All gathered joyfully and with thanksgiving and prayer! (Wendy was not present, alas.)In old news, the Arts Council decided last fall to change their name to the HopeArts Pastoral Team, or HAPT, to better reflect their purpose. Let's just call them the Happy Team, shall we?Brie has decided to meet with each member of the HAPT individually to see what they think they've been doing, what they want to

Hope artists met at the Bryant's home for an extravagant potluck, performance, reports and prayer. Here is an overview.Before and after dinner, we decorated seed packets for the upcoming Hope Chapel art project. Anyone is invited to take a template and draw/write on it the type of seed they are, the type of plant it will become, and instructions for growing or other seed-type information. Wendy and

Well, I don't know if just the most interesting and enthusiastic people came to the meeting or if all writers are that way, but we had a very fun group, willing participators and unique storytellers each one. For more detail on the meeting please check the minutes to our meeting.  Also please note that I am not going to attempt to place people in writers groups. By coming to these larger meetings

Kelly reported on his recent trip to New York to attend the IAM conference. He got to spend time with former and returning Hope artist Brie Walker, as well as with grad students from his alma mater, the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The main speaker was Nicholas Wolterstorff, a hero of Kelly's for the past 18 years. One of many "God moments" was when he got to ask Mr. Wolterstorff a question he's

We met at the Rascos' home on March 9 for amazing curries made by Wendy and Chanaka and other goodies, for a 100% gluten-free potluck. After a good time hanging out and in keeping with our desire to connect more relationally with other "tribes" at Hope, Gayle Bender and Cathy Tucek took time to talk about the projects they are working on. Gayle is taking over administering the summer Neighborhood