Please enjoy the latest news from New Wine! In this issue, Kelsi Johns reflects on Richard Twiss and what we can learn about missions, Benjamin Hanson reports on Art and community in Alberta, Rachel O’Brien describes her experience at the John M. Perkins Foundation in Mississippi, and Dr. Paul Metzger invites you to a special collapse-proof event. You can also find New Wine’s prayer requests and information about New Wine’s future events.
OCCV In To Action: A Benefit-cial Evening of Art and Action for OCCV
Our friends at OCCV would like to invite you to participate in an exciting event relating to faith and the arts!
Enjoy listening to and seeing spoken and visual art on poverty, health care, and the environment. Even create your own art! The event will be held from 6:30 – 9:30 pm, Friday, May 15 at Liberty Hall, 311 N. Ivy Street, Portland, OR 97227.
Download the PDF flyer here: OCCV In To Action Flyer
For more information, visit OCCV.
New Wine, New Wineskins Newsletter: May 2009
Please enjoy the latest news from New Wine, New Wineskins!
Concepts to Canvas
“Concepts to Canvas” is a facilitated, collaborative meeting for local arts ministry leaders to reflect on conference findings and resources, to network and fellowship, and to work together toward arts ministry solutions.
New Wine, New Wineskins presents an opportunity for Portland area arts ministry directors, pastors, and leaders to come together to encourage and learn from one another. This moderated meeting time will include collaborative breakouts and is a follow-up to the day conference on April 25th, “Created to Create.”
There is no cost for this event. RSVP is required, as space is limited. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sarah Kurth at newwine@multnomah.edu.
New Wine Spring Conference “Created to Create”
New Wine’s Spring Conference on faith and the arts, “Created to Create” will be held on Saturday, April 25th, 2009, at Mosaic in Portland. The conference will highlight the need to see how the Arts are vital to Gospel witness in the twenty-first century, and will draw attention to current artistic expressions in the region and beyond.
Keynote speakers Martin French (illustrator and arts pastor at Imago Dei Community), Richard Twiss (President of Wiconi International), and Paul Louis Metzger (Director of New Wine, New Wineskins), and many other workshop presenters, will encourage us to take seriously our calling as the triune God’s creation to create.
The church at large is rediscovering the Arts, and we want to celebrate this awakening!
Saturday, April 25th Day Conference Schedule
| 8:30-9:00am | Registration, Check-in, and Networking |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:45am | Opening Plenary Session, featuring Paul Louis Metzger and Martin French |
| 10:45-12:25pm | Workshops |
| 12:25-1:10pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:10-4:05pm | Workshops |
| 4:05-5:00pm | Closing Plenary Session, featuring Richard Twiss |
Registration
| Pre-registration | On-site Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| Students with Current ID | $5.00 | $10.00 |
| Multnomah Univ. Faculty, Staff, and Alumni | $15.00 | $20.00 |
| General Public | $20.00 | $25.00 |
Pre-registration is closed. Please plan on registering on-site Saturday morning.
Workshops
Josh Butler, Musician and Pastor of Global Outreach at Imago Dei Community
“A Creative Lens on Scripture”
When many of us think of what biblical resources we have towards discipling our artists and broader congregation in a Christ-centered understanding of creativity, we often find ourselves limited to the first few chapters of Genesis. While these are important, I have come to believe that the whole of Scripture speaks powerfully to the limitless creativity of our God. This workshop will seek to look through a creative lens on how various broader themes of Scripture might be re-integrated towards a more fully biblical theology of the arts. We will focus on such themes as: the Temple, the Incarnation, the Spirit, the Resurrection and the New Creation.
Dr. Brad Harper, Professor of Theology at Multnomah Bible College
“Why (Evangelical) Christians Do Bad Art: Musings of an American Evangelical Theologian”
A look at some of the philosophical and methodological problems with “evangelical Christian art” in the popular culture from a theological perspective. Is there hope for us?
Jenni (Keller) Lippold, photographer and graphic designer
“Engaging Arts and Faith in Culture: Becoming a Relevant Artist”
Brianna Knuckey, Student Leadership Coordinator at Multnomah University
“From Isolation to Community”
We will dialogue about the value of art, creativity and imagination in the Church, its role in community life and its connection to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Specifically we will discuss how an individual artist can be moved out of isolation and into community through artistic expression and how creativity can be moved from a place of isolation within the Church to a place of primacy in community life and worship.
Richard Fox and Rachel O’Brien, New Wine Interns
“Secular vs. Sacred Art”
New Wine interns present a discussion on their experience through the lense of their shared paradigm in terms of the theology of culture. An engaging dialogue with interns will discuss the New Wine paradigm in conjunction with practice throughout the semester such as immersion events, forums, and experience. Participants will also work together on a collaborative art project, reflecting on their experience and understanding of Christ.
Steve Mitchell, Designer and Trustee of Multnomah University
“Art Is Serious Business”
This workshop explores consumerism’s exploitation of art, and a viable Christian response that bears witness to the artist’s unique role in lifting up Christ.
John MacMurray, Photographer and Adjunct Faculty at Multnomah University
”Beauty, the Arts, and Photography”
We will discuss the nature of beauty in art, specifically nature photography, based on a Trinitarian worldview, and its ongoing proclamation of the Gospel.
Dr. Robert Redman, Dean of Multnomah Biblical Seminary
“Creating Art for Corporate Worship”
This workshop will explore the use of visual art in corporate worship, ranging from low tech traditional art forms and design to digital media, to facilitate an authentic encounter with God. In particular, we’ll look at ways of mobilizing volunteer artists that encourages creativity and builds community.
Jodi Scott-Treviso, Dancer and Support Staff at Wiconi International
“How the Arts Reflect the Core Values and Worldview of Indigenous Peoples”
We will explore how certain qualities and values of a people group can be seen by observing and learning about the cultural art forms within that group. This workshop will have an emphasis on dance but will touch on music and the fine arts.
Richard Twiss, Co-Founder and President of Wiconi International
“Drums, Biorhythms, and Other Christian Ideas: A Native Perspective on Music in the Church”
As a Trinitarian mutuality model/theology of mission, the Missio Dei provides a biblical platform to reconsider the often-negative views that Western Christianity has developed toward indigenous music and its place in the Kingdom of Heaven and life of the church. We will also look at how dualism has created artificial compartments for church music/worship that is both culturally prejudiced against and oppressive of other “forms” of worship, particularly from indigenous communities, but including the creative arts too.
And a Panel Discussion Featuring our Keynote Speakers and special guests!
Please check back for more details as they become available!
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