How to Start an Arts Ministry in Your Church

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By J. Scott McElroy and Jessie Nilo Just imagine if the local church became the place in culture to experience beauty, creativity, and transcendence. Hundreds of years ago churches were, in many ways, centers for these experiences. Somehow, over time we’ve abdicated that role. Now, many churches are moving in that direction again and there’s a growing desire to begin … Read More

The nature of beauty

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Here is an insightful interview reposted from http://www.rethinkmission.org/blog/: “Jon Guerra is the front man for Chicago based band, Milano. He and his compadres also lead worship for a new church plant on the North Side called The Line. Here, interviewed by The Free Road Scholars, he talks about how understanding God helps us understand the nature of beauty.” [vimeo http://vimeo.com/6990031]

Cool Performance Video.

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This was done in church. That’s what we’re talking about…New Renaissance stuff.  Creative, original, dynamic.  From Fellowship Church in Texas. One person who posted this on Tumblr. commented, “glow in the dark glitter confetti drums, yes please”. Enjoy. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/1923663]

Staying Relevant as a Christ-Following Artist

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I recently got an email from a young art instructor friend who asked some interesting questions about being “in the world but not of it” as artist. Thought I’d share it and my reply. Scott, Recently I have really been trying to dig deeper into pursuing my career as an artist while still seeking the Lord.  I got all psyched … Read More

How the Church can embrace artists and the arts, Part II : Ideas

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(Creative Church Handbook: Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation was release after this article was written, an contains a treasury of arts ideas for churches. See also CreativeChurchArtsIdeas.org.) In the last post, I asked, “How can we open up our churches and our minds so that more people can get involved in the creative process, yet continue … Read More

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