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GCWAC Grant Proposals
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Intro
Table of Contents
Additional Resources
Proposal #1.- Great Commission Worship & Arts Conference
Proposal #2. - Great Commission Musicians & Artists Resource/Networking CENTER – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Calvin College – Worship Grant Renewal Program - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, 3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 worship@calvin.edu
Grant/Foundation Web Sites – related – (still needs to be developed)
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INTRO
Following are two Grant Proposals:
1) Proposal #1 is a request for financial help in order to host a local worship & arts conference for Great Commission-minded/hearted musicians and artists (whether local or overseas focused) – coordinated by the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center in partnership with local worship & arts ministry leaders.
2) Proposal #2 is a request for financial help in order to develop a local Resource/Networking Center for Great Commission minded-/hearted musicians and artists (whether local or overseas focused), again, coordinated by the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center in partnership with local worship & arts ministry leaders.
There are a couple reasons these grants are being posted on this web site:
1) To seek potential assistance from local or international people, churches, missions, ministries, etc. who share similar vision and are interested in assisting us in these directions – through finances, grants, prayer, material resources, volunteer work via the internet or locally, etc., and
2) To provide some examples/ideas of what could be included in other people’s grants regarding a potential similar project in their region.
Thank you for taking the time to prayerfully consider these options, and we will look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in potential partnership with us in some way. Many blessings!!
Contact: GCWAC@DiscipleTheNations.org
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Table of Contents
Grant Proposal Outline – Proposal #1
Proposal Info
Endorsement Letter from Mission – may be requested if appropriate
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
GCWAC Vision Statement
GCWAC – Method
Statement of Faith
Let My People Go – poem I wrote which encompasses the vision of my heart re worship/arts
Why Vancouver?
How the GCWAC Came Into Being
Resources for Great Commission Musicians & Artists–
(vision statements, URLs and resources available)
Samples of Ways We Can Serve Local Churches/Ministries/Educators, etc.
GCWAC Components – services envisioned – many are already happening
Web Site Index
Q&A
What Has Been Done by the GCWAC So Far
Current Projects Underway
Future Plans
GCWAC Brochure – available upon request
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PROPOSAL OUTLINE - #1
Abstract
Project Description
The People That Would Be Involved Would Be...
What Would They Do?
When & Where Will the Project Happen?
How Will The Project Be Administered?
What Needs is the Project Designed to Meet?
What Questions Do I Hope This Project Will Answer?
Project Director
Some of My Qualifications
Timeline
Project Criteria
How Will Your Project Affect Concrete Renewal?
How Does Your Proposal Provide for a Component of Theologican Reflection on the History, Theology and Practice of Christian Worship?
How Might Your Program Provide Help, Inspiration or Resources
to Other Congregations or Communities?
Intended Outcomes, Evaluations, Dissemination
Describe What You Hope That This Project Will Accomplish in Your Community
Describe How Your Program Could Be Evaluated? How Will We Know If It Is A Success?
Describe How the Results of Your Work could Be Shared With Others
Budget
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Proposed Project #1: Local Worship/Arts/Media Conference with a Great Commission Focus (local and international involvements encouraged).
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Abstract
Vancouver, BC, Canada is quickly becoming a major Canadian ‘Hollywood’ and ‘Nashville’, while at the same time God is raising up many worship/arts/media ministries in Greater Vancouver who are eager to work together to see what God is wanting to do regarding music/arts/media in our city/nation (and beyond), and to find out how we can cooperate with Him in that, TOGETHER.
This proposed conference is hoped to bring things to a new level of networking and partnership in these directions in Vancouver and hopefully across Canada in the coming years – across denominational/international lines - by, TOGETHER, helping to affirm, equip and release God’s musicians and artists into their biblical role/calling as part of the Great Commission – whether locally or overseas. We desire to serve our local churches, missions, worship & arts educators and musicians/artists in gaining a deeper understanding of the crucial role of music, the arts/media in reaching our generation, how the church/missions can support that more effectively. We also desire to serve our local musicians and artists by assisting them in recognizing the great and awesome privilege God has given us as artists in this time, and how we can expect God to do FAR MORE THAN WE HAVE ASKED OR IMAGINED as we allow Him to connect us with others who share similar vision in order to learn from each other and partner together to see His purposes accomplished through us in drawing all nations to whole-heartedly worship Jesus from every tribe, language, people and nation as described in Rev. around the throne!
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Project Description
This proposed Worship & Arts/Media Conference weekend 3-day event would be a major focus point in providing teaching, interactive opportunities, resources, networking opportunities, partnership possibilities, presenting specific opportunities for involvement of Christian musicians and artists locally and overseas with some of the many ministries that we are connected with, etc. There would be artistic presentations, interactive simulations which enable attendees to begin to think through serious issues such as reclaiming music & the arts/media in our society. Perhaps there would be a prayerwalk around local music/arts centers? We would try to communicate in relevant ways to the many types of artists that would be attending, through the various senses and through various artistic forms/styles. We are grateful for the opportunity we have locally with our very multicultural city, where cultural backgrounds are encouraged in our ‘cultural mosaic’, and so we want to encourage the local ethnic Christian musicians and artists in our midst, as well, to utilize their own traditional styles of music/art, as appropriate, in honoring God. We desire to see much prayer go on before, during and after this conference so God can have His way. I personally believe that one of the major things God wants to use to turn this nation around is music and the arts/media, and I believe HE is the one raising up the local partners that He is connecting me with so that we can increasingly move into these directions together – where godly musicians and artists begin to take more seriously their role – as part of the whole Church’s role - in ‘discipling the nations’ as we’ve been commanded in the Great Commission.
