haven't said much (ok, anything really) about the symposiusm we attended in Austin, TX, a couple weeks ago on Transforming Culture: A Vision for the Church and the Arts--just been busy with the State of Convergence Address and catching up...
It was amazing, and incredibley affirming--as Lisa has said on her blog, we see more and more how what we are doing is just a piece (but an important piece) of this incredible movement God is leading.
While there are a lot of people talking and working in this movement; there are not a lot doing these things on a local church level--especially to the degree we are--where artists and their work informs and shapes worship and our identity. Very exciting!
One highlight for me was hearing David Taylor, the man behind the whole event, share his perspective on the four primary needs of artists in the church. The four needs he shared matched the four resources that Convergence offers in Lisa's vision: space, community, professional development, and spiritual support. It was obvious God is speaking and working!
My goal this week is to complete two big projects--the worship plan for rest of 2008, and a strategy based on the 10-year vision I presented at State of Convergence.
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