Get Creative | July

July at The Studio is a fun and creative month designed to introduce you to new ideas and tips and maybe some mediums you've not worked with before. But our biggest hope is that you will be inspired and that your creativity will be stretched!

Each Thursday evening is a "stand-alone" topic, so you can come to them all or to just a few. Here's the line up (as you can see, each evening has a designated fee associated with it based on the supplies we'll use that night). NOTE: we will be meeting in room #320 in Kid::Life - the last room on the left in the yellow carpet-tiled hall.

July 2 - TEXTURES ($6 to cover supplies)
July 9 - RESISTS ($6 to cover supplies)
July 16 - PHOTOGRAPHY (no fee! Yay!) Bring your photo-taking device
July 23 - YUPO & ACRYLIC INK AND WATERCOLORS ($8 to cover supplies)
July 30 - OPEN STUDIO ($6 to cover supplies) This is a creative free-for-all night!

On 7/2 we'll dive into textures - working on an 11x14 canvas panel, you'll create a mixed media project using a variety of items to create texture. This is a valuable technique to creating depth in your work.

On 7/9 we'll work with resists, meaning creating white space with rubber cement, for example, on watercolor paper. Then we'll add color using watercolors. Then wait to see what happens!! So awesome.

7/16 we'll talk about contemplative photography and then head outside on our property for a photo prayer walk. Bring any photo-taking device, you don't need a fancy camera for this meaningful project.

7/23 we'll play with watercolor and acrylic inks on yupo paper (a non-absorbent paper that is super fun!) Trust me, you are going to love this.

7/30 is our OPEN STUDIO. Bring your project and work on it in community! If you bring your own supplies - it's free. There is only a fee associated if you need to use Infused Arts supplies (11x14 canvas panel and art materials/paints). You can come play with an we medium if you like. The sky is the limit! Come and experience creative play. *This is open to knitters, writers, photo editors, fiber artists, carvers, painters, scrapbookers, jewelry makers, painters, mixed media artists, etc. It's a fun evening of creating in a creative community.

To sign up for one or all of the Thursdays in July, contact deAnn Roe.

Hope to see you at July @ The Studio!

Creative Writing!

June is The Write Space - our writing community here at LWCC (meets every other month).

We are going to do something fun and light since it’s summertime. So our theme for June will be creative writing with fun and stretching writing prompts that will exercise many different writing muscles and the imagination.

Join us on Thursdays in June from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Bring your favorite writing utensil and notebook!

May at The Studio | Tangle Art

 

In school were you ever in trouble for doodling though lectures? Yeah, so was I. Well, now that you are an adult, you can doodle all you want and not get in trouble for it! May at The Studio is that month. We will be doing "tangle art" or "zentangle"- which is another name for what we'll be doing in May. Using ink watercolor paper, called "tiles," then we'll introduce watercolors and/or colored pencils - we will make beautiful little art pieces.

This practice is very relaxing. We'll approach it as a time of prayer - connecting with God through our creativity. All supplies will be provided and the cost of $5 covers all three weeks (May 7, 14, and 21).

On the first session, 5/7: We'll introduce this art form, hand out and explain the materials then practice practice practice.

On the second session, 5/14: We'll build on what we learned and practiced the week prior by adding pencil for shading and using watercolors in a variety of ways to make your tangle art pop.

On the last session, 5/21: We'll go beyond the tile (the little pieces of paper we'll work on) to bigger ideas - like tangling a letter, or words. Talking about other ways to work in tangle art to your artwork (mixed media, for instance) and all the many other uses for this fun and relaxing art form.

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As always, the last Thursday of The Studio month is reserved for OPEN STUDIO! That is a time of creative play. For $5 you get an 11x14 canvas panel and use of all art supplies. Create what you like! Bring something to inspire you! If you choose, bring your own art supplies and project and there is no fee. Just come and create in a Spirit-filled community.

Prayer Gardens

When I'm outside walking in the woods or among a pretty garden, it's easy for me to feel close to God. Nature is one of my spiritual pathways. Maybe it's the same for you too.

