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Events
Tuesday 4th November at 7.30pm
Thursday 6th November at 10.30am
We will be taking our Festival theme of Wellsprings forward as we share a bookbinding project, and you will finish with a beautiful hand-stitched book to record your thoughts, poetry, pictures, designs and Bible insights or you may want to use it as a prayer journal. Please note, that the book we will be making is different to one taught at Festival.
The book will be split into different sections, so it can be used in a variety of ways. The design of this book has an added benefit of being refillable, and I’ll show you how to do this at the workshop too. The books can be made with a hard or soft cover, and the materials and instructions will be given for both.
To register please email: and full details and the equipment list will be sent to you.
This project would be ideal for you to share with any of your church groups as it is a very achievable design to make and share and can be made without purchasing specialist equipment or tools. If your church has themed preaching or Bible study sessions planned for Advent, the workshop is perfectly timed for you to make and use the books for that too.
I’m looking forward to sharing another enjoyable online session with you!
Michelle
Bookings are now open and there are two new workshops confirmed to add to the choices already available.
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Music in Worship for Instrumentalists
Facilitator: Paul McDowell
Are you the only musician in your church? Do you need encouragement, advice or practical help? Come and see what'savailable – and yes, you're welcome too if there are two, three or lots of musicians in your church. Bring an instrument, or use the ArtServe piano if you're a keyboard player.
Well Blessing and Well Dressing
Facilitator: Jude Simms
With examples from the Jewish and Christian scriptures, folk tales, and historical sources, we'll think about the tradition of giving thanks for the provision of water, and of blessing our sources of water, from ancient times to the present day. We'll then get hands-on and creative, using natural materials and 'found' items to create our own small 'well dressings' to take home. (NB: this session might get messy, so please dress appropriately, and/or bring an apron or an old t-shirt to protect your clothes!)
Wellsprings, our 2025 festival, will be a weekend of refreshment for your creative soul. It takes place Friday 17 to Sunday 19 October at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre in Staffordshire. Save the date.
These podcasts were recorded by ArtServe trustee Rachel Gallehawk at the 2024 ArtServe festival. They are hosted by Thurrock Community Business Radio.
The annual festival weekend is our main event of the year. Having used The Hayes and High Leigh conference centres for many years, in 2024 we visited Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes for the first time, and our 2025 festival will be at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre in Staffordshire.
