Laughlines
LAUGHLINES was our september message series – a response to the failing economy and our collective need to lighten up a bit and enjoy the gifts God’s given. we wanted to go for a comedy club look so we purchased brickboard paneling and decopaged large posters to the cut out paneling pieces – dried and...
ginghamsburg BRINGS IT
ginghamsburg is closing a 5-week message series on servanthood. we called it CHURCH IS A VERB and had some really memorable worship weekends. speakers brian brown, kevin applegate, dave hood and nick cunningham spoke passionately to bring the message home. since ginghamsburg is a mission-driven church community the idea of church being a verb –...
children’s festival @ ginghamsburg
one of our recent events/décor projects was the ginghamsburg children’s festival~blessing of the backpacks that took place on the lawn this past sunday. over 400 backpacks were blessed by our lay pastors to send our kids off to school with God’s protection and direction – all the while inflatables, walking tacos, pizza, games, contests and...
redesigning worship…again!
these last two weeks have been a blur – two full-day retreats with our worship design team partnering to dream news ways to keep it real in our eight worship celebrations each week. we’ve been at this teamwork nearly 15 years but every good system deserves a tweak now and then. ginghamsburg encompasses two campuses,...
anthro in atlanta
people often ask “how do you get your ideas? what do you do for inspiration?” every artist, designer or co-creator needs to be able to unplug and find places that stir up new visions. one of the places that sparks my best ideation is the globally famous “anthropologie.” it’s a mall kind of store- usually...
summer style
following the birth of amari life picked up speed. i find myself needing to get back to blogging and sharing more pictures, ideas and what’s going on in general…summer style. african tent eventginghamsburg is currently hosting 12 african pastors to help them learn everything we know about effective communication. our ginghamsburg host families and these...
Amari’s Room
While in Iowa City Clark and i were able to help our kids in a number of ways: visiting them in the hospital and lovin’ on our new granddaughter, unpacking boxes in the new/old home our kids had just moved into (circa 1860, next to a beautiful city cemetary) cleaning, landscaping and staging their home...
new life
we received a surprise package arrive last thursday, june 18. amari mckay casto was born to daughter and son-in-law heidi and andy casto. amari came via emergency c-section three weeks early, amidst a flurry of unexpected happenings. we are so grateful she is healthy and thriving. after a 3 1/2 day hospital stay everyone came...
Backyard Project
years ago after realizing our ministries would need to share spaces and create welcoming -albeit temporary- environments for each week’s gatherings, our weekend children’s ministry landed in the large gym area of the AVENUE. they use the stage, lights and media that large space provides and fence in a large portion of the floor. upon...
everyday inspirations
i am an inspiration addict and it doesn’t take crazy extravagant visuals to send me into a grateful fit of joyous inspiration. here i’m posting a random assortment of my “everyday inspirations” from the last three days: my daughter heidi who is 8 months prego and the antique rocker i just recovered for her/them, the...