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The Indianapolis conference ran June 15-17, 2012 and it was an incredibly wonderful time. See the blog for the a recap. 

If you are interested, here is an overview of how our schedule went.

Friday and Saturday focused on teaching and workshops, with panels and round-table discussions.

Workshops included:

Friday

  • “Awakening Your Senses: Cultivating Sensory Worship in a Congregational Setting”–Beth Booram
  • “Designing and Running an Art Gallery in Your Church”–Jessie Nilo, Kyle Ragsdale, Michael Winters
  • “Painting Live During Services”–Cathy Feeman
  • “An Interview with Artist and Curator Kyle Ragsdale”
  •  “Creating Sacred Space Roundtable”–Led by deAnn Roe

Saturday

  • “Releasing the Healing Power of the Arts”—Theresa Dedmon
  • “An Interview with Rory Noland”
  • “Starting an Arts Ministry and Building Arts Community in Your Church”–Jessie Nilo
  • “Having Standards, while Being Inclusive: Helping all Levels of Creativity Flourish in Your Church”—Jessie Nilo, deAnn Roe
  • “How to Create a Drama Ministry in Your Church”–Amy Christie

Rory Noland was the main speaker Friday night and Saturday morning.

Theresa Dedmon was the main speaker on Saturday night.

Then on Sunday morning we “took over” both services (9:30 and 11:30) at the Indy Vineyard Community Church! It was a time to dream what it might look like for the arts to be fully integrated into Sunday services, with a healthy dose of experimentation, as well!

All three days featured loads of inspiration, prayer, and encouragement for artists and art ministers, with practical, creative ideas on ministry, and open discussions where you can share what it looks like to love God and people through the arts in your church.

We explored questions like: How can our churches manage the tension between inclusiveness and excellence in the arts? How can the arts be used in outreach? How can we be intentional about giving artists a place in our churches? How can we disciple and encourage them, and avoid burning them out? How can we facilitate true community among artists?, and more.

There were opportunities to share and hear different ways churches can embrace the visual arts, film, street art, dances, writing, poetry, theater, and much more.

We designed this conference to be not only a unique time of gathering ideas and inspiration from creative leaders, discovering resources, and sharing with peers, but also a time of spiritual and mental refreshing. In addition to the many valuable workshops, there were opportunities each day to take a creative break in the Creative Room, connect with other attendees, or get specific prayer. From the time attendees registered for the Indianapolis conference, someone was praying specifically for what God has called  them to.  Most left spiritually energized and full of new ideas and inspiration.

Here is a schedule of the conference timing and main sessions topics.

Creative Church Indianapolis

Conference Schedule

Friday, June 15, 2012

9:30am- 10:45am            Session One—J. Scott McElroy–“A Vision for the Flourishing of Art and Creativity in the Local Church”

10:45am-11:00am            Break

11:00am-12:00pm           Session Two—Beth Booram–“Awakening Your Senses: Cultivating Sensory Worship in a Congregational Setting”

12:00pm-1:30pm             Lunch Break

1:30pm-2:30pm               Choice of:

  • Workshops
  • Peer Round Table Discussion
  • Creative Room
  • Prayer Rooms

2:30pm-2:45pm                Break

2:45pm-3:45pm                Choice of:

  • Workshops
  • Creative Room
  • Prayer Rooms

3:45pm-4:00pm                 Break

4:00pm-5:30pm                 Session 3–Panel Discussion–“The Power of the Arts in Community Outreach”–Theresa Dedmon, Jessie Nilo, Joe Boyd, Kyle Ragsdale, Christopher Greco

5:30pm-7:30pm                  Dinner Break

7:30pm–8:00pm               Worship—Steven Potaczek and 1000 Generations (Plus the Grace Community Church drama team)

8:00–9:30pm                     Session Four—Rory Noland–“Thriving as an Artist in the Church”

Saturday, June, 16 2012

8:30am-9:30am                (Registration for single day attendees only)

9:30am- 10:45am              Session Five—Rory Noland–“Cultivating the Heart of the Artist and Dealing with Perfectionism”

10:45am-11:00am              Break

11:00am-12:00pm             Session Six–Joe Boyd–“Telling the Kingdom Story Creatively: Thoughts from an Artist/Pastor”

12:00pm-1:30pm               Lunch Break

1:30pm-2:30pm                 Choice of:

  • Workshops
  • Creative Room
  • Prayer Rooms

2:30pm-2:45pm                 Break

2:45pm-3:45pm                 Choice of:

  • Workshops
  • Creative Room
  • Prayer Rooms

3:45pm-4:00pm                 Break

4:00pm-5:30pm                 Session Seven–Panel Discussion–“Group Brainstorm: Ideas and Inspiration for the Arts in the Church”–Rory Noland, Theresa Dedmon, Joe Boyd, J. Scott McElroy, Jessie Nilo, Christopher Greco, Cathy Howie, deAnn Roe, The Audience

5:30pm-7:30pm                  Dinner Break

7:30pm-8:00pm                 Worship—Jason Barrows and The Heritage

8:00-9:30pm                       Session Eight—Theresa Dedmon–“The Creativity of God Released in His People to Change the World”

Sunday, June, 17 2012

9:30am-11:00am                 Special Arts Service

11:30am-1:00pm                 Special Arts Service

1:00pm                                  Conference officially ended