Youth Art Team is back in session! Hurray! The night kicked off with a grand art scavenger hunt in which we had to use picture clues to find twelve pieces of art around downtown Waterloo. When we found them, we talked about how the art made us feel, what we thought about when we looked at it, and how it transformed the space it occupied. 5 teams- 17 kids, 12 adults- had a great time, and even though my team only found 9 of the 12, we did come up with the coolest team name. We were "Ruby Slippers" because we identified our six team members from red pieces of paper given to us..and because "there's no place like home!"
Back at Harvest, we listened to Chawne Paige, a local artist and a designer of one of the very murals we saw downtown! Chawne showed us some images of how he uses digital design in his murals. So cool, and he's one of my newest local heroes!
And, the kids got brand spankin' new sketchbooks and watercolors this night. Can't wait to see them transform the pages with their creativity!
Youth Art Team exists to love people through artwork, and through these next five weeks, the kids are going to share a message with their community by designing and painting a mural on a building in Triangle Park.
Our group was reminded tonight of the Scripture passage where Jesus feeds 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. In it, Jesus says, "Bring me what you have." When we bring Jesus what we have, he can make much of it! Our desire is to offer him the gifts he's given us this session and pray that He will multiply them into a miracle and blessing for our community.
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