pressing into the future: worship design retreats
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 stage redesign
modernfamily: the genesis of relationships
a mighty wind: stage design
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
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...
Mother’s Day: flower sale …in the lobby?
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,...
Resurrection Hope: Easter stage design
“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...
“Why Jesus?” Lenten series stage design
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...
Ginghamsburg hosts 2011 Tipp City Business Expo
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…
A Tribute To My Mom
She noticed things… The sun on the day I was born My hazy eyes on days I was coming down with something A sad face when life had dealt me a blow One day I was home sick (not very) and accidentally swallowed a straight pin. Mom got really worried and tried to get me...
ash wednesday worship: face to face
and so lent begins. we designed an ash wednesday worship that focused on our human brokenness with a call to confession …for christianity has nothing to offer us until we come face to face with our need for a savior. moving into our lenten message series we are sensing the need to accelerate the participation...