April 2011 Edition \| 103 Be Known Create Engage Arts Ministry Arts Ministry Blog Arts News Archive	Hello, Reading Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God we are reminded how art and prayer can sometimes collide. What is first poem turns into prayer. Form and content stir up yearnings and strivings - a literary journey that winds through stanzas to procure external sighs and internal affirmations. These praises flow back to God who, Rilke resolves, is big enough to contain what words and things cannot hold. Just like art, prayer accommodates what is not easily grasped. Artists know how art inspires more art; in the same way, prayer is poetry that cultivates life. Our cultural endeavors are fueled by our Spiritual songs. Let the hushed stillness that concludes the reading of a poem, or the enjoyment of a piece of music, or the perusal of a painting, be the Amen--a small sign of God’s presence. Pray artfully; make art that is prayerful.
Mavis Pan A composer, pianist, conductor, vocalist, and dancer, Ms. Pan has written and performed works across the United States, Europe and Asia. She was the composer-in-residence and choir director at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York for five years, where she premiered numerous new works with the choir and chamber orchestra. Recently, The Kiev Philharmonic Symphony recorded her choral work, A Christmas Carol, under the ERM label. Her debut Jazz CD “On My Way Home” features her own unique compositions and is distributed widely. In addition to Ms. Pan's musical life, she has a MA degree in Urban Ministry from Westminster Theological Seminary. She recently returned from Shanghai after a year of performing and teaching and is currently collaborating on a musical "Cross Over Broadway" with lyricist David Keyes. She asks for prayer that she may be faithful and disciplined at developing and creating art for the glory of the Lord and rejoice and rest in Him daily. Visit her website at: www.mavispan.com CULTURE CLUB: MOBIA & NYC OPERA APR 12, 2011 @ 6:00PM Special Holy Week exhibit and lecture on Passion in Venice: Tintoretto and Veronese at the Museum of Biblical Art. We will also be celebrating the career of Stephen Schwartz at the New York City Opera on April 21 at 7:30 PM. Purchase your tickets today. Culture Club creates opportunities to learn about and experience the arts in NYC.	Building communities of artists where they can know and be known by God and one another Vocation Groups APR 15 - Dance Industry, Filmmakers , Writers, Fashion Industry, Actors, and Arts Leaders will meet at IAF. View calendar for later dates Next Interarts Fellowship APR 15 - Artist as Cultivator Artists creating Christ-centered community, for the benefit of the Church and our city REDEEMERWRITES The Writers Vocation Group invites you to write as part of your Lenten experience, being more mindful of the ways in which we may be called to use the gifts we have been given to glorify God. We seek submissions for a collection of devotionals and reflections on the Lenten experience to be published for Lent 2012. Submission Guidelines Leading the Redeemer congregation to engage with the art of NYC and with its artists, for the purposes of cultural renewal WHY TRUTH MATTERS Os Guinness, Lausanne Conference, October 2010 In this extraordinary moment in human history, why is it that Truth matters? There are times when history and the gospel of Jesus converge and create a great thrust forward in human history. So it was with the gifts of the gospel such as the rise of philanthropy, of the reform movements, or the creation of the universities, or modern science. There are other times when history and the gospel collide and the titanic struggle shapes history in a different but equally decisive way. So it was when the Lordship of Christ triumphed over the might of imperial Rome. But there are still other times when history and the gospel appear to collide but, in fact, the gospel speaks to the deepest dilemmas and the highest aspirations of the age, even to those which oppose it. So it is today with the concept of truth. >> Listen to Audio >> Read Full Transcript P6X40 In response to the generosity of God—celebrated most fully during the week leading up to and including Easter—Redeemer is encouraging those who have experienced God's grace to extend it to others, (see Philemon 6) hence the title P6X40: 40 days of generously making room in our lives for others. We desire to challenge one another to think about our colleagues in the context of mission and re-purpose some of our time to that end. CFW and other ministry fronts have opportunities in which you can consider participating. Events & Details here... GOSPEL & CULTURE LECTURES APR 17, 2011 @ 1:00 PM Os Guinness: Challenging the Darkness - Towards a New Christian Renaissance Great-great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, Os Guinness was born in China where his parents were medical missionaries during WWII. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution, he was expelled with other foreigners in 1951 and returned to England for his education. Os is the author of many books including The Call, A Case for Civility, and his most recent work, The Last Christian on Earth, released in February 2010. The lectures are free and take place at Hunter College Auditorium. www.faithandwork.org/gospel&culture >> Top
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