There are many good reasons to participate in The McKnight Group's i3 webinars. One big one is the ability to get your questions answered at the end. Here are some questions and our answers from a recent webinar on church design for children's spaces. How do you handle spaces that are dual purpose: for adults on Sunday morning, and [...]
Paint is one way to create colorful children’s spaces in your church building, as our last post described in detail. Another good technique for adding both color and creativity is through thematic church design. These examples show various imaginative themed paint, wall graphics, and props that appeal to specific age groups or are versatile enough for all ages. Include [...]
Our last post on children’s spaces talked about some of the best practices for creative church design, including the importance of color. Color can be added in a lot of ways. You can add it through flooring, walls, furniture, or accessories, or it could be a combination of all of these. Paint is the most economical way to create [...]
Most church ministries include being welcoming and accommodating to children as an important function. It’s one reason we’ve been devoting our recent posts to discussing kids’ spaces in church design, including nurseries and preschools, classrooms, activity spaces, security considerations, and more. Our focus on children’s spaces in church buildings now moves away from the more technical factors to look [...]
What to include for kids’ spaces in your church design? This has been the focus of our recent posts. The last looked at some of calculations of including a preschool or childcare ministry in a church building, like teacher ratios and how much square footage you need per child. Building codes must also be addressed, as well as the [...]
