The Wednesday night time before Christmas, I participated in a support at our church that introduced alongside one another various generations by means of art and the gospel. Four artists (elementary student, center faculty college student, me, and a retired individual) were being questioned to develop paintings that were our interpretation of Luke 2. They placed our work on stage, and interviewed each of us a person at a time. They questioned what in the textual content stood out to us, influenced us, or challenged us & how we represented that within just our do the job. They also requested what stylistic choices we designed within just our do the job that served express the heart of our art. It was affirming, to me, as a believer & an artist to be a portion of this company. The actuality that we as artists had been offered a system to provide the Lord with our items/abilities & share the gospel through our operate is not a little something I take for granted. This is not going on in a whole lot of church buildings…past executing crafts with children or portray sets for VBS. We ,as believers, need to have to find the gifts/skills of our men and women and let them to use all those varied, amazing, and distinctive ability sets to build up the entire body of believers…share God’s love, and glorify the Lord. Bakers, automotive, organizers, hair dressers, gardners….can all be completed for the glory of the Lord. It truly is time to look at “ministry” as a way of life and not a slim prescribed task description/part inside of the church. I loved each perform & the text each individual artist shared. It truly was a blessing.
Me
Center College Student
Elementary Scholar
Retired Artwork Trainer
