Arts

Greg Wilbur
Worship & Chief Musician

Our desire is to show the beauty of Christ more clearly in the things that are made and the things we make as sub-creators and to engage the broader community with the significant questions that the arts raise, but that can only be answered in Christ.

The arts ministry at Cornerstone seeks to make Christ known and for God to shine into our hearts the "light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6). Our model is displayed in the ministry of Paul in Acts 17 in which he interacts with Jews and Greeks to share the Gospel. Paul reasoned from the Scriptures to explain the necessity of Christ's suffering and resurrection in Thessalonica. In Berea, he encouraged the examining of the Scriptures to affirm and strengthen their belief. At the Areopagus in Athens, Paul engaged the pagan philosophers (the cultural leaders) on their turf, by using the words of their poets, to show them the truth of the Scriptures. We desire to use these planned ministry opportunities to examine the Word, teach the Gospel, and utilize the areas of film, music, and books (fruits of culture) to show the Truth that is made plain even to unbelievers (Rom 1).

Narrative, story, and music are powerful ways to incarnate truth.

By discussing books, films, music, and others, we strive to develop our ability to read and comprehend for the purpose of examining the Word, teaching the Gospel, and engaging our community and culture.

Creating opportunities to engage with stories, books, films, and music for the purpose of growing in grace and in the Great Narrative of redemption.

Arts Ministry Opportunities

Regular Community Discussions of books, films musical works (generally the first Monday of the Month).
Participatory activities such as jam sessions, hosted concerts, etc.
Periodic outings to concerts or galleries, guest speakers, etc.