00:00:12.61  >> For the past three meetings, we've discussed the pros and cons of remodeling the children's wing, and we've gotten nowhere. We've got to move off of dead center. The parishioners are starting to get impatient.
00:00:24.26  >> Felicia's right. if we don't do something soon, we may lose our Sunday school supervisor. Now, the one thing we agree on is the current space isn't working. Am I right?
00:00:33.07  >> Right. Some of us want to accept the original plan, which calls for bigger rooms and larger age groupings among the children. The rest of us want narrower age groupings, which call for smaller classrooms, and we can't seem to reach a compromise.
00:00:46.79  >> You're right. We've all heard all the arguments, pros and cons, and we still haven't decided to do anything but to poke holes in each other's plans.
00:00:54.47  >> The reason we're stuck is that both arguments make valid points. I think we need to be a little more creative in our approach to this. Are you willing to try an experiment with me?
00:01:05.60  >> Sure. Why not?
00:01:06.50  >> Maybe it'll get us moving.
00:01:07.37  >> All right. Let me pass out paper and pencils to everybody. Get ready to do some brain writing. Right now, we're stuck between large rooms or small rooms in the children's wing. Forget all of that. Close your eyes for a moment and think about our entire facility. I want to lead you through a guided meditation. Imagine that you're an eagle soaring high above the entire space. Picture the entire facility -- the children's wing, the sanctuary, the fellowship hall, everything. Imagine that all of the space is made up of children's blocks. We can create the space any way that we want to. Now, everybody get ready to do some private brain writing. Jot down as many ideas as you can think of to handle the children's needs. Don't worry about whether your idea will work or not. The point of this exercise is to stimulate creative thinking, so don't censor yourself by being critical. When we've finished, we'll put everybody's idea on a chart and see what we've got.