"Culture and the arts are an overflow of what it is that people believe. As Christians, we have the joy of tending, cultivating, and pursuing the beautification of the earth for the sake of people to the glory of God. Part of taking dominion over the earth is to adorn time, color, movement, language, sound, etc. with the glory of the gospel."
Gregory Wilbur
Worship & Chief Musician
God is a creator and He has gifted His people with the desire to create.
Christianity has a long history of fostering the arts, and we want to more fully understand, embrace, participate in, and continue this rich legacy. Enjoying those things that are beautiful, well-crafted, and artfully formed helps us to understand more of God’s nature and character. In addition, working with the materials that God has made, we can rejoice in the ordering of those resources through the arts—color, movement, sound, time, language. This conviction shows up in the excellent but accessible music that we sing on Sunday mornings, where we keep beauty and aesthetics as part of our consideration. But we also enjoy exploring other realms of the arts through literature discussions, regular film nights, trips to concerts, encouraging the visual arts, and hosting musical groups or ensembles.
The Means
Community Book/Film Discussions every month
Periodic concerts, lectures, etc
The Goal
Our desire is to provide events to help folks see the beauty of Christ more clearly in the things that 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.
July Book Discussion
Join us on Monday, July 7, as Pastor Drew Abercrombie leads a discussion of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. There will be fellowship and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall at 6:30 p.m. with discussion starting at 7:00 p.m. Register on the website. Contact: Greg Wilbur, greg@cstonepres.org
Upcoming: August 4, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
