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    Thriving as an Artist in the Church: Hope and Help for You and Your Ministry Team
    Thriving as an Artist in the Church: Hope and Help for You and Your Ministry Team
    Thriving as an Artist in the Church: Hope and Help for You and Your Ministry Team
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    Thriving as an Artist in the Church: Hope and Help for You and Your Ministry Team

    Written by Rory Noland

    Narrated by Maurice England

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    • Great for individual or group use• Includes provocative discussion questions and practical action steps• Features four-color art plates and literary quotesIt’s not easy being an Artist in the church.But whatever your passion—music, visual art, drama, dance, writing, technical arts—you can not only survive, but thrive. And the rewards far outweigh the pressures of weekly services, artistic differences, and relational conflicts. After all, where else could you consistently make a contribution of eternal significance, experience deep community with other artists, and grow closer to God as a result? Thriving as an Artist in the Church is a practical guide, full of wisdom and pastoral guidance, that will help you surmount the obstacles and flourish in your ministry. It’s packed with examples, discussion questions, personal action steps, and mega-doses of encouragement. Most important, it tackles the real-life issues every artist in the church has to deal with: • Sustaining passion • Developing key relational skills• Dealing with rejection and failure• Cultivating confidence• Resolving artistic differences• And much more! Written by an artist for artists, this book will help make your ministry experience sustainable and life-giving so you can fall in love with the church all over again.Rory Noland is director of Heart of the Artist Ministries (www.heartoftheartist.org), an organization dedicated to turning teams of church artists into communities of grace. A composer, songwriter, author, and speaker, Rory is a graduate of the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University and served for twenty years as music director at Willow Creek Community Church.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateMar 31, 2009
    ISBN9780310305354
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    Rory Noland

    Rory Noland es el director de Heart of the Artist Ministries, un organización dedicada a los artistas en la iglesia y ayuda los equipos de artistas a dar una vuelta entre comunidades de tolerancia. Un compositor, un autor, y un hablante, Rory es un graduado de Chicago musical College a Roosevelt University y sirvió por 20 años como un director de música a Willow Creek Community Church en South Barrington, Illinois. Es el autor de dos libros publicado por Zondervan.

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    • 5/5
      Nicely done book on how to go about being a creative type in the church. Focuses mainly on the worship music ministry that many churches have, but also extends to drama, visual arts, etc. A must-read for any church-based artist!