Lausanne Fall 2019 Newsletter

Fall 2019
Connecting artistic influencers and ideas for global mission
The Lausanne Arts issue network
exists to catalyze and connect
artistic Christians and evangelical
influencers concerning the role of
artists and the arts for global
mission.

The Lausanne Arts Network exists
to catalyze and connect artistic
Christians and evangelical
Influencers concerning the role of artists and the arts for global
mission—through gatherings focused on biblical prayer,
reflection, training, and ministry action.
We hold two mandates. The first is to the artists of the world.
We aim to catalyze and call artists back to the service of the
church in global mission through their specialized, God-designed
creative imagination, intelligence, and artistic abilities and gifts.
We aim to equip artists biblically on the role of the artist and
artistic expression in life, worship, and ministry.
The second mandate is to the church and to the mission and
academic leadership of the world. We aim to call the church to
re-engage artistic kingdom servants for the sake of empowering
culturally relevant worship, evangelism, and compassion
throughout the world. We aim to assist current mission and
church leadership to realize that for the body of Christ to
express itself fully in line with God’s design, we must involve the
church’s artists as strategic ministry practitioners of the church.
Catalysts for the Arts
On the Cover:
Bryn Gillette , artist in
residence for Lausanne,
creates works of art
during Global Workplace
Forum in Manila 2019.
Bryan Spradlin
Uday Balasundaram
Catalyst for the Arts
Catalyst for the Arts
Lausanne Arts Newsletter Editor
Ann Boland

Music at GWF
4 Praying for the Arts
Lilian Schmid, National Coordinator
of Prayer Strategy
5 Arts Advocate Update
Exploring Christmas in Jakarta
6 Project Dance Pittsburgh
3-day dance training event
7 Mission Media U
Upcoming Ministry Courses
8 Heart Beats
From Rejection to Hope
9 Lausanne Global Classroom-Arts
Latest episodes focused on the Arts
10 Artists in Christian Testimony Int..
2019 Nashville Gathering
11 Arts and Church Planting in Japan
5th Annual Arts Conference
12 Selah Art-Sujatha Balasundaram
When Words Are Not Enough
13 Cambodia Arts Ministry
Partnering Together as God’s
Fellow Workers
14 Laud Music
Music Workshops
15 Dallas International University
Arts & Trauma Healing Course
16 Nathan Tiangson-Kindred Culture
Overcoming Violence Through Dance
16 JP Joao Pedro
It’s Not Just Dance
17 Prayer Page
Lausanne Arts Network Facebook
Lausanne Arts Network Webpage
Lausanne Arts Network Blog

Praying for the Arts
“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard what
God has ready for those who love
him” (based on 1 Corinthians 2:9)
Lilian Schmid, National Coordinator of
Prayer Strategy for the Spheres of
Influence writes that each month is
dedicated to prayer for the spheres of
influence in society. The month of July is
dedication to the sphere of Art.
All of God’s creation is miraculous. God’s
initial action in the creation of the cosmos
was miraculous. And all he has made
continues to be marvelous in its diversity,
complexity, and function. If we truly
believe in God’s providence through his
continual action of creation, we have no
choice but to be continually in awe.
When we pray we close our eyes to see
the beauty of God’s creation. For hundreds
of years, the Church used painting,
sculpture, stained glass, and sacred
architecture to inspire and instruct. The
role of the arts in supporting these
functions was crucial in times when vast
numbers of people were illiterate. St.
Francis of Assisi and St. Ignatius of Loyola
recommended a form of meditation
wherein the person praying imagines him
or herself immersed in the scene with
God.
Please uphold all these areas of the Arts in
your prayers while meditating on the
scriptures.
Lilian Schmid
National Coordinator
Prayer Strategy for the Spheres of Influence
www.prayerstrategy.org