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The people that would be involved would be:
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1) The facilitators: over the past couple of years I have been spending time developing relationships with local worship/arts/media ministry leaders, and am in the beginning processes of developing a team of some of these local leaders who most closely share the same vision. So far all of them have been excited and want to partner together to see this happen! In the past few weeks a local Vancouver Arts Network has been created, connecting especially local worship/arts ministry leaders such as myself for the purpose of working together to do our part to see our city and nation return to the Lord. I would be the main facilitator of the conference (the buck would stop with me), but we would be working together as a team in our decision making and so forth, since the desire is to see this grow from a grassroots level and to see all the local worship/arts ministries who share similar vision taking ownership as well so there will be longevity and birthing of more related ministries. It is hoped that this would be the first of many future similar conferences not only here in Vancouver but reproducing in cities across the country as we network and help to share resources, etc.
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What would they do?
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The facilitators would help with choosing themes, speakers, topics, organizing the format and schedule, coordinating and carrying out the logistics, doing promotions, providing resources, praying, networking, on-going vision and direction shaping, etc.
2) The attendees: including local musicians/artists, local worship/arts ministry leaders, Christian music/arts educators, church and missions leaders who are interested in seeing their churches or missions moving more in these directions, candidates and missionaries who are wanting to utilize music and the arts in missions settings locally or overseas, etc. The attendees would participate in the events and hopefully meet some potential mentors or ‘mentees’ , as well as find some potential specific opportunities which they could follow up on when they would leave the conference. They would hopefully have a better idea of some of the next steps they could take to move in the directions God is calling them into as He continues to clarify that for them. In the future, hopefully it will be come a nationwide conference every 2-3 years, while encouraging regional conferences across the country in the in-between years.
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When and where will the project happen?
My home office will be the facilitation hub. It is located in Surrey, BC, a very central location in Greater Vancouver. I’m hoping to talk, in the coming weeks, to a couple local churches in my neighbourhood about us possibly using their facilities as our initial conference venue. The location is excellent in terms of nearness to freeways, the main roads in the city, local transit, etc.
I will be proposing that we host this conference in the fall of 2002. I will be talking to the team shortly about more specific dates and then we will decide that together.
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How will the program be administered?
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I would be the main facilitator of the facilitation team and the initial vision caster, and do a fair amount of the administration/coordination. I will meet with the team and we will meet together as needed to pray and to plan/coordinate and prepare and to build relationship, but since all of these leaders are already very busy, we will do as much as we can to prepare for the conference via email, etc.
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What needs is the project designed to meet? (not in order of priority)
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Encouraging musicians/artists/media personnel that they are not on this road alone...and that there are growing numbers of ministries and potential mentors that want to support them on a sometimes very perilous journey
Providing opportunities to begin to develop relationships with other musicians/artists who share similar gifts and vision, and providing opportunities to network and develop potential partnerships
Seeking to see God impart a deeper revelation of what true-whole hearted worship is all about – it involves our whole lives, and must be evident in every aspect of our lives, including through music/arts/media – even if it is not blatantly evangelistic – it needs to be honoring to God.
Provide some potential next steps that they can take to move in the directions the Holy Spirit is leading them
Provide resources that can help them move forward
Provide specific local and overseas opportunities where they can get involved
Provide encouragement and support for an often misunderstood group of people
Help musicians and artists to realize that there are MANY more opportunities available to them than ‘making the top ten’, for example
Helping musicians and artists to understand their God as God the Artist
Helping musicians and artists to understand the role of music and the arts in the Bible and in the Great Commission, as well as to understand their biblical role as musicians and artists
Helping them to understand the crucial need of godly character in their lives/ministries
Helping them to think through difficult related issues – ie. reclaiming music and the arts – contextualization or syncretism?, etc.
Fanning the sparks of their visions into flames
Seeing new music/arts ministries birthed locally and overseas
Coming alongside the church/missions to encourage them in ways that musicians and artists can be a vital part, along with them, in seeing our neighbourhoods, cities and nation reached – and beyond...
Helping attendees to understand the crucial role of godly musicians and artists in our day, internationally, as God is raising up a whole army, in conjunction with the various other aspects of the Church, to bring in the Harvest that we’ve been praying and longing for! We are all part of the Body and each of us is gifted in ways that, when working together with the rest of the Body, will enable the Body to function as it is supposed to function – as the beautiful Bride of Christ, wooing mankind to Himself as well!
Etc.
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What questions do I hope this project will answer?
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* What is my relationship with God the Artist? And how can I become a whole-hearted worshipper?
* What is the role of music and the arts in the Bible?
* What is the role of musicians and artists in the Bible? And what is the role of music and the arts in the Great Commission?
* What is MY role in the Great Commission, locally or overseas, and what are some next steps that I can take in that direction?
* What resources and people are available to help support me in these directions?
* How does one go about reclaiming music and the arts in our cities/nation and beyond?
* What are some specific opportunities that I can prayerfully consider locally or overseas, which utilize my artistic gifts?
* How can I lovingly help to encourage my church/mission, etc. regarding their role in encouraging and supporting artists?
* Who can I talk to about helping to assist me in starting a worship/arts ministry as God leads in those directions? Which are some of the local experienced ‘coaches’ who can mentor me?
* Etc.
