Creative Church Handbook: Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation, by J. Scott McElroy
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If the future is creative, is it any wonder that sometimes the church seems stuck in the past? Now is the time for the church to reclaim its role as a center of creativity. Among your members are artists, musicians and other creatives whose gifts can enhance your worship, inform your theology and impact your community. Christian arts advocate J. Scott McElroy gives a comprehensive vision and manual for unleashing creativity in your congregation so you can connect with the more visual, aural, participatory and expressive generation that is rising up within the church today. In this handbook you'll find clear direction for:
- Mobilizing and managing artists and other creatives in your congregation
- Establishing structures and parameters for arts ministry
- Leading and supporting staff and church members in creative changes
- Enhancing the worship service
- Adding creative elements to your sermons
- Engaging the broader community
- Amazon Sales Rank: #451395 in Books
- Brand: Mcelroy, J. Scott
- Published on: 2015-05-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .79" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 299 pages
Review "Essential. Comprehensive. Inspiring. If you are an artist of faith, or lead artists of faith, you absolutely need to get this book." (Manuel Luz, author, Imagine That: Discovering Your Unique Role as a Christian Artist)"McElroy has gone to work for us, recording inspiring advice, experience and ideas from his national survey of churches active in the arts. Creative Church Handbook shows how the new renaissance of creativity in our churches is turning the eyes of our culture back to God. Whether you are a seasoned arts pastor or just investigating how the arts might benefit your church, this book's gathered wisdom and curated advice will serve you greatly." (Jason Leith, Arts Initiative Director, Saddleback Church)"With the increasing interest in creativity and artistic expression among Christians today, there is a commensurate need for insight and wisdom on how a renewed imagination can be embodied within the life and mission of the church. Biblically rooted and immensely practical, Creative Church Handbook is an encouraging resource that will inform the journey of God's people as they continue to recover and create vibrant expressions of truth and beauty in worship, life and mission." (Dr. Colin Harbinson, international director, StoneWorks Global Arts Initiative)"I was blown away by how comprehensive and helpful this book is. It will get your creative juices flowing and open your eyes to how amazing God is in his diversity of communication styles. Any church that is serious about using the arts to draw people toward Christ needs this book in their library. I wish a resource like this had been available when I was planning worship services every week." (Marcus Warner, president, Deeper Walk International)"Scott McElroy brings a thoroughly biblical worldview to his treatment of the arts as one of the ways we can enhance worship and ministry in the church. Theological education has often become so intellectual in its approach to the mission of the church that the intimacy of personal relationship is missed in the process. McElroy sees the proper use of the arts as another way of expressing an intimate personal relationship in the definition of mature discipleship. All of this with a wealth of practical suggestions and resources." (Timothy M. Warner, former Director of the Professional Doctoral Programs, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)"How I wish I had access to a book like this one when I was leading an arts ministry! J. Scott McElroy has provided a comprehensive, highly practical and inspiring tool for anyone hoping to unleash the arts more powerfully in their church and community. We need another renaissance of the arts in the church―for all kinds of reasons―and my hope is that this book will help stir the revolution." (Nancy Beach, leadership coach, The SlingShot Group, author, The Hour on Sunday and Gifted to Lead: The Art of Leading as a Woman in the Church)"Places and people who profess to know the Creator best be out to be the most creative places and people around. J. Scott McElroy shows the church how to reclaim its creative calling, and outlines powerful and road-ready strategies in the church's struggle to comprehend and create beauty." (Leonard Sweet, bestselling author, professor, Drew University and George Fox University, and chief contributor to sermons.com)"Arts in the church? Need ideas on the power of the arts for your church? Here's a great guide! Twenty short chapters describing a palette of possibilities that you and your church can put to work―right now! Scott McElroy gives churches good and practical help that is much needed in connecting to the world around us." (Byron Spradlin, president, Artists in Christian Testimony International)"Scott shapes his thesis of why creativity needs to be brought back into the church, like a master craftsman, chipping away the old paint to let the true grain of the wood's beauty be revealed. God wants the church to be creative because he is creative. Scott offers practical insights for every church and believer to begin to incorporate the arts into their church and vision for their community. I highly recommend this as a practical guide with lots of wisdom for those who are hungry to be relevant to where we are headed in the life of the church―a must read." (Theresa Dedmon, artist, author of Born To Create, creative arts director at Bethel Church)"Creative Church Handbook is a treasury of resources for those wanting to instigate more creativity in their local church. It radiates passion for the arts as it provides thoughtful perspectives, practical instructions and prolific illustrations. This book will convince you that the arts are critical to faith formation and will show you how to introduce them to your faith community. I'm proud of Scott McElroy's hard work in curating this substantial volume and hopeful for the fire it will ignite in churches across America." (Beth A. Booram, founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy)"In his book The Creative Church Handbook, my friend Scott McElroy gives churches some of the practical tools and direction they can use right now to start embracing kingdom creativity in their community. I wholeheartedly recommend this resource for church leaders who want to begin to experience the fullness of the kingdom in their local congregation in the context of creativity." (Matt Tommey, founder and executive director, The Worship Studio)
