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ArtServe is the operating name of Methodist Arts Limited, a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (no. 06673242) and a registered charity (no.1129831).

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ArtServe is an exciting new organisation which supports the use of all creative arts in worship, including music, dance and drama, visual arts, and creative writing.

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or Five Parables and a Pig

A sower went forth to sow

Minimum Theatre's latest production is a collection of five parables of Jesus, delivered in Minimum Theatre’s inimitable comic style.

The production is available to tour in the Melton Mowbray area from March to July 2012, either as a complete package or as separate items for inclusion in an act of worship. We will devise the accompanying act of worship or you can create your own.

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Singing the Faith is a new hymn book for the Methodist Church which was published in September 2011. The book has its own websites Singing the Faith and Singing the Faith Plus.

ArtServe is keen to see Singing the Faith as more than just a hymn book - but also as an opportunity to broaden our worship experience through drama, art and story. Here, Valerie Ruddle offers suggestions based on seasons of the church calendar.

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Paul McDowell has produced a set of cross-references between Singing the Faith (the new Methodist Church hymn collection), Hymns and Psalms, Songs of Fellowship (volumes 1-4), and New Hymns and Worship Songs (Kevin Mayhew, 1996). These are all now available for ArtServe members to download.

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ArtServe award presentationThe first ArtServe long service award has been presented to someone whose art form is something other than music.

Our new style awards are being presented to people across the country who have given over 25 years of service in the creative arts to the church. To date these have mainly continued to be presented to musicians.

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