Renovation Arts: For An Appointed Time
Renovation Arts is a comprehensive vision for the arts in both the sacred and secular genre. Renovation Arts (REN) begun as a "fresh vision" for an arts magazine and developed to include plans for an operating foundation. The Fresh Vision magazine was launched before the information revolution of the 90's. In 1988, an typewritten postal-delivered zine came out. It was eventually launched online, its name was later changed to Renaissance8 to reflect its connection to the growing renaissance in the arts.
Our Vision, Our Mission
Renovation Arts is a vision for education, empowerment and endowment for the strengthening and vibrancy of the artisan community.
Be it film, watercolor, interior design or performance art-- on the stage, or in daily living, Gecko Arts embraces all artisans, appreciators and benefactors.
1. Education--- Create Avenues of Understanding between the sacred and secular arenas of art, varied disciplines, including understanding between faith and cultures of varied perspectives.
Renovation Arts appreciates art rooted in varied traditions, seeks to remove wall of division and creates avenues of understanding and peace.
2. Empowerment-- Renovation Arts seeks to remove obstacles for the artist desiring to "tap into" the freely given creative flow. Through workshops, retreats and organized events, the artisan will find herself and himself valued and encouraged by mutual interaction and a community of like-minded co-creators.
3. Endowment --- To establish an operating foundation, both creatively and financially affirming of artistic endeavor that manifest positive values, community well-being and an historic understanding of multiculturalism and human connectedness.
Through words and images, Renovation Arts advances positive life-affirming art.
RENAISSANCE8
Renaissance8 is an online arts magazine highlighting redemption and transformation where it still exists in a culture that sometimes to appear to have gone mad.
Note: Although now in blog format, the intention is for Renaissance8 to be a fully functional stand alone site,, with its own custom format. If you know of a reasonablly priced "publisher-friendly" platform befitting a magazine, please let us know.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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Lichfield Cathedra land the Arts
Just want to give props to this very old church in Britain that supports the arts and see them as a vessel of divine presence. If you bounce around their website you'll see what I mean.
Theology Through The Arts
I find this organization doing a good thing. It could almost seem like competition to what we're establishing with Renovation Arts, but in the kingdom, there is no such thing as cempetition. We're serving the same King!
Theology Through The Arts
Theology Through The Arts
What A Church Building Is For
From the British site, Church In A Spiritual Age:
Often church buildings seem more of a liability than an asset. But they can be places of prayer; they can be focuses for times of crisis in the community. With more people visiting cathedrals and historic churches than ever before there are opportunities to help people understand their meaning and find a place of prayer. There are idea of how the church can respond to the growing sense of business and corporate spirituality in our society.
Often church buildings seem more of a liability than an asset. But they can be places of prayer; they can be focuses for times of crisis in the community. With more people visiting cathedrals and historic churches than ever before there are opportunities to help people understand their meaning and find a place of prayer. There are idea of how the church can respond to the growing sense of business and corporate spirituality in our society.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Take People As They Are
To be truly a Christ-bearer, you will always have to accept people, not as they ought to be, but as they are. Christ did just that, for He found His followers among folks in all walks of life, in high places and in low. He accepted them all.
from You Can Change The World by James Keller M.M.
from You Can Change The World by James Keller M.M.
About >>
Teaching > Transformation > Creative
Jason currently serves as Mission/Outreach Coordinator for Fire Fortress International Church, an expression of the catholic - read "universal" Church-at-large is based in Morgan Hill/San Martin, CA.
Currently, Fire Fortress ministers the life of Jesus online and as directed in small group meetings and celebration gatherings. Please keep these bricks and mortar("live"- not just on the web) outreaches in your prayers!
For those familiar with Jason David's ministry path, it should not come as a surprise to hear that his heart has always been outreach, as well as "building up the Body." Even before serving with Christian Arts Productions (Lakeland, FL) or All Dressed Up Christian Spiritainment Guide (Glendale/Los Angeles) Jason had a heart for missions from an early age.
"I remember when I was 10 years old going forward at Camp Joy in a evangelistic-style meeting to give my life to Christ as a "missionary." Since then, Jason has served in various venues including street outreach, leading small groups, church theatre- both "live" and on Christian television as well as serving as prayer intercessor for various creative projects. One year, he also "led the ranks" for his local fellowship's "band of worshippers" street celebration during the March for Jesus phenomenon in the early 90's.
Jason currently serves as Mission/Outreach Coordinator for Fire Fortress International Church, an expression of the catholic - read "universal" Church-at-large is based in Morgan Hill/San Martin, CA.
Currently, Fire Fortress ministers the life of Jesus online and as directed in small group meetings and celebration gatherings. Please keep these bricks and mortar("live"- not just on the web) outreaches in your prayers!
For those familiar with Jason David's ministry path, it should not come as a surprise to hear that his heart has always been outreach, as well as "building up the Body." Even before serving with Christian Arts Productions (Lakeland, FL) or All Dressed Up Christian Spiritainment Guide (Glendale/Los Angeles) Jason had a heart for missions from an early age.
"I remember when I was 10 years old going forward at Camp Joy in a evangelistic-style meeting to give my life to Christ as a "missionary." Since then, Jason has served in various venues including street outreach, leading small groups, church theatre- both "live" and on Christian television as well as serving as prayer intercessor for various creative projects. One year, he also "led the ranks" for his local fellowship's "band of worshippers" street celebration during the March for Jesus phenomenon in the early 90's.
Jason David * Teaching > Transformation > Creative
Jason David is a teacher of scriptural truth and its practical application to everyday problems.
Through the spoken Word of God and the creative word in print and on stage, Jason David is committed to those who have "fallen through the cracks." Be they returning veterans of foreign wars, the jobless or economically displaced, the misunderstood artisan, the addicted or the recovering, the wealthy--but bored and lonely socialite or the average citizen caught up in making it to the next soccer practice or dinner party, Jason David believes that we all need a Savior, who is Christ the LORD.
Through the spoken Word of God and the creative word in print and on stage, Jason David is committed to those who have "fallen through the cracks." Be they returning veterans of foreign wars, the jobless or economically displaced, the misunderstood artisan, the addicted or the recovering, the wealthy--but bored and lonely socialite or the average citizen caught up in making it to the next soccer practice or dinner party, Jason David believes that we all need a Savior, who is Christ the LORD.
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