Installation
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Memorial Banner Art Installation
In cooperation with ABD Skywatchers and SF Night Ministry, we displayed these banners that carry the names of 296 people who died on the streets of San Francisco in 2024. We hung them during the season of Lent as we journey with Jesus through the wilderness to his own death at the hands of those…
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Painted Canvas Banners
I was commissioned to do art work for Montreat College Conference. I haven’t done anything of this scale by myself, so it was a wonderful opportunity to challenge myself. Plus, I was able to do a technique inspired by the artist Simon Hantai’s Tabulas collection, that I saw in Paris at the Louis Vuitton Foundation.…
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Complex Characters in the Bible
This worship series covers complicated characters in the Bible such as Jacob, David, Solomon, Esther, and Paul. I created a macrame banner because I wanted to do something that represent how our relationships with God, each other, and the world are entangled. What makes these characters as well as us complicated is that no one…
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Cloud Installation
This installation was designed by Associate Pastor, Sam Lundquist. To assemble the clouds, you need polyester batting, hairspray, and paper lanterns. The paper lanterns are used to give the clouds shape. To adhere the batting to the paper lanterns, hairspray is used.
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Story Chalkboards
At the 1-year mark of sheltering in place due to COVID-19, St. John’s opened up the sanctuary inviting participants to share their story over the past year. I had the youth in the church prep the boards and come up with questions to ask. The questions are: What have you gained?/What have you lost? What’s…
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Interactive Parament & Stole Ideas
December 15, I was installed along with my colleague, John Anderson, as co-pastors. Leading up to the installation, I shared ideas of how to involve the community, neighborhood, and congregation in the installation worship. Here is the result of turning what was previously made during prayer stations into paraments and stoles for the installation. Communion…
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Interactive Prayer Stations for Installations, Ordinations, & Advent
Speak Lord, for your servant is listening. (1 Samuel 3.9) For the past year, my church has been in a discernment process to change the call of me and my Head of Staff to co-pastors. Our installation service will be during the season of Advent, so I thought it was a great opportunity to reflect…
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Going from A to C in Pastor
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Have no regard for his appearance or stature, because I haven’t selected him. God doesn’t look at things like humans do. Humans see only what is visible to the eyes, but the Lord sees into the heart.” (1 Samuel 16.7) I recently wrote a post about my personal journey in discerning my call. A…
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Interactive Gift Ideas for Anniversaries, Ordinations and Installations
Many churches celebrate the anniversary of a pastor and are looking for interactive ways to commemorate the occasion. Also, as part of an ordination or installation of pastors, elders, deacons, you may want to give a gift that involves all the participants and worshippers. Here are three ideas that I did that can be adapted…
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