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Project Director
Project Director (Grace Wiebe) has been a musician since the age of about 3 or 4. Has taken music/voice lessons and has taught music lessons. Has played in various Christian contemporary bands and worship teams, and was with one for 4 years part time (which involved most evenings and weekends) and one year full time when we were on a one year mission assignment which took our music/drama missions team throughout Canada, the US, Britain and India. We recorded several albums together. My time in India was a major landmark in my life and was when/where God impressed on my heart that He was calling me into a lifetime of doing what He called me to to see His Kingdom expanded. Not long after that He began to lead me, very ‘quietly’ at first, in the directions of utilizing ethnic music in church planting among Muslims and Sikhs. Over the years this has developed and also includes other people groups, including my own nation of Canada, and other artistic styles and forms.
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Some of my qualifications?
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Worked with the Director of our Canadian HQ of our international, interdenominational mission agency to start and develop the Canadian HQ, which we began in 1989. We have, in the past few years, handed over the leadership to new leadership and are developing another mission which is very closely associated and closely related to the one we already developed, but it has a somewhat broader mandate. This organization is called FRIENDS, which is the umbrella organization for a number of initiatives, one of which is the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center - www.skyfamily.com/gracew/index9.html - which I founded about 5 years ago, and the Canadian House Church Resource Network – www.outreach.ca/cpc/housechurches.htm, www.skyfamily.com/gracew/index87.html - which he and I and a few other local pastors and missions leaders began 2 ½ years ago, which I am the facilitator of. About 7? years ago I was asked to join the just-beginning coordination team of the newly birthed International Worship & Arts Network – www.worship-arts-network.com - (then the AD2000 Worship & Arts Network) as head of the Ethnic Division. I have since passed on that role to another person since my focus has been on Muslims, and so I have been heading up the Muslim aspect of the Ethnic Division and helping to develop the Network as a whole. For about 5 years the coordinator and myself developed most of it on our own, but in the past couple years we have had two more wonderful team members working with us on the coordination team. About 7 or so years ago I also founded the Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus – www.skyfamily.com/gracew/index62.html - of the international mission I continue to be working with. This is now a major part of the Great Commission Worship & Arts Focus. FRIENDS also has other ministries under its umbrella, but these are the ones that concern me most closely and take up most of my time. In the past few weeks, I have also become part of the newly formed local Vancouver Arts Network (for Christians), though I have not been the founder of this network. We will be partnering closely together in the future.
I am enclosing an endorsement letter recently sent to my sending church on my behalf from the Personnel Director of the international mission I am with and have been with for almost 12 years. In that mission I also developed the Personnel Dept. and had to assume the responsibilities of the Acting Director for two years while our then Director was recovering from a serious injury. Needless to say I learned a lot during this time.
Another aspect of my background experience is that I’ve been involved in a number of church planting situations locally, including the church planting team in two of the situations. One was a church focused on reaching out to local Sikhs in my hometown.
It is through all of these experiences and situations that God made clear to me - some years ago through a passage in Eph. and in Col. - when asking Him what my role is in the Body of Christ, that I am a ligament/sinew. Basically, a NETWORKER, RESOURCE PERSON, ENCOURAGER, etc. CONNECTING the Body to make it work TOGETHER. I was overjoyed because this tied together the various aspects of my life which, until then, I couldn’t really understand.
Some of the ways I have been doing this is through my regular newsletters (Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus newsletter which has been going out monthly since Nov98 and the Canadian House Church Resource Newsletter which goes out quarterly since March 2001) and through my web site. The newsletter goes out to Christian musicians and artists internationally, and I have been focusing on getting it into the hands of worship & arts ministry leaders, missions leaders, missionaries and missionary candidates, missions educators, Christian music/arts educators, missionary training centers, etc. It is only in the past few years that I have felt that God has been asking me to spend more time focusing on my own city and nation more for a time in order to also develop the same kinds of things here that I’ve been working on developing internationally for years. So that is what I’m doing.
I do a lot of internet networking/consulting, I spend time developing relationships, do a lot of research – gathering and providing of resources, mobilizing musicians and artists, connecting needs with opportunities, etc. I do a lot of vision casting, writing, mentoring as able, coordinating and facilitating, making of/presenting proposals, coordinating summer/short term teams of musicians and artists in missions, developing internship opportunities, developing partnerships, etc. When my health was better I was also doing an increasing amount of speaking about related aspects.
If you are in need of references, I would be happy to provide them for you, for example from my co-workers on the coordination team of the International Worship & Arts Network.
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Timeline
At this point I can’t be too specific until I have more information from the facilitation team, which isn’t quite finalized yet, but here is what I have so far: I have also put together a mailing list of all the Christian musicians/artists I know in Greater Vancouver so that I know whom to invite personally. I have coordinated conferences, musicals, candidate schools, short term mission teams, etc. before, so am very grateful for those experiences which give me the confidence to coordinate a much bigger event this time.
September 2001
finalize the facilitation team. I have been developing relationships with the ones I’ve contacted about this and even if they don’t become part of the coordination team, they are definitely on board with me in spirit and want to work together as able to see the overall vision coming to pass.
Send initial rough draft of conference vision/tentative ideas/potential recommended speakers, etc. to the team via email for initial consideration, prayer and feedback.
Plan our first date to meet face to face so we can begin to build relationships as a team, share vision as a team, begin to pray together as a team about what God wants and how He wants us to do this conference, etc., pray about funding possibilities such as this potential grant, and begin to pray for the larger vision, of which this conf. is only one part of the overall strategy to see music and the arts reclaimed in our city and nation as a part of seeing our cities and nations returning to the Lord and becoming whole-hearted worshippers. This visit is also a time to begin to deal with the coordination aspects that need to be dealt with at this time: ie. setting of dates, potential venue options, potential theme, potential topics and potential speakers, rough draft of proposed schedule/activities, list of desired outcomes, potential ways to raise funds, promo options, prayer support network to be developed, decor, rough draft of budget, meals, potential needs for accommodations/transportation of out of town guests, set a deadline for when we need to have the registrations in and the individual costs for the conf. from the attendees, dress code, local musicians/artists to ask to do various performances, who is our target group?, how many people do we hope to host the conference for?, discuss setting up an onsite gallery, perhaps discuss some potential ways we can specifically partner together in other ways in addition to this conf. – as part of the overall strategy, etc.
