One of the things that I’m really becoming passionate about is incorporating artistic elements into the life and worship of the church. I enjoy doing this for the church on my own, but especially love using art to engage people of all ages in exploring and acting on their faith together. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to–
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- With a LOT of help from our Facilities Manager, I made a walkable labyrinth for our children and youth to use inside (the one on the church patio is currently covered with snow!). Materials: 12×15 canvas drop cloth, paint
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- Art created during Children’s Sabbath 2014, inspired by Matthew 22:15-22. Materials: paper, canvas
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- Close-up of Pentecost banner–the design meant to capture both the wind and the flames of the Pentecost story; the cranes were created by congregation members for a previous Pentecost installation. Materials: paper, ribbon, mesh, fishing line
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- Pentecost 2014
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- Prayer wall for Lent 2014. Each color represented a different type of prayer; the netting became our communion cloth for Easter Sunday. Materials: wood, plastic netting, fabric
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- Prayer wall for Lent 2014. Each color represented a different type of prayer; the netting became our communion cloth for Easter Sunday. Materials: wood, plastic netting, fabric
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- Pentecost 2013. Congregation members folded paper cranes as a prayer practice in the weeks leading up to Pentecost. We strung them on fishing line to hover above the pews for worship, symbolizing the tongues of fire descending on the people gathered in Acts 2.
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- Pentecost 2013. Congregation members folded paper cranes as a prayer practice in the weeks leading up to Pentecost. We strung them on fishing line to hover above the pews for worship, symbolizing the tongues of fire descending on the people gathered in Acts 2.
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- Pulpit parament, using handprints of our Sunday School children. Adapted from Micah 6:8, “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
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- Lectern parament of the Presbyterian Church (USA) seal, using handprints from our Sunday School children. Materials: felt, iron-on webbing
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- Children’s Sabbath communion cloth, using handprints of our Sunday School children. Words adapted from St. Teresa of Avila, “Christ has no body now on earth but yours; no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out on the world. Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which He is to bless His people.”
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- Children’s Sabbath 2012 paraments
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