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worship arts weekend 2010
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 Download the brochure
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the grain
Join us for “The Grain” on Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. This contemporary worship time will have a “rock-style” edge with elements of contemplation, prayer stations, and artistic expression. A breakdown of the traditional leader / congregational roles will be encouraged with an open mike for testimonies and readings. Some of the artwork created and bread baked during our Saturday morning workshops be offered during this time. The evening will close as we share in the communion meal together.
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send us your poems
poetry collection 2010
Help us mark the beginning of the second 100 years as a congregation. We’d like to invite the congregation’s poets to submit their work for consideration for inclusion in a new Grantham Church collection of poems. To save money, (and trees) we will publish these works of poetry online, as a PDF file available so you can download and print your own copy of the booklet. Poems submitted may be used in future worship services, or for worship arts events.
To submit your poems for consideration in this new publication, please send your word processing-type documents to Karen Durbin: kdurbin@granthamchurch.org
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THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG:
Exploring the Art of Storytelling
Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18
We love to hear stories, and we love to tell stories. In the telling and in the listening we are part of each other’s stories. Created in God’s image, we share the epic stories of the Bible, but we also often share our own faith journeys in the church. The arts are integral to our storytelling — our worship is filled with stories.
One of the ways we experience God in art is very subtle and individual. For the artist, there’s a time for just plain storytelling, knowing that sharing stories itself is an incarnational activity. If we’re looking for God in the stories, art, and music all around us, we’ll find him. If we leave room in our stories for God to speak, He does! — and sometimes not in the way we intended at all.
This weekend we will celebrate the diverse ways we incorporate the arts to enliven storytelling in the faith community.
Saturday Workshops: You are invited to participate in several workshops on Saturday as we explore storytelling through photography, visual art, hand bells, journaling, creative writing, chamber music, dance, and bread-baking. Stay all day and join us for a marvelous lunch with Art and Donna Bert. You are encouraged to bring along your favorite piece of worship music and the story behind your selection, and we will enjoy this time together. No pressure! You may choose to bring a CD, sheet music, your hymnal, your instrument, and voice – or just come to listen to what others have to share.
The Grain: On Saturday evening, we will again offer an experiential worship time which we have entitled “The Grain.” This worship experience is planned with congregational participation in mind through singing, prayer stations, open mic for readings and testimonies, painting, quiet space for prayer and reflection, and sharing together in communion. (We are planning to use the bread from our bread-baking workshop as well as writing that may emerge in the writing workshop.)
Gallery: Sunday evening will include a reception for our community show: "A Picture is Worth ...". You know what it's like: you admire someone's vacation snapshot, and they smile and say, "There's a great story behind that shot." Sometimes the picture tells the whole story, and sometimes it only hints at it. We will be displaying a gallery full of your best photographs this year as our community show. The focus this time is exploring how images can tell a story.
We hope you'll share the photographs that you've taken on a family vacation trip, a bird-watching venture, cross-cultural experience, or wherever. We want to encourage those in our church community who might not see yourself as an "artist," but you do enjoy taking photos, and would be willing to share some of your favorites with us. We'd like to print the stories that go along with your photos — if you'll allow us — but don't let that scare you away from this show!
Choirs Concert: We will culminate our weekend on Sunday evening with a concert of worship, “We are Risen with Christ.” Join us as we praise God together by proclaiming our shared story of the resurrection of Jesus. Musical selections will be offered by the Chancel Choir, Grantham Brass, Grantham Ringers, and Kingdom Singers. The Grantham Ringers will feature “Be Still My Soul” in memory of Harold Davis. This was Harold’s favorite hymn and we offer this as a thank you to the Davis family for their memorial gift that enabled us to buy a 4th octave of hand bells.
We are confident that you will not want to miss one moment of this weekend. A brochure is coming soon to give more information about the workshops, times and how to sign-up. These are our stories and our song! Let’s explore and learn together.
Karen Durbin, minister of music and worship
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Community Art Exhibition
in the Grantham Church Art Gallery
Opening Reception
April 18, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
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Call for Entries: Photographers and Storytellers!
Community Art Exhibition April 17 - May 29
"A Picture is Worth ..."
You know what it's like; you admire someone's vacation snapshot, and they smile and say, "there's a great story behind that shot." Sometimes the picture tells the whole story, and sometimes it only hints at it. We will be displaying a gallery full of your best photographs this year as our community show. The focus this time is exploring how images can tell a story.