Check out the two initial potential venues I’m currently considering. How feasible are they? How much will they cost? Are they suitable? Etc. Bounce that info off the team and see if there are better options.
At face to face meeting, set tentative dates for next meetings.
Have coordination team put together their own mailing lists of Christian musicians/artists they know in Greater Vancouver/the Lower Mainland that they would like to invite to the event – or which will be invited by one person who will coordinate that aspect, depending on what works best for the team.
October 2001
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Send out a survey to local musicians/artists and worship/arts/media leaders to see what their felt needs are which we can try to address in the conf.
Hopefully have the venue finalized
Get bios from the potential speakers
Finalize as many costs as we can at this point – ie. venue, accommodations for out of town guests, transportation for out of town guests, meals, etc.
November 2001
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Compile results of the survey and discuss at next face to face meeting
Finalize theme, topics
Continue to update the budget along the way as we find out actual costs
Contact potential speakers/resource personnel
Begin to develop a prayer network
Design a poster
Finalize speakers/honorariums/what’s expected/what they can expect
December 2001
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* Make copies of the posters to make available to people – and send them to email accessible Christian musicians and artists so they can print them out as well.
Begin to promote the event – in the Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus newsletter, in the Global Worship Report, on the GCWAC web site, on the Int’l Worship & Arts web site, in the ArtALERT events update for Canadians, in the Vancouver Arts Network newsletter, in churches, on our local Christian radio and TV stations, in local Christian newspapers, in local Bible Colleges, missions, worship & arts ministries, etc. Promo via networks
Find potential people/equipment so we can audio and/or video tape the sessions
Begin any necessary fund-raising – hopefully most of the costs will be covered by those coming to the conference, but hopefully we can supplement venue costs through this grant or other raised funds – if the church doesn’t let us use it free – and costs such as honorariums, accommodations/transportation and meals/flight tickets for out of town speakers, to put up initial costs for the resources for sale, posters, costs of sending out invitations to specific folks we’re connected with, etc.
January 2002
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Regional Prayer meetings of interested parties to help prepare for the event
Invite musicians/artists that will do presentations – have them begin to work on what they will do at the conf.
Spring 2002
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Begin to check out potential flight costs for potential out of town speakers/resource people, book flights
Finalize schedule
Order the resources to make available
Make displays, banners, decor
On-going coordination team meetings as needed
Summer 2002
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Registration Deadline/conf. registration fees come in...and payment arrangements made for the rest of the fees
On-going coordination team meetings as needed
Early Fall, 2002
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Tie up as many loose ends as possible before the conference
Make sure logistics team in place and ready to go
October? November 2002 - Conference:
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do it...
ask attendees to fill out an evaluation form to help us improve next time
The month following the Conference:
Send out thank you cards/honorariums to those that have been involved/church hosting the event, etc.
Tie up the loose ends in the financial books and send reports to appropriate parties
Send out an update to the local Christian newspaper
Make sure all bills paid
Have debriefing meeting with coordination team
On-going prayer and begin plans/preparation for next event
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Project Criteria
How will your proposal effect concrete renewal?
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Those I’ve asked to be on the coordination team are all passionate about worship and seeing music and the arts reclaimed for the glory of God in our cities/nation as Christian musicians and artists and churches begin to understand, more clearly, the biblical role of music and the arts – and musicians and artists - in the Bible and in the Great Commission locally and overseas, and as they see how crucial it is that God’s musicians and artists have godly character and that whole-hearted worship is to be a part of not only their artistic expression, but every aspect of their lives. Also, as relationships are developed and affirming, mentoring, supportive relationships and supportive resources and direction are provided, and as local Christian musicians and artists learn from each other and network/partner together in specific ways with each other and with various ministries, churches and missions that share similar vision, we will see gradual concrete changes taking place. I know this because I have seen it happening internationally in a snowballing effect in the networks/partnerships that I’ve been involved in! 10 years ago there was a very faint whisper of the things that God seems to now be stirring up internationally in incredibly explosive proportions! It has been incredible to see how, even in the past years since the Global Consultation on World Evangelization where I was participating in the Performing Arts & Worship Consultation with my other colleagues, there has been a huge rise in these directions and a huge increase in music and arts ministries that share similar vision!
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How does your proposal provide for a component of theological reflection on the history, theology and practice of Christian worship? Provide a list of books, articles and other resources which will inform your project.
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The conference will include sessions and resources on the history, theology and practice of Christian worship. And this conference, again, is only one of the various components of the overall strategy for seeing the above changes taking place. Any ONE of these components will not go far and there will not be longevity or on-going momentum being built or local increased ownership moving things forward – but with all of these components working together and overlapping and being developed as local partnerships, each project is building into the long-range vision. It is not quick changes which we are counting on, though we will see those as well, and have, but LASTING changes taking place as our entire foundational thinking/practice regarding worship & the arts are established on biblical values/principles and as ministries and people mentor others and reproduce godly musicians and artists that will make a difference in their situations.
