last night a team of artists from VineArts in Boise made a short roadtrip to Onatario, Oregon to join with a small church, (Christian Life Fellowship) there that has an arts ministry (Echo Arts) that was birthed out of VineArts, for an evening art & worship service. while their worship band played and led the congregation in song for almost 2 hours, three of us created paintings as a part of that worship leading. partnering with the Holy Spirit and having worshipful hearts during these kinds of creative moments is key. the images and words that us artists created on canvas resounded with the people and God truly had some very specific things to encourage and impart them (that those of us from VineArts were unaware of on a conscious level). it's these kinds of moments that get me really excited because i get to see and hear God's heart for people in a real specific way...and it's so sweet to play a small part in that interaction.
this artist is from Oregon and she is interning with VineArts to learn more about art ministries...this was her first time painting during worship. she poured her heart into it.
this artist is on our VineArts leadership team. she has painted during worship in many churches here and overseas. at one point while creating this painting she got people to become part of the process...she painted their hands and let them place their handprints on the canvas.
here i am in the process of creating the first layer of the painting i was doing. i painted several layers throughout the night.
this painting is all about God releasing the harvesters to the harvest.
this painting is all about God calming the storms in our lives.
this is what the painting ended up looking like once i was finished. it's based on Malachi 3:10..."bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." i had the sense that God was wanting to tell them that if they give all of themselves to Him, He will honor that and release so much in their lives...whatever, however that would look like.
*photos taken by j.nilo
