Fueling Creative Convergence ProjectRead the full project proposal. The Calvin Institute for Christian Worship has given us a "Worship Renewal" grant to fund our "Fueling Creative Convergence Project." The aim of the project is to ask questions and begin to find answers through collaboration. These are the goals of the project:
- To create an effective worship planning procedure which results in worship gatherings that include multiple voices, allow for the history and tradition of the worshiping community to be honored while allowing flexibility and freedom for the inclusion of creative elements to create new traditions and experiences.
- To better understand the ways in which the artist enters into worship and incorporate these into our worship services.
- To find the ways in which the artist may serve the congregation without being "used by" the congregation.
-To help the congregation understand how to have a Christ honoring relationship with the artist.
Here is the summary that was written for the proposal:
Imagine an initiative which infuses worship with creative expectation through deep integration of the exploration of the artist's role in the worshiping community. Suppose a church gave a collaborative leadership role to believing artists in worship planning to gain a deeper understanding of both the contribution and worship needs of the artist.
We have been given $13,000 to work on the project earmarked for several great opportunities including: Artist's in residence, creation of works, an intensive class offered for free to our team and communities on worship through the John Leland Center, Hosting a local conference for artists and church leaders to explore our findings and share new ideas and experiences.
Most importantly, we will embark on a journey to explore how to plan and worship together in an authentic, organic way which builds community rather than preference divisions. The project begins May 2008 and will continue through June of 2009. At the end of the project we will be invited to share our findings at a national conference of other grant winners. Thank you so much to those who helped with the putting together the initial proposal! If you are interested in participating in the implementation of this project please contact Lisa Hawkins.
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You can read the full Fueling Creative Convergence Project proposal here. Thank you to the Calvin Institute for Worship! We want you!!
We are currently planning ahead for our worship gatherings for the rest of the year.
Our focus in 2008 is creating our identity as a community of faith with an emphasis on loving and supporting artists. How do we live out the universal calling of the church to help people love God and each other in this context?
In order to do this we have been studying the practice of prayer, are moving into a time of examining the life and ministry of Jesus, will explore the connection between the creation story, the environment and our story, and finally will end with a season of Advent.
Our desire is to make our worship experiences a time to connect with God and one another, to refresh and to challenge us in our learning to live as followers of Christ.
We also place a high value on creatively entering these experiences and meeting the needs of the artistic and creative community around us.
As we plan for the coming year we are searching for people who would like to help plan in one or more of the following ways:
Be on a worship planning team for one of the series
Be a worship coordinator for one of the series
Offer your gifts in the form of a song, poem, writing, painting, sculpture, drama, dance, etc.
Offer your services as a reader, greeter, hospitality, setting the space (decorating), designing programs, powerpoints, giving the welcome, prayers, etc.
Series:Life and Ministry of Jesus
Creation Story (One day each week)
Advent
Please contact Lisa Hawkins to talk more about your ideas and input and to volunteer to participate or lead.
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