Other components include:
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The local networks, a developing prayer network and regional support groups for Christian musicians/artists/media personnel
On-going resources available free of charge through the email newsletters and web sites (see the RESOURCE SHEET that I’ve included). These resources have enough pertinent resources to last people a lifetime and encourage them in these directions! I’m also providing the TABLE OF CONTENTS to date of the Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus newsletter and the INDEX of my web site so you can see what is currently available, and this doesn’t include what’s on the web site of the Int’l Worship & Arts Network and the Global Worship Report or EM News, or Artist in Christian Testimony’s resources.
Local internship/ministry opportunities
Overseas opportunities
Mentoring possibilities
Developing curriculum for local Christian missions/missionary training centers, churches, Christian educators which helps to encourage and equip people in these directions
Development of Missionsfest (major missions conference in Canada which is now in growing number of cities in Canada and in other nations) – I am now in the process of developing with them a Great Commission Musicians and Artists Track – with a number of proposed phases over the next few years – the first one is slated to be implemented in Jan. 2002. By next year I’m hoping all of the Missionsfests in Canada will begin to develop this type of Track as well, and I’m happy to assist them in that as able.
In Jan. 2002 I’m working with a local team of music/arts ministry LEADERS to coordinate a Resource/Networking RETREAT for Great Commission-minded music/arts ministry LEADERS – again here in Surrey – for local Leaders. The main reason is for local leaders that share similar vision to meet together, develop relationship, share vision with each other, pray together and for each other and see what God is doing in this region re the arts, and seeking Him about specific ways that we can partner together in the future to cooperate with God’s plans. The proposed CONFERENCE is supposed to be one way to also provide a somewhat similar opportunity for those that are not leaders. In the future, hopefully regional retreats that are similar to this retreat will develop for non-leaders as well, but we are in the beginning stages of a number of things, here, which we trust will reproduce in the future in the many regions of the country.
In Jan. 2002 I’m also in the process of coordinating our first WESTERN Scripture Songwriting (and recording) Workshop for local Christian ethnic musicians/poets, in order to help encourage them in the development of indigenous worship songs which can then be recorded, used to encourage their people group that are believers, and be used as tools in evangelism, as well, since many of these kinds of ethnic worship tapes are being used on Christian radio and TV shows and being beamed into the many unreached nations of the world. It is also a way to reach out to the many internationals in our cities/nation.
I’m also in the beginning of contacting local and national Christian bookstores and asking them to consider featuring books/videos/tapes, etc. on Christianity and the Arts/Worship, etc.
As well, my colleagues and myself are increasingly submitting articles about related topics to missions magazines, Christian magazines and Christian newspapers, etc. We have been amazed at the responses! One well known mission magazine has just published its second edition which is totally dedicated to the aspect of the utilization of Worship, Music and Missions. I’m in the process of working together with the editor of another major missions magazine because he wanted TWO full editions focused on the utilization of ethnic music and the arts/media as a vital part of church planting among Muslims!
Our city has recently had our first conference on intentional multicultural church planting – and the resource sheet I’m sending you was provided for all those that attended. I have had a number of very excited international church planters calling me in response and wanting to work together as able.
The well known PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT is also developing a curriculum with the theme of music and the arts and their vital role in the Great Commission.
Resource/Networking Center: More on that in my second proposed project.
Internationally, there are growing numbers of indigenous people networking among their own people and beginning to create their own networks, worship & arts resource/training centers, hold their own conferences, etc. – even in Two-Thirds World nations.
Etc.
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How might your program provide help, inspiration or resources to other congregations or communities?
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I believe this question has been answered above.
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Intended Outcomes, Evaluations, Dissemination
Please describe what you hope that this project will accomplish in your community.
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I believe this question has been answered above.
Describe how your program could be evaluated? How will we know if it is a success?
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Following are some potential indicators; however, it will take time – perhaps a year or two or more, to really begin to find these things out, though some of these things can become evident in our evaluation form that we ask attendees to fill out.
how many people attended the conference? How many churches/missions/Christian educators, missionary training centers, etc. were represented at the conference?
How did attendees respond on their evaluation forms?
How many resources were taken away?
Which sessions were most populated?
Did the evaluation indicate that it meet the felt needs that were mentioned on our initial survey?
What types of partnerships/networking relationships are being developed?
Do people have a better understanding of the biblical understanding of worship, music/arts and their role in Scripture and the Great Commission, etc.?
Have any new ministries developed that were encouraged through this conference?
Did a local prayer network re musicians/artists in Canada develop? Will it continue?
How did people to respond to potential on-going initiatives presented? Do they want to be involved?
What kinds of responses did worship & arts ministries and missions who are mobilizing musicians and artists receive at their booths, etc.?
In the simulations, was there evidence that people were grappling with and grasping the issues of reclaiming music and the arts, or whatever the issues being dealt with?
What kinds of questions/issues do attendees want to see addressed in the future?
Were churches responsive to our invitations to help promote the event?
Was the local Christian newspaper willing to include articles both before and after the event?
Are people interested in coming to similar future events?
Did we stick to our budget?
Did the coordination team work well together? Did we accomplish what we set out to do? Do we want to continue to partner together on other projects?
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Describe how the results of your work could be shared with others.
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Via all the music/arts/worship/media networks I’m involved with
Via local and national/international Christian newspapers and magazines, as well as missions magazines
On my web site and the Int’l Worship & Arts web site/and in the EW&AF newsletter and the GWR newsletter
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Budget
Note: It would take a lot longer to get a more accurate assessment of the approx. costs of such a project but the costs before are guestimates of some costs that I am familiar with and others that I have guessed.
