i want to believe...

...that it is possible for postmodern pilgrims to engage into powerful God experiences. although worship designers cannot make that happen in weekly worship, we can certainly prepare spaces and places that honor God and bless people. combining the spoken word, visual media, music and stage design, environments emerge where God can show up.

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A panoramic view of the basketball/gym side. We are done! Many thanks to the incredibly amazing Men's Ministry @ Ginghamsburg!

40 Men & A Movie

Jan. 23, 2012 4 Comments Posted under: Campus Design

one of the best parts of my role as campus designer is to get to partner nearly all our ministry teams at one time or another. this past weekend i was blown away by the camaraderie and creativity of two teams on two huge projects. Family Flick Night with our Ginghamsburg Kids’ adult leaders and [...]

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how does your team press into the future? we’ve all heard it said that if we do things the way we’ve always done we’ll get what we’ve always got. our team’s new day is dawning in the context of mini-retreats, days apart (at a coffee shop, a business center, a comfy living room, etc.) planned [...]

modernfamily: the genesis of relationships    

based on the book of Acts, this was to be a series on the Holy Spirit. the timeline also included our teaching pastor’s debut and he was excited to focus on community. so, it ended up being a series on how the Holy Spirit impacted the community of the early church. pretty cool…and lots to work with.

powerless

Sep. 5, 2011 3 Comments Posted under: Ginghamsburg Worship

my droid woke me at 6 a.m. when colleague karen smith called to say that due to the severe storms the night before, ginghamsburg’s tipp city campus had NO power – and none predicted for at least two hours. through the years we’ve dealt with snow up to the gills, hurricane force winds, no water [...]

what to do when the rain won’t stop and the mother’s day flower sale (all proceeds go to mission in Haiti) is scheduled to be outdoors in the big white tent? you re-stage it in the main lobby! already way too small for our large mother’s day crowd – we just embraced the crowded feeling, [...]

“nothing happens but first a dream…” and in our case this entire stage design came about as a result of dreaming together as a team – using what we had (30+ white paper globes) and one of our artists insisting that we depict the full spectrum of sunrise colors. taking our inspiration from our Easter [...]

if this stage design seems reminiscent of the last “Right Here, Right Now” set it’s because we basically repurposed the framework from the last series into a more serious, deeper-for-Lent kind of look. we covered the window panes with “wallpaper” we designed and printed ourselves from the main series graphic – then adhered that wallpaper [...]

today from 3-7p ginghamsburg’s “avenue” building was privileged to host the area-wide business expo. we love having company and creating welcoming spaces for people to experience a taste of great community. here are a few pics of our welcome center…