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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Easter Visuals at First Reformed in Pompton Plains
The picture and below note were sent to us by Roy Okma and are posted here with permission:
I am a Calvin graduate and I recently attended your Worship Symposium as a representative of the First Reformed Church in Pompton Plains, NJ. I have attached a picture of our first experiment of using visual arts within the church as a way to enhance the worship experience. I just want to thank-you and the staff at Calvin for an excellent conference and I wanted you to see some of the impact that you are having around the country.
Our church has been around since 1736 and the worship style is more traditional.
Looking at the picture, we made the following changes for our Easter Sunday service:
1) Built and stained the wooden cross in front of the church
2) Ran drapes of white fabric from the cross spreading over top of the entire congregation
The visual effect on Easter was unbelievable as the sunlight played off of the fabric making for an inspiring visual effect. The project was so successful that we are starting a visual art team in our church and also adopted the idea of displaying art work through out the church.
I just wanted to write you an e-mail to share with you and the Calvin staff some of the results from all of your work. As you stated in the conference it is not at all about the ”grant money”; these ideas can be implemented by anyone.
Regards,
Roy Okma
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