THE LOFT {middle school Wed night meeting area}

Well we have kicked off GRAVITY 2014 on Wednesdays. Last night was our first youth group back on our regular wednesday meeting schedule, and it felt so good to be back!! I am so excited for what this year has to hold! 

So yesterday I spent the morning and afternoon turning The Loft into a place where it felt more of a meeting place for Middle schoolers. I am still not completely done, but I figured I would post a few pictures from what I have already done. So here ya go... enjoy! 

This is my "stage" 

I Figured we needed signage :) My best friend Jackie helped me put these letters up awhile ago.

Just in case someone forgets what day it is. Plus I figured it added a little something to my table. 

My cool colored podium that I got from none other than Target. (where I got most of my stuff) 

My stool that I don't sit on, but just have for looks :) I stand when I preach, but if students want to talk after it's nice to be able to sit :) 

I thought these little hook picture holders were pretty cool. So I purchased them :) 

Decided to go a little crafty. I bought picture frames from Target and then instead of putting pictures in them, I decorated them. This isn't a great view of the frame but I couldn't get up high enough to get a full on shot with this, so I apologize. This says "GRAVITY" which is the name of our youth group. 

In the sermon series I am teaching right now, this is our main verse we are going back to for the next 4 weeks. So I figured what GREAT way to display it than to put it in a frame. 

I used typewriter stamps and just stamped the verse on there. 

Once again using stamps I just wrote out our youth group mission statement. 

Didn't know what to do with this one yet, so I just added some fun colored paper in there for the time being :) 

A sweet looking notepad that I got. Figured it's always nice to have loose paper around to write on just in case. 

These lights are what I use to map out my "stage".   

Since THE LOFT is for Middle school on Wednesday nights I wanted to personalize it for them. So I put a picture up from our first Kick-Off night last Sunday. 

Also I put up the logo of the message series we are in. 

And here is a straight on view of what I put up yesterday. I know it doesn't look like much, but hopefully little by little this Loft will become even more incredible!