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Lenten Weekend 2023

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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.

 

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 2021

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Explore the Power of Storytelling
February 27 – 28 via Zoom

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Explore the power of storytelling to heal, unpack our identities, nurture our faith and so much more with Brothers Luke Ditewig and Lucas Hall of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE). We will have the opportunity to imaginatively immerse ourselves in the stories of scripture, in the story of this monastic order, our story as a community celebrating its
300th anniversary, and our individual stories with sessions on Saturday morning and afternoon. Weekend is free with donations gladly accepted. This weekend is open to all hearing and ASL community.

The weekend will include a panel discussion on Sunday afternoon. Led by our Rector Joe, local historian John Hennessy, author and St. Georgian Malanna Henderson, Rev. Oshin Jennings of No Barriers Zen, and SSJE Brother Luke will examine St. George’s story in the context of our community, both historically, currently, and with an eye towards the future.

Agenda

Saturday February 27, 2021

9 am – 12:30 pm: Explore personal stories and stories from scripture through meditation and Ignatian Gospel contemplation.
4 – 6 pm: Brothers Luke and Lucas provide guidance as we have an opportunity to discover how personal stories can be a source of healing

Sunday, February 28, 2021
9 am: Our live stream worship service will feature a homily by the brothers. Worship with us via YouTube Live.
10 am: Adult Forum via Zoom (www.zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099; Meeting ID: 392 738 239; Password: 107758) Brothers Luke and Lucas answer your questions and share stories about monastic life and SSJE.
2 – 4 pm: Panel conversation: SSJE brother, Rev. Oshin Jennings, John Hennessy, and local author, historian and St. Georgian Malanna Henderson. hosted by our rector, the Rev. Joe Hensley. A mix of local history and wisdom from monastic vocations will offer St. Georgians to reflect on what our future might hold.

Did you miss our panel discussion? No problem! Watch the video of the conversation below.

Lenten Weekend with Rev. Lisle

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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

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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.

Register today to join us for an unforgettable weekend of spirituality, art, and creativity!

Photos from 2019 Lenten Weekend

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For our 2019 Lenten Weekend – Rooted in Wholeness – we welcomed the Rev. Ōshin Jennings. Rev. Jennings is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest, trained psychotherapist, and multi-media artist. He is the first known Deaf Buddhist monk and leads No Barriers Zen, a meditation community based in Washington, DC. The aim of No Barriers Zen is to make meditation practice accessible to people of all abilities and disabilities.

In addition to leading our evening sessions on meditation, Rev. Jennings also preached at our 9 am service, led our adult forum, had a lunch Q&A with our youth, and participated in our afternoon interfaith panel discussion.

We will be posting videos of the sessions soon so check back!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this weekend a success.

 

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