000 – a bit pricey. at...
creating welcoming spaces
ginghamsburg is a mission-driven church but that hasn’t excused us from valuing our visitors! we strive to create welcoming spaces that invite guests to feel at home and navigate effectively on campus. we don’t have much community space built into our campus so we max out the spaces we have. conversation areas, great signage, information...
rainy days and mondays don’t always get me down
…and today was one monday that was perfectly awful outside – rain, snow, sleet and very cold. inside the fort was a different story. five servants painted, sanded, hung lights, munched on salad and brownies and shared stories. this extra room off the main worship lobby has now been transformed into a prayer room. new...
meanwhile, back at the Fort…
a lot has happened at the Fort in the last several weeks and months. we bit the bullet and went to work in the basement. i don’t have before pictures, but trust me we’ve come a long way baby. lots of joint compound texture treatments, creative pipe painting and a few well-placed wall pieces. pastor...
office space
every once in awhile i get to pull in a few servants and do an office makeover. these are especially fun when the staffperson has a theme or a vision of what they’d like and it’s our challenge to fulfill that concept. in this case the staffperson has been out of the office for three...
ginghamsburg welcomes narnia
two weeks ago we gathered up a collection of artsy servants to create stage sets for ginghamsburg’s “backyard” children’s ministry as well as our six clubhouse outreach locations. both were approaching a “narnia” series using the chronicles of narnia and the new prince caspian. 8 sheets of foam, 12 carpet roll tubes, 32 yards of...
transformations and fresh starts
everyone needs a fresh start in some area of life. i love the idea that yesterday’s failures don’t have to be today’s extra baggage. i love that we don’t have to be stuck in same-‘ol, same-‘ol… and that God’s grace is ever prodding us towards the new thing, the fresh start, the way where there...
christmas eve in the lobby
our artist/makeover team designed the lobby experience this year. we used blue lights and twigs to complement the worship theme “eyes wide open~christmas can still change the world” (see adjoining christmas eve message by mike slaughter). chandeliers by chad, trees by robin, centerpieces by brandon, bistro tables by heather, high-up jobs by lori, various tasks...
alternative christmas
creating environments is at the core of my passion…so when it’s time for christmas i feel excited and open for new, nontraditional ways of expressing the joy of the season. this year as i set out to create environments at home and ginghamsburg i hear these words: everything you need you already have. since mid...