Here‘s an article sure to get your creative juices flowing. More importantly this article points at ways to spur the creativity of our communities. What do you think?
https://www.plainjoestudios.com/4-practical-ways-cultivate-creative-church/
Coming to Faith through the Arts
In a post-Christian society where the Gospel story has stopped being the central life giving story, the church must find ways to engage their communities toward a life of faith. This article outlines how focusing on the Arts can be a particularly dynamic catalyst in drawing people into their own story of faith.
https://www.imb.org/2017/09/04/spotlight-community-arts-ministry/
Cultivating Artist of all Types
Whether someone‘s craft is photography, music, painting, dance, storytelling, or some other form of art, how do we in the church cultivate that person‘s ability in a way that honors the artist‘s gift and spurs the craft of the artist? This article holds many great ideas for cultivating the God given gifts in us and the people in our communities.
Here‘s just a little excerpt: „In church, it can be like that for an artist. All you hear is how anointed, talented and called you are but rarely do artists hear really great constructive critique that can enable them to grow. Sure, we all like to edify, encourage and strengthen each other but sometimes we need to have a little bit of iron sharpening iron“
http://www.theworshipstudio.org/why-is-christian-art-so-bad-5-ways-to-make-it-better/
Cultivating Artists in Our Churches and Communities
I sure hope the link to this handbook works. You’ll have the opportunity to bite off as much as you want to chew as this handbook is quite extensive. If nothing else, check out a photo of the first page of chapter 5 which talks about why cultivating artists in our churches is so important.
Collaborative Visuals
It doesn’t have to be elaborate, but visuals can have a dynamic impact on how your community processes the theme or scriptures of the season. What would it look like if we were able to invite the participation of many of our members in such symbols? Would the result be engagement, ownership, creativity, or something else?
Here’s the story of one congregation:
https://www.faithandleadership.com/congregation-deepens-worship-collaborative-visual-displays