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Lenten Weekend 2023

February 2, 2023 by St. George's 4 Comments

Becoming Creative Community

March 3 – 5, 2023, with Jonathan Randall Grant

How can we express our life together through art? God invites all of us to create in response to God’s action in our lives. With our keynote speaker, Jonathan Randall Grant, as our guide, we will explore how to engage creativity as individuals and as a church community. We will also consider how to become a hub for art and creativity for our community.

Come as we create and curate a space that is Open to All in Love and Open to All for Art.

Childcare is available upon request. ASL interpreting also available upon request. Please indicate your need on your registration.

Attend all or some of the weekend. Suggested donation for the entire weekend is $40.

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About Jonathan Randall Grant

Jonathan Randall Grant is a painter from Mishawaka, Indiana. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Asbury College after studies in History, Art History, and Archaeology.

He served for 10 years as the artist-in-residence at The American Church in Paris, while also directing, styling, and writing for magazines and brands around the world. Grant now lives in Chicago.

His work explores the intersection of the natural and the sacred worlds and explores how rudimentary symbols can be employed to evoke complex spiritual concepts.

Schedule of Events – Come for Some or All of the Sessions!

Friday, March 3, 2023

6 pm: Onsite registration and potluck
7 pm – 8 pm: Introductory presentation

Saturday, March 4, 2023

1 pm – 2:30 pm: Session 1: Deepening our welcome for the creative community. Together we will explore strategies that foster help us engage artists and welcome all with creative callings

4 pm – 5:30 pm: Session 2: Creating Devotional altarpieces for our Lenten journey. We will creating our own, small altarpieces.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

9 am: Worship service with Jonathan Randall Grant as guest preacher.
10 am: Adult Forum presentation
11:15 am: Worship service with Jonathan Randall Grant as guest preacher.
2 pm – 4 pm: Moderated Panel Discussion in our Nave including leaders in the Arts Community of Fredericksburg: Dena Jennings, Gabriel Pons, Jonathan Randall Grant. Moderated by Rev. Will Dickinson.

Register today to join us for an unforgettable weekend of creativity!

Lenten Weekend with Rev. Lisle

March 6, 2020 by St. George's Leave a Comment

We were blessed to have Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity with us for our 2020 Lenten Weekend – The Spirituality of Creativity and Play. Rev. Lisle spoke with us about the cycle of creation and how it is core to who we are as God’s creation. She led us in creating art in community and challenged us to accept our creation and our creativity as something from the Divine.

A highlight of the weekend, was her sermon and live painting during worship on Sunday! Below are pictures of her process, including the finished work, “Wilderness Way”.

Click here to read her sermon

Click here to read her artist statement

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Lenten Weekend 2020

January 16, 2020 by St. George's 3 Comments

The Spirituality of Creativity and Play

February 28 – March 1, 2020

Featuring Rev. Lisle Garrity

How do play and creativity nurture our spirituality? Our keynote speaker is pastor, retreat leader, and artist Rev. Lisle Garrity. We will connect art with spirituality using “Visio Divina” for a unique creative process and ultimately, a shared sacred journey. No experience or proficiency with art is necessary for this wonderful weekend! Youth and adults are encouraged to attend.

About Pastor Lisle

As an artist, pastor, retreat leader, and creative entrepreneur, Lisle works with communities of all kinds across the nation. In addition to leading retreats and serving as artist-in-residence with churches, she is the founder and creative director of A Sanctified Art LLC, a collaborative arts ministry providing multimedia resources for worshiping communities. As an ordained Minister of the Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA), she approaches her work as an artist primarily through the lenses of pastor and theologian. Residing in Black Mountain, North Carolina, with her husband and two wiggly pups, Max and Maven, she has a deep love for exploring mountains, creative opportunities of all kinds, and new ways to be church. Her work and writings have been featured in Reformed Worship, Call to Worship, NEXT Church, and Presbyterians Today.

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This weekend is accessible to all Deaf, hearing, and ASL communities. Childcare is available upon request. Please indicate your need on your registration.

Schedule of Events

Friday – February 28
Sydnor Hall
6 pm: Potluck dinner – bring a dish to share!
7 – 9 pm: Interactive presentation on the role of creativity and play for living a wholehearted life. We will reflect on creative identity in light of the imago dei. Using a creatio divina art exercise, we will explore connections between faith, play, and the creative process. Come prepared to get your hands dirty as we play and create together with pastels. Youth and adults are welcome to attend!

Saturday – February 29
Sydnor Hall
2 – 5 pm: Faith and the Creative Process. Pastor Lisle will present briefly on the birth, life, death, and resurrection of the creative process. Groups will then create silk painted banners together, working from scripture. The completed silk banners will be displayed in our Nave. Youth and adults are welcome to attend! Please note that we will be working with ink dyes – come prepared to get your hands (and maybe your shirt) dirty.

Sunday – March 1
Nave
9 am, 11:15 am, 5:30 pm: Worship Service with Live Painting by Pastor Lisle. Pastor Lisle will offer a visual meditation of the Word by painting throughout our worship services.

Sydnor Hall
10 am: Adult Forum discussion “Why Art Matters to the Church” led Pastor Lisle.