Exploring Christmas In Jakarta
When the Christmas season
arrives, its celebration dominates
the commercial environments in
some parts of Jakarta. It doesn’t
take much to find the international
and western expressions
of Christmas throughout the
malls and stores. You can find
Christmas trees, Santa Claus,
Frosty, snow globes, an home
decorations within easy reach.
If you look carefully, you might
even find a nativity scene or
two to purchase. All this sparks
an interest about this holiday
surrounding Isa. This is especially
true in our international
university village where I live.
Rather than only relying on the
traditional church services, our
church started searching for ways
to introduce others to the story
of Jesus through small intimate
concerts. With the help of one
of our church members who own
a desert shop, we conducted an
acoustic concert entitled “When
He Came”. The intent is to
provide a neutral venue where
members of our congregation
The band who presented “When He Came”
can invite their friends they are seeking to
disciple and spark conversations about this
incredible story of Jesus coming to earth.
The concert included traditional and original
contemporary songs that would imagine what
that first Christmas was like for who
witnessed His coming. Video presentations
and short dramas helped set the stage for the
stories the songs would explain. Short
intermissions gave the audience an opportunity
to discuss what they were hearing and
explore the stories further over their favorite
desert.
The warmth
and interaction
were an
encouragement
to us.
The entire audience
included people
from several
countries beyond
Indonesia. There
were students and
young professionals
from places like the

Philippines, Nepal, Malaysia, the US,
Kenya, and Uganda. There were refuges
from Afghanistan and Iran who also
joined us. One member brought her
mother, a committed Buddhist, who
enjoyed the evening with us. Several of
our members valued this approach as it
helped them build relationships with their
friends. Our team of artists were blessed
to be a part of the evening. The warmth
and interaction were an encouragement
to us. Yet we still have much to explore
and learn about creating environments
that can spark meaningful conversations
that lead to Isa. We hope to explore
other approaches, such as open-mic
nights where we can encourage
development of the arts for engaging with
our multi-national community in our corner
of Jakarta.
Audience arrives and settles in for concert
Robert C. Bartz
Far East Broadcasting Company
E-Mail: guitar714ce@gmail.com
Toni Bazala
Event Producer
Michelle Fetter
Event Co-Producer
Register Here
info@projectdance.com
This three day event gathers
professional, pre-professional and
aspiring dancers for training,
performances and networking. The
weekend is centered around an all
day open air dance concert that is
free to the public featuring local
and international dance artistry in
ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop and
tap. Dancers gather with a
common vision: to bring hope and
healing through the universal
language of dance.

FOUNDATIONS OF MEDIA TO MOVEMENTS
The next course begins September 12, 2019. Register here. Email questions
to Carissa Sheehan. Sign up to receive notification of future course offerings here.
We must learn to shape our strategies and our content to 'pull' people into conversations.
We need to learn how to connect with audiences that filter and search for the stories they
want to hear, based on their interests and desires. This requires a radical re-thinking on our
part! We need an approach that can foster deeper connections and make "disciples who
make disciples" to saturate a culture.
INTRODUCTION TO STORY IN MINISTRY
The next course begins September 18, 2019. Register here. Sign up to receive notification of
future course offerings here.
Story in Ministry is a five-week course that teaches the essential elements of story for
those seeking to better communicate the message of Christ and kingdom whether a story
is oral, written or filmed.
"This class was a game changer. It helped me to think at a much higher level
about how media could be used strategically in what we are doing. I can't wait
to tell my colleagues about it!"
Clyde Taber
https://www.visualstory.org/