Of course many of the actual costs may be quite different, because my prayer/desire is to have as many local partnering churches/ministries involved in volunteering and providing resources as possible, in order to help give the local Body a sense of ownership of the vision and ministry/event, so that could potentially make a huge difference in costs...BUT I don’t know this type of information until I get to that point in the process, and so here are some potential ball park figures so we have at least some idea of what we’re looking at.
Budget
For 350 – 400 people – registration fee approx. $100 each? – approx. $67 US – total income from fees – potentially about $26,800 if we have about 400 people. If we have less, some of the other costs will drop, too, though many will remain the same.
Venue – hopefully we’ll get free use of a venue but that is unknown at this point – if we DO get free use of the building, we will need to pay the custodian
About $500 (approx $350 US) for the weekend if space not given...(if we get a church)
Janitorial costs: approx. $100 - $150? Approx. $70 – 100 US
Meals/snacks – Ball park: $1800 – this would come out of their entry fee – approx. $1200 US
Fri. – supper – they eat before they come
Sat. – breakfast – eat before they come
$$$$ Sat. Coffee break – snack and beverages – 400 X $1.50 = $600 – approx $400 US
Sat. Noon – bring a bag lunch or go out to local restaurant – car pool
$$$ Sat. Afternoon coffee break – 400 X $1.50 = $600 – approx. $400 US
Sat. Supper – eat at local restaurant together with local folks
Sun. Breakfast – eat at home
Sun. Noon – eat at home before coming
$$$ Sun. Afternoon coffee break – 400 X $1.50 = $600 – approx. $400 US
Sun. Supper – eat at local restaurant together with local folks
* Accommodation costs for out of town speakers and guests, though we hope out of town attendees will be at an absolute minimum this time – and maybe the team will nix that for this conf...? (first need a guestimate of how many people we will be expecting)
Will have as many staying with billets as possible, but if not, check out cost of local motels
How many out of town guests:
2 nights or 3 nights for some?
Single – 1 $85 x 1 = $85 (x 3 nights) = $255 – approx. $170 US
Double – 3 $95 X 3 = $285 (x 3 nights) = $855 – approx $570 US
Total – approx. = $1110 plus taxes = approx. $1276.90 – approx. $851 US
Not including meals – 8 meals apiece if they leave Monday after breaky – Ball park: approx. $667 US
Approx - $100 per person (not including snacks) – approx. $67 US
About $900 for meals for all the guests above – approx $600 US
Local band – can stay in their own homes
Meals – approx. $500 (if band approx. 5 members) - $333 US
Transportation costs for speakers and band – Ball park: approx. $2917 US
Flights: approx. $800 per person for each of the 5 people = $4000 – approx. $2667 US
Health ins./cancellation ins.: approx. $75 each for 5 people = $375 – approx. $250 US
Transportation for 2 fairly local out of town speakers - $50 each = $100 – approx. $67 US
* Honorariums for speakers/contributing artists – Ball park:
- Proposed Plenary speakers:
- Proposed Seminar speakers:
- Band – about $150?? – approx. $100 US?? – hopefully volunteer band – part of their contribution to the vision of the conference
Plenary Speakers: $500 X 3 = $1500 – approx. $1000 US
Seminar speakers: $83US X 15 = approx. $1245 US
Proposed artists:
PA rental – Ball park:
Hopefully won’t need if we’re at a local church – maybe $200 to use? - $133 US
http://www.rmsound.com/Construction/delux_sr.html - $385 per day for 3 days = about $1200 – approx. $800 US
Promo costs, poster, flyers, sending our survey and invitations – Ball park: approx. $600 – approx. $400 US
Cost to hire an artist (unless we know one who wants to volunteer their services to create a poster) – $150 - $200 – approx. $133 US
- Posters – design on my own? – sponsored by....
- Flyers – design on my own?
- Invitations – via email – virtually free
Approx. $500 US
- Surveys – via email and some via snail mail – Approx $100 including paper, stamps, envelopes – approx $67 US
Advertize in church bulletins? - free
Hire youth from church to drop off at local churches? Or ask local artist friends to drop off? – probably free
Decor: paint, wallpaper, chair rails, nails, rollers, materials and labour – approx. $1000 US
Nice Easels to display artworks?? Free? Discounted price – used?
- Display - $300 (unless we have some from local ministries that we can use) – approx. $200 US
- Banners – Potentially borrowed from other churches), but if not... Banners – Ball park: 4 X $200 - $400 US – possibly made locally at a fraction of the cost
- Other? -
Display racks for magazines, brochures, etc. – can be used for the Great Commission Musicians/Artists Resource/Networking Center afterwards
Approx. $300 unless we find some used ones... – approx $200 US
Resources to sell – Ball park: multiply by 2 so there are at least two copies of each in stock - $3300 US
Related books, tapes, videos, magazines, newsletters, periodicals
Can they be sold on consignment? – will try for this...hopefully most of these costs will be recoverable
$1160 x 2 = 2320US + $1000 for additional resources – tapes, videos, more books, training materials, etc. - *****THIS WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE DOUBLED, at LEAST – so we may need a couple extra $1000
Renting audio taping equipment and cassettes to tape on – Ball park:
If it can’t be borrowed – some costs recoverable from tape sales
Renting video taping equipment and video tapes to tape on – Ball park:
If it can’t be borrowed – some costs recoverable from video sales?
