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Create more room with adaptable partitions:
Because churches are often open to their communities, most usually have at least two large open rooms. The first is the sanctuary where the congregation worships and holds various ceremonies. The second open room in churches is often referred to as a fellowship hall, family life center or a multipurpose Room. These rooms are used for church based events other than worship such as, large gatherings including Awana and Cub Scout meetings, dances and wedding receptions. These large rooms can also be made more functional if they are divided into several smaller rooms for Sunday school classes or other purposes.
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Room dividers offer churches an opportunity to make better use of space with a variety of options. There are three types of room dividers commonly used in churches today.
1. Portable room dividers on casters: These stackable, sound absorbing dividers easily roll into place, unfold accordion style and can be set up in any configuration as needed.
2. Office style cubical dividers: These can be dragged or carried from the storage closet and placed as desired within a room.
3. Floor to ceiling dividers: These dividers are installed in tracks in the ceiling. When needed, they are pulled along the track to divide the room.
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| The most common use for room dividers are religious education class rooms (Sunday school classrooms). Room dividers are an easy way to eliminate visual distractions and decrease extraneous distracting noise by creating a division between the different classroom spaces. Dividers help cut down distractions and can result in increased concentration in religious education classes for any age group. |
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Recognize different spatial needs:
More churches are offering child care and day care ministries. This is the second most common use of room dividers within a church. Oftentimes these programs minister to children ranging from infants to pre-school. While the range of age is only five years at a maximum, the difference in spatial needs at that young age is much different than a five year span as adults.
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An open room can be divided into three different sections: nursery, playroom/reading area and sleeping area. Obviously larger programs can have several rooms, or divisions, for each area. Many states have rules and regulations which help to ensure that the certified instructors in the child care areas can see the tasks being performed by noncertified instructors/helpers. The height of room dividers and whether or not they are equipped with windows is an important consideration. Maintaining a clear line of site between areas is also important when setting up dividers for child care.
Manage multiple uses:
The third most common use for room dividers within churches is to help administrators manage the use of the multipurpose room. Sometimes multiple members or groups need to use a room at the same time, especially on weekends. Depending on the size of the room, dividers can easily be used to help ensure that groups can efficiently use the same room at the same time without interfering with each other. |
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