Excerpts from AUGUST 2019 EDITION
From Rejection to Hope
The Kurdish people have a history of rejection. They do not have a country of their own but live
in an area known as ‘Kurdistan’ that spreads across Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. The majority
of the Kurdish people speak Kurmanji, one of several Kurdish languages. Most Kurds are
Sunni Muslims; however, many Kurds do not practice a strict form of Islam but embrace
mysticism and other traditions as well.
A dream
The story of the recently completed HSI
project started many years ago when a
Kurdish songwriter in Syria had a dream.
In the dream, Jesus revealed Himself. This
dream triggered a search for Truth by
Arman*, a man from a strong Muslim background--a
journey that led him to Jesus.
Now a follower of Jesus, Arman faced
beatings and rejection from his community.
Life was difficult. After much tragedy and
hardship, Arman, his wife, and his son
found a home as refugees in Germany.
For his people
Arman, a professional composer and
musician, desires to use his talents to bring
Truth to his people. Facing communication
difficulties and other challenges, our small
team from the U.S., the Netherlands and
Switzerland came alongside our Kurdish
brother to see the project realized:
culturally relevant Bible-based songs and
videos for use in discipleship and
evangelism.
Amidst a very intense week, we sat down
with our Kurdish brother as he shared his
story. It was like a moment of stillness
amidst the busyness. We were all deeply
moved. As we stood around our brother
and prayed for him and his family, our
hearts connected. In that moment, we
experienced the worldwide Body of Christ,
where we share in each other’s sufferings
and joys.
Vision for the future
Arman’s vision is that his Kurmanji songs
may edify and bless the Kurdish Church
while also reaching other Kurdish people
who are searching for Truth like he once
was. Pray that the songs and videos that
were recorded will reach many Kurdish
people, bringing hope to a rejected people.
OM Arts is building a global movement
of artists on mission. Focusing on the
world's least reached, our network of
artists create space for people to be
moved by God's beauty.
http://heart-sounds.org/

Just Released! The Lausanne Global Classroom on Arts.
The Lausanne Movement in conjunction
with the Lausanne Arts Network has just
released the latest episode of the
Lausanne Global Classroom focused on Arts.
The Lausanne Global Classroom is an
educational initiative of the Lausanne
Movement to inform and engage Christian
leaders on issues impacting the global
church.
The arts is one of those issues and has an
active network in Lausanne, led by Byron
Spradlin and Uday Balasundaram. The
episode contains a forty-minute video in
documentary format, and a User Guide
which provides material for small group
discussions, suggested activities, and
academic syllabus for use in a class units or
as a directed-study course. The video shows
key leaders in the Christian arts movement
speaking about arts and faith as animated
text and graphics highlight their points. The
episode and User Guide are free for anyone
to access, download and use to help
Christians understand how arts impact
evangelism, faith and worship at
https://www.lausanne.org/lausanne-globalclassroom/arts-episode.
It is a great resource to help church groups,
classes, Christian artists, and others help
understand and catch a vision on the
importance of using art in sharing and
strengthening faith. To date six other
Lausanne Global Classroom have been
published, with more to come. Check out the
episode on Arts, and the others that interest
you.
Watch Art Episodes
Brent Burdick, D. Min.
Director of Lausanne Global Classroom
www.brentburdick.org

Click Here for more Information
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Email: roger@communityarts.jp
Website: http://www.communityarts.jp/
Blog: rogerlowther.blog.com

