Lower Mainland Musicians & Artists / Arts Supporters Who Are Christians
If you are you interested in seeing Artists & the Arts Reclaimed for the Glory of God in the Lower Mainland and Beyond, and if you're interested in networking with others that share those desires, following is a NETWORKING e-DIRECTORY FORM to fill out if you're interested in being included in the next edition. Cut and paste the filled-in form (as much as you want to fill in) into your email and send it to us at: GCWAC@DiscipleTheNations.org
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Thank you for your time in filling this out...we hope it will help to bear much good fruit!
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Ministry or Church:
Your mailing address:
Phone no: Fax No:
Email address:
Web Site Address:
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Are you an artist? musician? involved in the media? or someone involved in
supporting the arts in some way? Please explain:
Are you part of a worship, music, arts or media ministry? If so, please clarify:
And if so, what is/are your role/s in this ministry/these ministries?
If you are an artist/musician, are you working mainly within church structures
or mainly in the marketplace in the use of your gifts?
Are you feeling adequately or well supported by your church or is this a felt
need that you have? Is it a major felt need? minor? other?
Do you feel that your church is generally supportive of the arts and has a vision for the arts, or...?
If you are a worship/arts/media ministry, what is your vision/mission statement?
If you are an individual, do you have a fairly clear vision of what you sense
God is wanting to do re the arts? and if so, what might that be?, especially
as it relates to you personally?
Are there some artistic projects or events you're currently working on or
hoping to work on which you would like to let others that come to this meeting
know about in case they may be able to network or partner with you in moving
in these directions in some ways?
Is your vision for the arts mostly local? mostly national? mostly international?
all of the above? some of the above? (if the latter, which?)...
How long have you been involved in the arts as an artist or supporter of the arts (formally OR informally)?
Have you been trained in your artistic field/s? Formally? Informally?
Do you have an arts business of some kind? If so, please explain...
If you have a web site re your art, we will be happy to link to it from the
Great Commission Worship & Arts Center web site.
Are you currently working alone or with a team of people?
If working alone, are you looking for others to work together with you? If
so, please explain...
Where are you working as an artist or as an arts supporter? - which region
of the Lower Mainland and/or which region of your town/city?
What are one or two of the main things that you feel God has put on your heart
(concerns or encouragements, etc.) re music/arts/media in the Lower Mainland
and/or beyond? - in the Church and outside the Church?
Are you involved in the arts full time? part time?
What kinds of things are involved in the music/arts/media ministry you are
involved in?
What services/resources do/can you provide for the people/ministries/churches
or non-Christian artists/arts organizations you're working with?
What services/resources do/can you provide for other individuals, ministries/churches,
etc. that are reaching out to artists in and outside of the Church - locally
or overseas?
What do you see as the most crucial needs in worship & arts ministry locally
and/or beyond? - in the Church and outside the Church?
What do you see as the most relevant issues that need to be prayerfully discussed
regarding music/arts/media mnistries locally and/or beyond?
Does your music/arts/media ministry also provide related training to Christians that want to use their gifts in the Great Commission locally or overseas? If so, please explain:
Would you potentially be interested in volunteering your time and energies
and gifts (as appropriate as you would see fit), to help to coordinate local
related events in the future - such as a Multicultural Worship & Arts
Festival, or an International Arts Festival to reach out through the arts
(mostly indirect evangelism through the artwork itself and through friendships
that are developed through the course of the event and event planning, etc.)
to our postmodern society in Greater Vancouver/the Lower Mainland? or perhaps
in seeing a local 'reclaiming musicians & artists & the arts for the
glory of God' conference taking place? - perhaps with various aspects of it
taking place in various regions throughout the Lower Mainland within a couple
weeks or so of each other?
Would your church or ministry potentially be open to hosting future similar
networking meetings or related events?
Have you written some related articles which you think others may find helpful to others that become part of the network? - especially in terms of encouraging the Church as a whole to see musicians/artists discipled and the arts reclaimed for the glory of God, and musicians and artists being equipped and released into the marketplace to reach out to our postmodern generation - from whatever multicultural background they may be from, or on developing godly character as musicians & artists, etc.
Have you mentored other musicians/artists? If so, please explain. Is this something you would like to do more of? and/or see a need for? Further comments?
Are you available to do seminars/workshops, etc. on related topics - for various
ministries, churches, ministry partnerships, etc.? If so, what are some that
you have done in the past or that you are in the process of developing? Are
any of these available on tape/CD/video?
Are you potentially interested in working together with local music/arts/media
ministries to put together an intro video on various local music/arts/media
ministries which could then be used to help encourage local churches, believers/businesses,
educators, etc. to partner together to see the arts reclaimed locally and
beyond?
If you're interested in potentially becoming part of the network facilitation
team in the future, please let us know.
Do you have some related resources/brochures, etc. which you have available?
If so, please explain....
Are there other individuals or ministries that you think would be interested in the directory or which think should be included? If so, please send us their name, contact info and why you think they should be included. Many thanks!
Other/Comments:
THANK YOU AGAIN so much for your time and efforts in this regard!
May God do FAR MORE than we have asked or imagined as we seek Him and seek to move forward in the unity of His Spirit!
Many blessings!
Great Commission Worship & Arts Center - Surrey, BC