>> 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.
>> 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?
>> 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.
>> 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.
>> 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?
>> Sure. Why not?
>> Maybe it'll get us moving.
>> 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.