PARTNERING TOGETHER AS GOD’S FELLOW WORKERS
“...neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward
according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field…”
1 Corinthians 3:7-9
On Sunday, June 23, 2019, CCAM leaders met with the leaders at Prek Anchang
Church in Ta Khmao to discuss future partnership possibilities.
Beginning on Sunday, July 7, we participated in the church's Lord's Supper
Ceremony, presenting two CCAM worship
dances to interpret the scriptural basis for this
sacrament (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). To view
videos, click these links: "My Body Given for You" and "The New Covenant in My
Blood." Kelsey gave a testimony about the history of CCAM to acquaint the congregation
with our ministry vision, and asked them to invite their family, friends, neighbors, and
coworkers, especially unbelievers, to attend our joint outreach the following Sunday. After
the service, we distributed sets of 10 CCAMS children's books, plus printed invitations
for next week's outreach, to each family in the congregation.
On Sunday, July 14, we opened the program with a traditional Chayam Welcome.
Pastor Ron welcomed the guests and opened with prayer. Next we presented the
debut performance of CCAMS original dance, "To What Can You Compare the
One True God?" (Khmer Hymnbook #8), which was created by CCAMS students
in our 2018 choreography class. The dancers were accompanied by a live Khmer
traditional music ensemble with vocalist. Tikhia shared a message entitled, "Jesus
Christ, Son of God, Savior of the World." Kelsey gave a presentation of "The
Wordless Book," which uses color cues to explain the main points of the Gospel
message. Then she led in prayer those who wanted to receive Jesus as their
Savior. Click here to view a video. The CCAMS music team led worship, including “Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul” (Khmer
Hymnbook #21), accompanied by a live Khmer traditional music ensemble with vocalist. Samnang read CCAMS children's
book, "The Garbage Collector's Baby," which relates the story of a Christian who witnessed to a garbage collector about Jesus and
he prayed to receive Jesus as his Savior. The Christians in the story saw their faith growing stronger, and miracles occurring, as
they learned how to trust God in difficult situations, especially partnering together to rescue an abandoned baby! The CCAMS
Performing Arts Team presented CCAM hallmark dance, "Garlands Instead of Ashes" (Isaiah 61). This dance describes the
calling of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 4:14-21) to rescue and restore the disadvantaged, by giving them garlands of God’s
blessings to replace the ashes of their former lives, and we at CCAM have dedicated ourselves to follow His example! We
distributed sets of 10 CCAMS children's books, plus Wordless Books, to 44 visiting families!
On Sunday, July 21, we returned to the church to celebrate the 90th birthday of senior
leader Grandma Timsan! CCAM's gift to Grandma Timsan on her birthday was our
performance of "Praise the Lord with Timbrel and Dancing" (Psalm 150), a CCAM
hallmark dance created in the year 2000 and first presented at the Astrodome in
Houston, Texas. Click here to view a YouTube video, and click here to view a
Facebook note.
We are now discussing with church leaders plans to train children and youth in their
church and neighborhood to use the arts in Christian ministry! Please pray for God's
will to be done! And also please pray that much spiritual fruit will grow out of this
partnership!
Click here to view the full Facebook photo album. Click here to view a YouTube
playlist of the various video and audio files highlighting this partnership.
proclamation.arts@ccamvision.org; www.ccamvision.org/donate_now/paypal.php
www.youtube.com/user/ccamvision; www.facebook.com/cambodianchristianartsministry

Proclaim His Praise
Isaiah 42:12
The Laud Mission Association is composed
of a team of music professionals, artists, and
youth who are dynamic and thoughtful of
serious development in both the educational
and artistic of the youth, as well as making
the activities sustainable.
Music workshops,
sharing sessions, group
works, spiritual
upbringing, advice
related to everyday life,
discoveries...constitute
the main activities of the camps by making
them more and more attractive. It was
mainly the progress
observed in the
participants as well as
the impacts in their
surroundings that
convinced the
promoters to seek for
more opening, display more artistic gifts,
share the Christian value and to develop them
in a legal setting. From this the Laud Mission
Association was born.
From the realization of youth environment,
music camps were organized to help develop
2019 Projects:
Nosy Be Music and Family Camp-Sep. 1st-7th
Concert in Nosy Be-Sep. 4th
Concert in Antananarivo-Oct. 20th
musical skills, improve relationships, take
responsibility, but also get references in their
lives and values honoring God. Family Camps
also offer parents the opportunity to focus on
importance of education, family, spiritual
values and encouragement to their children in
the development of their talents.
Lot: III G 18 Antohomakinika
ANTANANARIVO-MADAGASIKARA
laudmission@gmail.com

