Better Than One

On HGTV, David Bromstad who won last year’s Design Star, hosts a show called “Color Splash”.  When I walk into many churches, color splash is not what I see – anemic, plain, same, white, off white.  There was a time that painting church walls white was cheap, simple, and safe.

However in our culture today, adults are noticing what color is on the walls.  Youth (students) in the past always wanted to redo their area walls with “grab you” colors and design.  I was sitting with a pastor in Panera Bread shop and he asked me if I felt the ambience and the energy and solitude in the restaurant?  I had noticed Panera’s color scheme. 

I have visited Boones Creek Baptist Church which was organized in 1785.  It is in a beautiful country setting with a building of history.  One day I entered by the side door that led into the preschool and children’s area and I found a color splash that made me feel like I was in a 2008 building.  The church secretary, Jennifer, and her mom had brought a dated walk-out basement setting into an inviting, warm, and creative area.

This is the information Jennifer sent me when I asked for color splash help.  “We used semi gloss paint, in American Tradition Colors.  The exact colors were Purple Royalty (Purple), Sunspark (Yellow), Fresh Persimmons (Orange), and Water Fountain (Blue).  My mom is just painting things on the walls as they come to her, but it is all in a Noah’s Ark theme.  The borders for the pictures are tomato red and white.”

Try a little “Color Splash” – It is a simple outreach tool.