Thursday, May 22, 2008

art in the park

hello friends,

Just wanted to post a quick blog to update everyone on what is going on. I am meeting the president of crossworld today for lunch to discuss my future as a local missionary of crossworld who will be a teacher within the art as discipleship ministry. It is very exciting stuff.

We are currently preparing for our next art as discipleship project. It is called art in the park. It will be an event for the community to come and buy art from local artist, listen to music, and watch a painting in action. We will be doing the painting portion of the event.

We will meet with artist over the month of july to learn the 23rd psalm. The 23rd psalm will be the content of our painting. We will learn from this psalm who we are, who GOD is, and how we should relate to GOD. After three mettings of studying the passage the artist will then decide what they want to portray through the painting. They will then brainstorm what to paint and how to go about painting it. They will have a day of practice painting the piece. then they will paint it live at art and the park.

we are very excited about this project and believe it will be a growing experience for everyone involved.

thanks everyone for your support. we love you.

a servant of JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joe, it sounds like a great project your about to endeavor on. A great book which might give you a little insight, it has been around for a long time is 'A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23' by Phillip Keller. Psalm 23 is the most recognized chapter in the Bible, but rarely quoted.
Here it is in its entirety...

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

the Unprofitable one said...

thanks gerhard, it is funny you mention that book. I have read it before and am currently reading it again in preparation for the project.

a servant of JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr

Anonymous said...

Well Joe you know I cannt wait to get into this one. This is gonna be a GREAT outreach for people. Many ideas have been racing into my head for this (just hope I can remember half of them heehee).