- Approx. $670 US
Duplicating/photocopying costs – Ball park:
Resource Handbook/materials: (photocopying costs included) Ball park: $6000 – divided by cost per person and included in their fee – approx. $4000 US
- Singles – approx. 300 X $15 = $4500 – approx. $3000 US
- couples (share one) – approx. 100 X $15 = $1500 – approx. $1000 US
Communications costs – ie. internet, paper, printer cartridges, etc. – Ball park:
$500? – approx. $333 US
TOTAL CONF. COST GUESTIMATES: approx. $38,600 US
Minus approx. $3,600 US recoverable costs
= $35,000 US
Minus approx. $26,800 registration fee
= approx. $8,200 US still needed (plus a couple extra thousand for extra copies of books, etc. to sell)
Total costs of conference for US will be reduced by cost of conf. per person
Costs per person will depend on how many we plan on coordinating the conference for, as well...
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INFO FOR BOTH GRANT PROPOSALS:
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Organization Requesting Funds: Great Commission Worship & Arts Center
This would be the organization to whom the grant checks would be written.
For more information contact: GCWAC@DiscipleTheNations.org
Project Director: Grace Wiebe
This person will be responsible for supervising the program, preparing the final program reports, etc.
Person Legally Responsible for Signing Grant Contracts: Grace Wiebe
Budget Officer: Grace Wiebe
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Great Commission
Worship & Arts Center
VISION STATEMENT:
By the power and leading of the Holy Spirit, the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center will effectively partner with (interdenominational) churches, schools, missions and ministries in order to train, equip and release biblically established artists and musicians into their roles in seeing cities, nations and ethnic groups discipled into becoming whole-hearted worshippers of God.
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M E T H O D
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The GCWAC seeks to fulfill its vision through its role as a vision casting, networking, resourcing, consulting, coordinating, mentoring, researching, partnership developing, mobilizing, development and information hub connecting and facilitating individuals, missions, related ministries and Christian educators who share similar vision in seeing music and the arts reclaimed in our cities and nations through Christian musicians and artists (from every people group) becoming firmly established and released into their biblical callings as godly musicians and artists in the Great Commission, both locally and overseas.
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Q & A:
Q How can our idea benefit more than one congregation or community?
A. Because of the fact that we (the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, the Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus and the International Worship & Arts Network) are already networked with missions, missions educators, worship leaders, missions leaders, Christian educators, music and arts ministries, etc. internationally through our web site, through our newsletters and through email contact, and because we have been doing research for church planting teams and linking needs to opportunities and resources to needs, we are already serving and benefitting many congregations and communities, and hope to benefit many more as the Great Commission Worship & Arts Center continues to develop as a resource/networking/communications/ coordination hub here in Vancouver to help to facilitate the vision locally, throughout the nations and beyond.
Q. How can our idea stimulate deeper reflection on the meaning and purpose of worship?
A. The training options will focus on firmly establishing musicians and artists in their biblical callings and in understanding the roles of music and the arts in the Great Commission. Because of our desire to partner with local churches/ministries/missions, we will also be encouraging them in these same areas and providing these kinds of training options through them, also bringing them into a deeper understanding of the biblical perspective and encouraging them to encourage and facilitate their own musicians and artists in these directions.
R. How can we maximize the impact of our program?
A: Because of the networking and partnership, there are many more people connected to each ministry/church/mission that have a sense of ownership regarding these kinds of developments, and this also enables us to have a lot more influence and more opportunities to make people aware of the opportunities for training and involvement in the Great Commission in the area of music and the arts. This also helps to keep the costs down for the GCWAC since we are mostly the communications/coordination hub, but not necessarily having to fund many of the things that we are helping to coordinate.
S. What will give our idea staying power, so that its positive effects won’t be merely temporary?
A. One main reason is because the movement of musicians and artists wanting to marry
their gifts with their passion for missions is a growing trend and has been for over a decade. Many Christian musicians and artists are seeking their divine roots and calling and looking for those that have gone before which can help to mentor and encourage/facilitate them.
Another reason is that we are already networking and partnering with many churches and ministries/missions/educators/training centers and hope to continue to develop these networks and partnerships in order to help to facilitate more people/ministries/church planting teams as able. Because of the partnerships and networks of existing ministries and people taking ownership of the vision and wanting to continue to link with others, I believe that this kind of training and partnership will only continue. God is doing something in our day where His people are desirous of working together because we know we can’t do it on our own…there is excitement about the kind of synergy that God creates as we work together as teams/partners, and I have seen, over the years, that the more people meet and desire to work together, the more ministries that are birthed through these connections.
Q. What key people need to be involved for this to work efficiently?
A. Christian Music and Arts/Media educators, missions leaders, missionary training center directors, church planters, worship leaders, Christian music & arts ministry leaders, prayer partners, financial partners, mobilizers, administrative assistants, godly musicians & artists, speakers, summer team leaders, etc., local Christian businessmen who share or want to support the vision, etc.
Q What outside help, such as consultants, would make this program work most effectively?
A. I’ve already been partnering with such Christian music/arts/worship leaders/consultants/authors from numerous nations who have much experience in related areas of ministry and are very willing to help me. We have already met together over the years and are in regular communications with each other and have done ministry projects together. Over the past 2-3 years I have also been developing similar relationships with local worship & arts ministry leaders, Christian educators, missions leaders, etc. who share similar vision.
For example, some of the ones I’ve already been working with:
Frank Fortunato – coordinator of the International Worship & Arts Network – and also Coordinator of Operation Mobilization’s International Music ministry.
Byron Spradlin – director of Artists in Christian Testimony – a mission which sends out artists and musicians (from Nashville). Byron is also in the process of developing a similar Christian Music and Arts Training Center in his area and we want to link very closely together.