Here at Living Word, we have a beautiful half mile nature path with five unique prayer gardens for contemplation and journaling. Four times a year, changing with the seasons, we publish a devotional guide to accompany you on your journey along the Sacred Path. You can pick up a garden devotional guide from the coffee bar lobby, in the stand near the entrance.

It is that time of year when we are looking for ministry partners to join the Garden Care Team to help keep the five prayer gardens tidy and growing well for those walking the Sacred Path. If you enjoy gardening, I invite you to consider adopting a prayer garden for a month. In that month, depending on weather conditions, you will water, pull weeds, and clean up any unwanted debris. We provide a Garden Cart (electric golf cart) for your convenience that features a watering system and room for your tools and any debris you collect. It's a very relaxing and enjoyable ministry to be involved with.

You make your own schedule. It's recommended that each gardener tends to their prayer garden two times a week (or more, if needed, especially in the dry seasons when plants need many sips.) Bring your own gardening tools and gloves and we provide the rest, even a Garden Orientation to help you get started!

If this sounds appealing to you and want to hear more about serving on the Garden Care Team, don't hesitate to contact me, deAnn Roe via email or call the church at 717-755-0089 x126.

Currently, we have many prayer gardens available from April through October 2015. Take your pick!

Hope to serve beside you on the Garden Care Team this season!

Be in joy!
deAnn Roe

Writing and Critiquing | April @ The Write Space

The Write Space is going to be awesome in April!

Thursdays - 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, and 4/30 from 6:30pm to 8pm in room 112.

 

Topic: Writing and Critiquing

 

If you want to improve your writing and be read by others - this is your month! We'll cast vision for the month, talk about our writing desires and dreams, etc. Then we'll introduce how to critique - to give and receive it well, on 4/2.

 

We'll focus on writing with two whole evenings just for that, 4/9 and 4/16.

You will bring your piece and it will be critiqued as a group and individually on 4/23.

The final evening of the month, 4/30, will be 2-3 experienced and published writers sharing their journey of being published and give you suggestions for publishing your work. It will be a great time of Q and A as well.

Here are the guidelines for submitting your written piece to be critiqued:

• 500 word count max
• Double spaced
• Times New Roman, 12 pt
• 1" margins
• Your name
• Title of your piece

Please RSVP to deAnn via email or phone; 717-755-0089x126

 

Looking forward to seeing you in April!

 

 

 Cover image from https://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/

Writing the Sacred | Spring Writers' Retreat

Meeting in the Life Center at LWCC, room 160, this is an intentional time set aside to connect deeply with God through your gift of writing. 
You have two choices: work on your own project or jump into the topic below=


Topic: Writing the Sacred – A Psalm-inspired Path to Appreciating and Writing Sacred Poetry, based on the book by Ray McGinnis of the same title, (no need to purchase and read the book before-hand.)

“The Psalms, with a few exceptions, are not the voice of God addressing us. They are rather the voice of our own common humanity – gathered over a long period of time…a voice that continues to have amazing authenticity…It speaks about life the way it really is, for those in deeply human dimensions the same issues and possibilities persist.” ~ Walter Brueggemann

Bring your bible, notebook, writing utensil, or laptop. Come with your favorite psalm or two in mind as well.

Pack your lunch. We have refrigerator, microwaves and stove/oven available for your use.

Breakfast foods will be provided: OJ, coffee, donuts, fruit, bagels, etc.

Please RSVP to this event by email or phone call, 717-755-0089x126. Looking forward to being together as a group of writers pressing into the heart of God.

Questions? email deAnn Roe at droe "at" lwccyork.com.

March Open Studio

Open Studio - come play - let your creativity run wild!

As adults we so rarely allow ourselves to simply play with our artistic creativity. For $5, you get use of all art supplies and get an 11x14 canvas panel as your base.

Or bring your own creative project from home, (jewelry making, carving, knitting, etc) and there is no charge. Just come and create in community!

Hope to see you there!

Questions or to sign up to come to Open STudio - please email deAnn or call 717-755-0089x126.