About the Author Scott McElroy is an author, speaker, arts advocate, voiceover artist and visual artist. He is the author of Finding Divine Inspiration: Working with the Holy Spirit in Your Creativity and the director of the New Renaissance Art Movement, which hosts the Creative Church Conferences in Boise, Idaho, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He also serves as Director of Arts at the Vineyard Church, Indianapolis, as well as with the Vineyard Arts Community, USA. Scott is a visual and voiceover artist and narrated the Animal Planet TV series Wildlife Journal from 2004 to 2007. He speaks and leads seminars nationally on the arts in the church, spiritual formation for the artist, learning to hear God's voice and awakening the creativity of God that lives in every person.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The author of this book has the amazing gift of putting succinctly and convincingly into words what ... By J. Nilo The author of this book has the amazing gift of putting succinctly and convincingly into words what the rest of us have felt all along, yet struggle to articulate: That the arts really do belong in the church. But J. Scott McElroy doesn't stop at "why" the arts belong... this book is full of real, practical insights as to "how" visual art can be applied among any gathering of believers, large or small, both inside and outside of the sanctuary. There is no guide that is more comprehensive, encouraging, and inspirational than the Creative Church Handbook if you want to begin engaging through the visual arts and/or creative writing with your congregation. And this book is just as valuable for old hats like me (I've been leading an art ministry for 11 years); some of our stories about VineArts are told in this book, yet the more I turn these pages, the more I'm flooded with new ideas and fresh insights, refreshing and encouraging and delighting me, page after page. These are the stories of hundreds of real-life, Christ-filled artists around the world who are truly in love with the local church, the body of Christ. This book feels like an extension of my heart, a beautiful connection to my peers, my tribe, my future friends-- people who understand the depths where my love of Christ and my passion for art abide, inseparable.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Powerful Tool for The Visual Arts By Melody Kirby Scott is an amazing artists with a true heart for God. He has done an amazing job with this book. It has given me the confirmation I needed to move forward with what I felt God was saying about my own ministry and its a breath of fresh air for the visual artist in the church. This book is truly a Handbook to keep around at all times as it gives great advise and examples! Plus the on-line resources that Scott provides with each chapter are invaluable. Scott has done all the hard research for you and compiled it in this one book. God is moving in the hearts of artists, if you feel you and your church are being called to steward the visual arts, this is an awesome tool. I highly recommend it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Phenomenal Guide to Getting the Arts into Church By J.W. Wartick How do we integrate the arts into our lives in the church?As someone who is interested in the way we can more completely integrate our faith into our lives, this is a question that has interested me for some time. When Creative Church Handbook by J. Scott McElroy showed up as a book available for review, I immediately requested it, thinking it might be a good read. What an understatement! The Creative Church Handbook is a phenomenal guide for those interested in how to make arts ministries and integrate a love for the arts into their church.The book is, well, a handbook for starting up, organizing, and thriving in arts ministries in your church. It is organized in a logical fashion, with an introduction providing reasons for supporting arts ministries and ways to get leadership on board, followed by numerous chapters on building said ministry, ideas for specific types of arts ministries, and moving the ministry beyond the church walls.The chapters on setting up an arts ministry are wonderful because they provide a number of different concepts of what that ministry might look like, along with how to overcome potential challenges which may come up and advice on how to avoid burning people out or scaring them off. McElroy does a good job of envisioning the issues which may come up like funding, integration into worship, and the like.The chapters on what an arts ministry may look like are where the rubber really hits the road as generalized suggestions about things like creating live artworks in worship are intertwined with concrete examples from successful arts ministries.One downside to the book is that there is little if any mention of several art forms like music and technical arts. McElroy acknowledges this in the Preface and notes that, in part, it is because music has been integrated fairly well into worship and the technical arts are, well, technical and would require a different type of book. However, it seems to me that much of McElroy’s advice in this book could be modified slightly to apply to these other forms of the arts. The copy I received was a pre-release and so I was unable to evaluate the index as this was not included.Overall, I would highly recommend Creative Church Handbook for the libraries of leaders in churches and also for laity interested in starting arts ministries. It is an extremely insightful guide with many ideas to help foster growth. You will almost certainly have your mind filled with all kinds of excellent ideas for developing the arts in your faith community. It comes highly recommended. I know I’ll be trying to start a ministry like this up when my wife gets a call after graduation.I received a review copy of the book from InterVarsity Press. I was not obligated by the publisher to give any specific type of feedback whatsoever.
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