Connect Ignite Inspire Transform - Gracepoint Community Church
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I KEEP HAVING THIS DREAM<br />
I<br />
t starts out where I am transported back to my old junior<br />
high school, Cloverdale Junior Secondary, and I am dressed<br />
in nothing but my Fruit of the Looms …<br />
No, I’m just kidding. It’s nothing like that at all—<br />
it’s a dream of an entirely different sort. It’s my God-inspired,<br />
agitating, soul-stirring BHAG for 2011.<br />
If you’ve never heard of a BHAG before that’s okay,<br />
I hadn’t either. It stands for<br />
“BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL”<br />
and I’ve got one.<br />
If you go to <strong>Gracepoint</strong>’s website, click the Plug In tab → and<br />
then click on Worship Arts, it says: “We want to provide an<br />
encouraging environment where artists can thrive and find<br />
plenty of opportunities to share the truth of Jesus through<br />
their creativity, whether at our worship gatherings or in their<br />
community.”<br />
So, in the past few years, the seeds of<br />
expanding <strong>Gracepoint</strong>’s Worship Arts department beyond<br />
simply musical worship have been well planted, we have even<br />
enjoyed the delicious fruit of a few precious interdisciplinary<br />
harvests and now—in in this season—I am standing firm in<br />
the belief that this year’s crop has the potential to bring glory<br />
to God and bless His people on a whole new level! That’s<br />
where you enter my dream. Weird hey?<br />
For a church of this size, I have to believe there are yet more<br />
than a few individuals who are hiding or burying their artistic<br />
talents. Also, I believe that we have not yet realised or<br />
communicated the full scope of what the “worship arts”<br />
could include and, as a result, there may be people in the<br />
church who don’t even realise that their skills and talent<br />
might be valuable in this creative and nebulous area.<br />
So here’s the plan: You’re all invited...everyone at <strong>Gracepoint</strong><br />
who has any interest in the arts whatsoever to attend an<br />
event on FEBRUAY 20TH from 7:00 to 9:00pm. There, we<br />
will enjoy irresistible desserts (as well as questionable church<br />
coffee), share some of the history of <strong>Gracepoint</strong> Worship Arts<br />
(GpWA), and our burgeoning vision for the advancement of<br />
the arts at <strong>Gracepoint</strong> as a powerful vehicle for expressing<br />
worship to our creative and worthy God, while at the same<br />
time carrying the potential to be an agent of transformational<br />
experience for seekers.<br />
Come and be informed, inspired and maybe even surprised to<br />
find out that you may possess the unexpected requisite skills<br />
to become part of this BHAG<br />
Gregg Baker<br />
gregg@gracepoint.ca<br />
Ex. 214<br />
GRACEPOINT WORSHIP ARTS<br />
DESSERT NIGHT<br />
You’re all invited… everyone at <strong>Gracepoint</strong> who<br />
has any interest in the arts whatsoever to attend a<br />
special event on February 20 th from 7 to 9pm.<br />
Come enjoy some great dessert, learn some of the<br />
history of <strong>Gracepoint</strong> Worship Arts (GpWA), and<br />
share in our vision for the future advancement of<br />
the arts at <strong>Gracepoint</strong>. Please register for this<br />
event by emailing reception@gracepoint.ca<br />
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