We hope you'll share your photographs you've taken on a family vacation trip, a bird-watching venture, cross-cultural experience, or wherever. We want to encourage those in our church community who might not see yourself as an "artist," but you do enjoy taking photos, and would be willing to share some of your favorites with us. We'd like to print the stories that go along with your photos — if you'll allow us — but don't let that scare you away from this show!
Guidelines and deadlines are available at the Welcome Centers. Or download one here. Contact Geoff Isley (geoff@isleydesign.com) for more information.
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All workshops are first-come, first-serve, and contingent on pre-registrations. If any session is full you may be asked to attend another session that is less full. Sessions may also be cancelled if registration is low. DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE
SPRING CONCERT
Sunday, April 18
at 6:30 p.m.
We are Raised
with Christ!
Our storytelling concludes as we proclaim together our ultimate shared story of redemption in Christ. As He has been raised, we are also raised with Him! Once we were dead, but God has
“made us alive with Christ!”
— Colossians 2
Musical selections will be offered by the
Chancel Choir, Grantham Brass, Grantham Ringers, and Kingdom Singers
The Grantham Ringers will feature “Be Still My Soul” in memory of Harold Davis. This was Harold’s favorite hymn and we offer this as a thank you to the Davis family for their memorial gift that enabled us to buy a fourth octave of hand bells.
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Saturday Workshops
Three Sessions: 9:00, 10:30, and 1:00
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| A Purpose-Filled Musician’s Life |
Molly Shortridge
Offered at 3 sessions
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As an instrumentalist, have you ever wondered how to acknowledge God through your music? Do you feel you have something to say to God or about God when performing? In this workshop, we will exchange ideas, tell stories, and find ways to convey our love for God thru playing solo and chamber music. Participants are invited (but not required) to bring instruments and music that they would like to share to facilitate the discussion. Molly is an accomplished flautist and teaches private music lessons.
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| Creative Writing |
| Peggy Mumper
Offered at 9:00 & 10:30
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Poetry, essay, short story. Finding your writing rituals, styles and comfort zones. Then breaking out of them! For those who have been playing with words forever, and others just getting pen to paper, and all those in between. Peggy is a poet and has led many of our worship arts workshops.
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| Journal your Journey with God |
| Susan Felix
Offered at 3 sessions
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Journaling is a way to develop and record our story with God. Learn and share ways to write using stories, prayers, letters, poetry, and songs. Susan has been journaling many years.
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Six Steps to Strengthen your Story
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| Lynne Cosby
Offered at 10:30 & 1:00
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Join us for a writing-intensive workshop guaranteed to improve your skill as a writer. As a participant, you will compose a short personal reflection, explore with the group six techniques that are sure to hone your writing skills, and then employ them by editing your own writing. Lynne is a writer and editor. She has led the West Shore Christian Writers Fellowship for eight years.
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Improving Digital Photographs
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| Geoffrey Isley
Offered at 3 sessions
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We all know that a great photo can tell a story, but how do you make your photos even better? What if the photo is too dark, dirty or scratched? We’ll look at some “befores and afters” and explore some common photo editing techniques for making your photos even better. A laptop with photo-editing software (such as Adobe® Photoshop®) is helpful but not necessary. Bring your own digital photos along to work on together. Geoffrey has worked as a graphic artist and photographer for 22 years.
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| Breadmaking & Storytelling |
| Erin Emenheiser
Offered at 3 sessions.
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Flour, yeast, water: the simple ingredients that make up a staple of our diet—bread. People, events, emotions: the simple ingredients that make up the stuff of life—our stories. The process of breadmaking easily lends itself to sharing stories and memories. Join me for fellowship around the kitchen as we prepare bread for use during The Grain worship service on Saturday night. Erin is a fearless baker and storyteller.
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| Worship Without Words: Dance as a Testimony |
| Lindsay Slobodnyak
Offered at 3 sessions
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MULTI-GENERATIONAL
St. Augustine said “Preach the gospel at all times. ... If necessary, use words.” Come explore the topic of dance as an alternative form of preaching the message of the gospel, sharing a testimony, and engaging in prayerful or celebrational worship. Lindsay is a four-year participant in Messiah’s Acclamation Dance Ministry with experience in teaching, choreographing, and presenting dance in the ministry setting. “Let them praise His name with dancing...” — Psalm 149:3 Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or other adult.
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| It’s ALIVE! An interactive look at God’s Word |
| Beth Huffnagle
Offered at 3 sessions
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The Bible is not a collection of dry words; it is stories of people of God, overflowing with life. Join us as we make a Bible story come alive with crayons, costumes, and a little craziness!
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Art Gallery Exhibition in Rooms A1 - 3
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Photography by members of the church community will be on display.
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