Ash Wednesday 2020

My offering for this year's Lenten season.  Many of the same elements as years gone by (frugal :) but a few new additions to the mix, including a friend's purple sheer swags from her daughter's old bedroom being remodeled.....normally I start out smaller, and add to it as we go through Lent. This year that's not an option, so I just went for it :)  The gray circles represent the silver coins Judas received for betraying Jesus. The knotted silvery fabric reminded me of the chain mail soldier's armor. There's ropes, crosses, and plenty of black & purple ribbons and fabric. It co-ordinates with our Paraments nicely, I think.  At least that's what I was shooting for...... I've been including a little write-up in our newsletter explaining my thought process for each mobile. Folks tell me it's helping them capture the vision :)  And this way, I can explain that there's a method to my madness :)  Walk Dusty, people......

This beautiful wall hanging was created by one of our "quilter extraordinaire" members and is just stunning hanging on the side wall of the Sanctuary. We needed something new for the Lenten season, but this might find a home here for years to come. Thanks Terry :) 

Ordinary Time 2020

I changed this to coincide with the observance of The Baptism of Our Lord- that white gauzy fabric just visually reminds me of Jesus' Shroud for some reason.....the green circles represent our seeds of faith as it grows, and the ribbons are meant to look like vines :)  This is the 'ground floor' view- how it looks as I'm working on it. To me it always seems more beautiful 30 feet up :)  Lent is coming soon!

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 :)