Advent 2019

first Sunday in Advent- not much different than previous years, but still pretty, i think. one of my facebook friends asked me why i did this at church :) i explained that it is meant to be contemplative liturgical art- to make us think about the meaning of Advent including 'light in the darkness'. plus, it's really really off-white in our sanctuary, except for the red carpet up the center aisle and altar steps. i think that color is a good thing :) 

Reformation

So I decided to think 'outside the box' on this one :) Since Reformation pops up toward the end of Ordinary Time ( there's 3 weeks left before we go into Advent) I decided to just add red to what's already there, to co-ordinate with the Paraments for this Sunday. We have one young man being confirmed this Sunday. I'm thinking that this design will also get folks thinking about Christmas a little......and hopefully I haven't broken any liturgical 'rules' :) 

The Day of Pentecost

This year I made some paper cut out flames to add to the other things I had on hand. I think it adds a whole other dimension to the mobile......

Easter

Oy. I got a little bit behind on posting this one :) I used basically the same 'ingredients' that I had on hand, but somehow it always looks a little different from the year before.

Lenten Sermon Series

I made this banner as a "one off"- our Pastor did a sermon series for Wednesday evening Lenten services of " Signs That Point to the Cross".  (It was a great series) I made the banner out of white poster paper, and used some giant foam rubber stamps to ink the words on kraft paper that I tore the edges of, to give it a rougher look.  It's a little hard to see in the picture, but there's a cross in the background that I added each week's word over. The color comes from Ken Oliver's 'Color Burst' powder ( I LOVE THAT STUFF!)  Once again I've crossed over two hobbies- Liturgical arts and stamping :) 

Good Friday

Here you can see that the previous Lenten mobile has gotten darker- small wooden crosses were added. I also removed all the 'shiny' and glittery ribbons ( our aggregate floor is quite sparkly, thanks to me :)  )  Looking ahead to the change for Easter morning! 

Lent 2019

This is actually week two.....it doesn't look a whole lot different than last week- I just added a little more blue to the mix. It will continue to get bigger and darker as we progress through the next few weeks.