Why Room 1228?
Why should you enter Room 1228?
Here are just a few reasons we think you will love Room 1228.Awarded Artwork
The artwork created by Wayfarer’s artist, Blake Berg, has received numerous awards and recognition in secular and Christian venues. He has been awarded Design of the Week four times by iStock Photo since 2007 and had two designs named finalists for Design of the Year in 2008. His artwork on The Domino Effect was nominated as the Best Cover Artwork in the large Christian publisher category by a major Christian publishers association in 2008. We feel confident that the designs of Room 1228 will be a fresh draw to churches who want to feel relevant with their youth and young adults.Experienced Writers
The Wayfarer team of writers includes speakers Chris Brooks, Chad Norris and Dave Rhodes, who have been itinerate speakers for more than 10 years. Each year, they speak to more than 40,000 students and adults in 15 states or more. Their experience in front of audiences and in small groups uniquely qualifies them to create material designed with your group setting in mind. In addition, Wayfarer’s writing team features Dawn Sherill, a former college professor and editor at a major publisher, and Robert Neely, a former journalist. The Wayfarer team has published seven book titles that are sold in Christian bookstores and online retailers across the country. Their most recent print publication was The Domino Effect, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in April 2008. This team has decades and decades of experience and expertise that shows itself in every word you’ll find at Room 1228.Trusted Content
Wayfarer has been sought and contracted by notable organizations to write curriculum on their behalf. Writing for all these partners and their individual settings continues to build Wayfarer’s curriculum expertise, and that creative and theological expertise is available to you in Room 1228.Pre-tested in Creative Lab
Engage is a worship service that Wayfarer designs for 20-somethings in upstate South Carolina. This service, which sees hundreds of attendees each week, serves as the creative lab for Room 1228. Titles are first taught and tested in this arena before they transition into the Room 1228 product line, and this provides clear direction and creativity for publication.Product Line vs. Single Product
Instead of just offering a single product, Room 1228 will be a storehouse which buyers can come to time after time to find curriculum that is consistent in form, excellence, and creativity. With this type of consistency, each title in Room 1228 will be of equivalent quality as the titles used before. This product line means that you can trust everything you find every time you visit Room 1228 and makes membership in Room 1228 a great investment for churches and organizations.Downloadable Material
Following the trend set forth in the music industry toward downloadable access, the publishing industry is moving towards a paperless society. With everyday activities such as e-mail (which replaces paper letters and paper documents), and blogs (which replace paper-based newsletters and communication), our culture is moving away from delayed communication via hard-copy paper and toward instant communication on-line. Room 1228 is ahead of the curve as a more efficient means of teaching and communicating through downloadable material that is far more cost-efficient for churches than any printed product could be.