Paul Neeley – the Ethnomusicologist (PhD) that works with me part time – has about 12 years of missionary ethnomusicology experience
3 other Ethnomusicologists (PhD) that have offered to work with me part time as they’re able
I’m in contact with about 30-40 church planting teams in our mission alone that are requested various kinds of help at different stages of development in their situations.
Colin Harbinson – former Dean of the Arts at YWAM’s University of the Nations in Hawaii, and President of International Festival of the Arts.
Vernon Charter – Ethnomusicology Prof. at PBI (a missions-focused Bible College in Canada) – was part of the coordination team for our first ethnic worship development summer team that went to Africa last year – we’ve dreamed about this for 10 years and it’s finally happened since I’m finally in a position to be able to do this!
E.E. – a Ghanian networker who is developing partnerships in his country with worship & arts leaders/churches/missions, etc. to help develop these kinds of initiatives, as well.
N.C. – a Filipino networker/artist who is developing partnerships in his country with worship & arts leaders/churches/missions, etc. to help develop these kinds of initiatives, as well.
Naomi Boshoff – head of a national Christian Artists fellowship in S. Africa
Tom Avery – Ethnomusicology Director at Wycliffe’s SIL – many years of missionary ethnomusicology experience – we’ve been networking together quite closely over the past number of years
Richard Dodding – Director of Missionsfest – partnering together with them to develop a Great Commission Musicians & Artists Track
Jonathan Lewis – developer of holistic missionary training programs who has greatly influenced my thinking on training which involves the whole person and not focusing primarily on the academic or even practical aspects, but also on godly character through mentoring, etc.
T. Hilton – local Christian businessman who is also an artist and who has provided our mission with free office space for many years.
This is just a beginning list – there are many more. It takes time to develop these relationships, but all of us benefit as a result.
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Why Vancouver ?
There are many reasons why the Greater Vancouver is a good location for the GCWAC, and why Surrey is a good location more specifically. Following are some of them:
1) Vancouver has a lot of evangelical churches and a growing number or missions/ministries (including NW Center for World Mission, ACMC, Campus Crusade, Frontiers, AIM Center, NW Center for World Mission, etc.)
2) Vancouver has the first Missionsfest and what they do greatly influences the other Missionsfests in Canada and internationally.
3) This region of Canada is becoming the “Colorado Springs’ of Canada in terms of missions having their offices here and developing a partnership of missions/churches working together
4) Vancouver/the west coast is much more entrepreneurial than the east coast
5) Vancouver is becoming Canada’s “Hollywood” and “San Francisco” – it is becoming a major media/arts center in Canada
6) Vancouver has many lost people which include many musicians and artists
7) The west coast is less conservative than the east coast
8) People are more willing to risk on the west coast – and more open-minded (easier to work together?)
9) Vancouver is a beautiful city – inspiring for artists and musicians
10) The PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT course is being held here regularly
11) Vancouver is bordering the US
12) Vancouver is very multi-cultural and has numerous ethnic churches
13) Greater Vancouver/Canada is in major need of renewal/revival, with less than 2%(?) of the population “Christian”.
14) Surrey is bordering the US and is central to the Greater Vancouver/Lower Mainland Region
15) Greater Vancouver has some very good Christian education centers (ie. Regent College, Trinity Western University, NW Baptist Theological Seminary, ACTS Seminary, SIL, Christ for the Nations, CBC, Western Pentecostal Bible College, etc.
16) Langley Vineyard – where Brian Doerksen’s worship ministry began (Brian is also in this region, as is Andy Park).
17) Vancouver is the annual location for CANADA ARISE – LaMar Boschman’s worship weekend/training
18) WEC has it’s missionary training center close by
19) Word Music is located in Greater Vancouver
20) Prairie Bible Institute is one Province away with an excellent Ethnomusicology Dept. and a Fine Arts Dept. We want to send out ethnic worship development summer teams regularly – our first one went out this summer
21) Numerous Christian music & arts ministries have been developing here in the past number of years
22) BC Christian Dance Fellowship is located in Vancouver
23) Kelowna’s NEW LIFE VINEYARD has a rapidly developing Worship & Arts Ministry (about 5 hours into the interior)
24) I believe Vancouver is becoming something like USA’s Nashville in terms of Christian music and the arts
25) Close to Seattle (3 hours)
26) Have a growing number of Christian musicians and artists here
27) A number of Christian bookstores in the region
28) Vancouver Arts Network (Great Commission minded) is located in Vancouver – seeks to network Canadian evangelical musicians/artists/media personnel
29) ReelLight – a support group/prayer support fellowship for local Christians involved in the movie industry here in Vancouver
30) Pacific Theatre (Christian run and evangelical in heart) is located in Vancouver
31) Chandos Pattison Auditorium, run by a local Christian school, is a wonderfully equipped, artistically designed THEATRE which is being use of not only by Christians but many other groups as well.
32) There are a growing number of local Christian bookstores that could help to promote Christian events and resources such as books/videos/tapes, etc. on Christianity and the Arts
33) Multiculturalism is a major value in our region...and folks love multicultural events – a wonderful place to potentially host an International Arts Festival where Christians and non-Christian artists can potentially interact meaningfully with the hope to seeing further doors open re the Gospel.
34) Vancouver is a very beautiful city...an inspiration to many artists
35) Greater Vancouver hosts quite a number of Christian Bible colleges and educational institutions such as Regent College, Trinity Western University, ACTS Seminary, to name a few.
36) NOW TV – a Christian TV channel, has just moved into our region
37) Etc.
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What Has Been Done by the GCWAC So Far
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Current Projects Underway
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Future Plans
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