Bedford Easter garden

ArtServe member Eileen Davis writes:

For many years we have converted the front of the church at Priory Methodist Church, Bedford from a podium to a garden for Easter.

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what are installations?

A short introduction by Jacqui Hicks

The term installation is sometimes applied to permanent, site-specific, sculptural ensembles created for corporate or public settings. But it also applies to short term displays that are larger and more unusual than the worship display created for a prayer focus in a Sunday or weekday service as installations take a little longer to 'install'.

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lenten cross inspiration

If you have still got your Christmas tree trunk and made it into a cross, here are a few ideas for using in worship displays leading up to and including Easter.

If you haven't, talk someone into creating a large cross for you (and then talk someone else into loaning you their 'workmate' to stand it in).

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an alternative christmas tree

As an alternative to a Christmas tree this year why not create a Jesse Tree in your church and then send us a photo?

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worship centres

Inspiration for beautiful worship centres by Stella Bristow

You may wish to create a worship display occasionally instead of a flower arrangement, using materials relating to the theme of the service. Creating displays requires a squirrel mentality – an eye for seeing potential in a piece of wood or a stone and in other people’s rubbish as well as your own! As you gather items together, you may need to dedicate some storage space to your collection.

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