Painting courtesy of Dallas International University
Dallas International University, Dallas, Texas
Dallas International
University offers a
graduate-level course on
Arts & Trauma Healing
where students learn a
holistic, interactive
approach to engaging
Scripture and relevant Arts
in the healing process for
people who suffer from the
mental, emotional, and
spiritual effects of trauma.
Students learn to address
both beliefs and emotions
damaged by trauma in their
own lives and in the lives of
others through participatory
learning methods as well as
engaging with their fellow
students in a small group
context. After successfully
completing this course,
students will be able to
promote emotional and
spiritual healing in
traumatized communities
through the use of local
expressive arts existing in
those communities.
• Applications accepted beginning on January 1, 2020
through March 8, 2020
• Register by April 19, 2020
• Payment by April 24, 2020
• The course will be held in the extended May term with
online work beginning May 8, 2020.
• The on-campus intensive will be held from June 22-July 2,
2020
The final project will be due August 7, 2020
Acceptance to participate in this course is by permission of instructor.
All Nations Christian College, Ware, England, UK
• Applications accepted beginning September 1, 2019
through November 8th
• Register by December 14, 2019
• Payment made by December 18, 2019
• Spring Course with online work beginning in January
• On-campus intensive will be from March 23rd through
April 2, 2020
• The final project by April 29, 2020
More details:
www.diu.edu/ath and at Wendy_Atkins@diu.edu

Nathan Tiangson, founder of
Kindred Culture Inc. recently toured
with World Vision Canada to
Fortaleza, Brazil to see how dance can
prevent violence in this community.
This group of five Canadians showed
how dance can be used to show God’s
love in some of the most violent
communities. The team had the
opportunity to work with violence
prevention projects of World Vision
and to participate in dance workshops
with local Brazilian students.
Just Released Video-Click Here!
Website: www.kindredculture.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
The idea of combining hip-hop, street
dancing and gospel ministry seems
unusual, but people see something
different about the dancers. It’s not
just the dance. It’s Jesus Christ! JP
Joao Pedro plans to return to Japan
next year and get back to work with
Japanese Young Adults in Tokyo using
performing arts and dance. JP will also
be planning for his wedding!
It’s Not Just
the Dance.
It’s Jesus
Mega Blessings,
JP Carvalho
jpcdance@hotmail.com

Prayer Page
Lilian Schmid: Please uphold all areas
of the Arts in your prayers while meditating on
the scriptures.
Heart Beats: Pray that songs and videos that
were recorded will reach many Kurdish people,
bringing hope to a rejected people.
Cambodia Christian Arts: We are now
discussing with church leaders plans to train
children and youth in their church and
neighborhood to use the arts in Christian
ministry! Please pray for God's will to be
done! And also please pray that much spiritual
fruit will grow out of this partnership!
Project Dance Houston: Pray for the
upcoming Project Dance in Pittsburg.
Sept. 20th-22nd.
Community Arts Tokyo: Pray with us that
God will work through the Olympics for the
sake of the growth of his kingdom in Japan in
2020.
ACT International: Pray for the 2019
Nashville Gathering, November 7th-9th .
Lausanne Global Classroom-Arts:
Pray fr Christians to understand how arts
impact evangelism, faith, and worship.
Arts Advocate Update: Pray as those in
Jakarta explore and learn about creating
environments that can spark meaningful
conversations that lead to Isa.
Dallas International University: Pray for
students and instructors as they take part in the
Arts and Trauma Healing Course.
Visual Story Network: Pray for Story in
Ministry, a five-week course beginning Sept.
18th that teaches the essential elements of
story for those seeking to better communicate
the message of Christ and kingdom whether a
story is oral, written or filmed.
Laud Mission: Pray for family camps as they
offer parents the opportunity to focus on the
importance of education, family, spiritual
values and encouragement to their children in
the development of their talents.
Nathan Tiangson-Kindred Culture:
Prayer as the team shares the good news of
Jesus in dance.
JP Joao Pedro: Prayer that God’s love will be
shown through dance
Selah Art-Sujatha Balasundaram: Prayer
as Selah Arts focuses on discipleship and
sharing the Word of God through art.