Sacred Space

Jana(my fiancee) and I visited Stephen's church last night. They are expanding to grow along with the membership and so Stephen is getting a bigger youth room. We talked for awhile about how he'll set up the new room once it's finished. Stephen talked about creating Sacred Space for his youth.

Why am I thinking about this? Meet my youth and you'll understand. They have no concept that Wednesday nights or Sundays at church should be any different from the rest of the time in their lives. They show up, chat, talk on their cell phones, do homework, ect... It's been seven months since they had a youth director and in that time church time became hang out time. So to reintroduce the concept of spiritual formation to them I've got to get them to understand that church is supposed to be a little different from the rest of the week. Part of that is going to be changing the youth room from a comfortable hang out and more of a space for us to meet with God as a community.

So here's my question- What should sacred space for a community look like? What are the theological reasons behind your thoughts on sacred space? Anyone?

Adam