Dinner is meant to be shared

Hello friends.

Tonight the art of the following team is being honored with a dinner guest. We are all very excited to be able to sit down and get to know this person better. Her name is Meredith Landphair. She is a very talented artist and a very cool person. We met her at the art fest that we were a part of a few weekends ago.

One Of the things we as a ministry feel is important is to build relationships with people. JESUS prayed that we would be one even as he is one with his FATHER. you simply cannot do this without spending time with people and getting to know them and allowing them to get to know you. One way the team plans to do this is through taking time to take people to dinner. Dinner is meant to be shared.....with the people you value. Another way we plan to build relationships is through throwing art parties. More to come on that in the future.

We are very excited to have met Meredith and we are thrilled that she would take the time to have dinner with some.....people like us. I asked Meredith if I could post a link to her web site on this blog. I really think you should check it out. take a lok around at some of her work it is marvelous. Her vision and passion is also very fantastic. In her own words let me share with you what her passion and vision is.

" My passion is for the body. I believe that it is Gods most beautiful creation and that each of us is a mirror of a small part of Him. One of my goals is to open people's eyes to the beauty of themselves and to help people understand how amazing, beautiful, and sacred they are. I'm not quite sure what that means yet or how that vision will play out but that's my passion."

Is that not the coolest passion in all the land. It is very inspiring and worthy of pursuit. Sp please feel free to follow the link below and see some of her work.

http://www.freewebs.com/meres_lair/morephotos.htm

You may have to copy and paste that link.....so sorry.

much love,
a servant of JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr

long time .....no blog

dearest readers,

So sorry for absence.

There has been a war waging on in the life of Joe. However, with GOD'S help I have come through victoriously.

Much would try to keep me from pursuing my life as a missionary. But have no fear friends, it cannot be stopped. For what GOD wills happens. The truth is GOD longs for men and women everywhere to be close to him, to understand him, and to grow in their relationship to him.

The art ministry is a very effective way for this happen. What better way for us to better know the creator then through the excersise of creativity. And this is what the art ministry is all about. Through various projects we study the scripture and then share what we have learned through artistic expression.

I am currently on the road to becoming fulltime in this mission. I have a few very important steps ahead of me. The first step is Candidate orientation in November. After this step I can begin raising support for full time service. I need your help. If you can help through a one time financial gift to help me get to Candidate Orientation it would really help speed things up. We believe in the power of art guided by the power of the word of GOD to make disciples and teach them all things that JESUS has showed us. The sooner I can devote myself fulltime to this endevour the sooner we can see more disciples made.

If you would like to know more about the art ministry and it's team of artistic missionaries, please feel free to contact me. We can do lunch and chat.

more blogs to come soon. Once again, sorry for my long absence.

a servant fo JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr