Good day to you! We welcome you to Episode 22, where Lochy takes us through Bible memorisation! How did Lochy memorise the Book of Mark? Why did he do this? What did he learn? And how can we all memorise Sripture as well? All of these questions and more are discussed in this exciting episode, where we consider the importance of remembering Scripture. A key takeaway we hope you see is that anyone can begin Bible memorisation, and then improve on it as it becomes a helpful regular practice! God's Word is living and active. What a wonderful thing it is that we can memorise it and dwell upon it, and speak it, in our everyday lives.  Once again we thank you for your support and listening! And remember, we'd love to hear YOUR stories around memorising the Scriptures. Maybe you memorised a verse to read in a church drama or performance, or regularly memorise Scripture. Maybe you'd like to learn more about this practice.  God bless and have a terrific week ahead.  - The Art of Ministry (Jon & Lochy) https://theartofministry.podbean.com/

Howdy! It's so good to see you! All of Christ's blessings to you this Easter!  Today's episode is all about Art Therapy - with our special guest Michelle Krieg. She is an Art Therapist, and has worked across Adelaide (South Australia) in group art sessions and also within a hospice environment with many different patients.  She has amazing stories to tell, and shows us that Art and the Christian faith are so ever present in the Art Therapy context.  Please note: Some sensitive issues are discussed, including conversations around mental health, discussion about people who are suicidal, chat about people who are dying in a hospice environment, and topics around anxiety, depression, trauma and loss, which some listeners may find distressing. If the show has brought up any issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia)Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 i(Australia) or, your country’s counselling hotlines. You can also call Life FM Careline (Australia) on 4159 7040 between 9am and 11pm for prayer and a listening ear. We would also encourage you to speak to friends, family, your local church pastor or chaplain, or someone you trust. Come join us! Our website is here Thanks and God bless, The Art of Ministry Podcast

Greetings friends! Well, what an opportunity and privilege it was to speak with Alaina Frost from One50 Dance for episode 20! We hope you love the show this week! We cover God and dance, the Bible and dance, the organisation One50 Dance, and even touch on some famous dancers too. Also explored is creativity around dance, and how we can all dance before the Lord, just as David did. What a celebration it is to serve God in such diverse ways across the Arts!  Below are some links about One50 Dance, as well as a link to their public fund (this gets mentioned too in the show). Can you support them? Here's one way you can!  One50 Dance - https://www.one50.com/ One50 Dance - Public Fund - https://www.one50.com/publicfund Thanks again for your listening. We love having you all supporting us.  Blessings, The Art of Ministry Podcast

YES! We are back in 2024 and guess what... so many people have asked advice about how to create a podcast. So instead of continuing to give ideas and replies, why not create a whole episode full of advice about all aspects of podcasting?  If you want to make a podcast, look no further! We discuss ideas, tools, equipment, software, hardware, communication dynamics, passion for topic, prayer and more! If you've wanted to know how to use multimedia and create a podcast, it's all here.  Thank you again so much for your continued support - bring on 2024! Let's explore sharing the Gospel through the arts together! God bless and take care, Jon (The Art of Ministry)

Lochy and I have been so thankful for this year. We have a long list of thank yous!  We appreciate you all and can't wait to catch up with you again in 2024.  All of God's blessings, The Art of Ministry (Lochy & Jon)

Merry Christmas to you! It's nearly New Years, and we have a wonderful guest to cap off a big year for The Art of Ministry Podcast. We have Navy Jones - a singer/songwriter who shares God's love through song. His voice, I think you'll agree, is a wonderful gift from the Lord, as is his playing. And our chat went through a huge range of topics, from his testimony, performing music live, GK Chesterton, studio recording, and ultimately thinking on Jesus. It's a musical feast! We hope you enjoy the show!  You can find out more about Navy Jones here:  Navy Jones Music: https://www.navyjonesmusic.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4GnVsh2uO0O6WcqgeZdSuj?si=Q9cw2P6gSKm77ymKO-9uzQ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/navy-jones/1715799600

Introducing the Cafe, a virtual place where Lochy and I sit and discuss big issues! Today, it's how you can share Jesus through the arts in YOUR city! That's right, YOU could have a major role in doing this! This episode hopes to inspire everyone to think through the possibilities for sharing about Jesus in artistic ways.  We take an in-depth look at what we loved from our childhood to adulthood. Then, we look at what might be our three (3) biggest ideas we'd like to see implemented. These range from murals, to theatre, to all sorts of artistic expressions.  Maybe a particular idea is just right for your own context. As we all prayerfully consider possibilities, there might even be ways we can explore expanding the Cafe concept for wider interactivity, so we can all share together! We welcome you to comment on the socials, on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086543790081  Blessings, the AOM Crew :) Podcast Website: https://theartofministry.podbean.com/

Poetry! Such a beautiful art form. Well, today we are in for a treat, with poet Claire Watson taking the guest seat and sharing all about God, poetry slams, writing poetry across different styles and genres, inspiration, and all sort of interesting stuff. We hope you have a great listen and remember you can chat with us on our social pages and leave your comments! Peace and joy in Christ, The Art of Ministry

Happy October! How are you? Hope you are well and all's good. This episode we discuss 'live performance'! And today's guest is... ME! :D Haha, anyway, we delve into (1) pre-'going live' advice from Len & Pete, (2) biblical ways of preparing for live performance, and (3) things to think through before preparing a setlist and getting ready to perform. As always - thanks for your support and comments online, we love your feedback. There's more fun to come, and plenty to chat about in this episode... let's go!

Greetings friends! In this 2nd part of our two episode series on personal artistic journeys, Lochy shares his own artistic journey! It's an exciting adventure across multiple artistic and ministry endeavours and... ahem, no spoilers here, we'll let you find out for yourselves! :) Happy listening.

Finding out you have a 1 in 40000 vision issue... accidentally offending someone with a cartoon (I didn't mean to!)... subjecting oneself to 'Double Art' in High School - and loving it! The wonderful Technics KN-930 Keyboard, with floppy disk (!) ... and aiming to glorify God through the Arts! Today I'm sharing my artistic journey, talking about the power of prayer (we have a mighty God), cartooning and technology, graphic novels, song production and music videos. I hope it's an encouraging listen. Thanks as always for your support. We appreciate you!

Welcome to our Australian and international listeners! Yes, you! :) Today, we chat to Thorin and Rebekah from Coro Uniting about how they put on 'The Mark Drama' at their church. And as part of our 'Mark's Gospel' theme of the moment, grab some great free Mark resources at our Facebook page. Thanks for listening and supporting - it means a lot!

It's here... Episode 10, an exploration of the Christian Fantasy genre - with SA Author Ben Morton! We talk about everything writing: publishing companies, AI technology, famous Christian Fantasy authors, Ben's current and upcoming works, Stone Table Books, and so much more!  We hope you have fun with this exciting episode!

Welcome all! How are you? We hope you are well: hey, guess what! Today we speak to Anglican priest and well-known theatre actor Dave MacGillivray! He shares some incredible insights from ministry and the acting world as we go in depth on both! It's our biggest ever show and we think it's going to be a fantastic listen. We certainly felt blessed by this time. Enjoy!

It's the music episode! Today, Jon interviews Liv Christie from Heart Song Festival Adelaide, a big Christian music festival in Port Adelaide that is happening in March! As well as this, Lochy leads us through a thought-provoking talk on music and the church. Almost one hour's worth of podcast all about God and music. Any thoughts to share with us? We love your feedback and we look forward to hearing from you!

It's 2023... Happy New Year! Our 7th episode (and first for the year) is with guests Len & Pete, local Adelaide Christian Radio legends! Lochy & I had a ball.  Apologies for the technical issues (we used an alternative recording engine that had hiccups). It did add to the hilarity though! :D

Technology... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! :) Here are fun bloopers from 2022 for your enjoyment. We've had so much fun; thanks for listening!

The Art of Ministry chats to 1079 LIFE all about the podcast during the LIFE FM Community Festival! And about those ice creams... (yes I did have one!)

In this episode, Lochy and I were thrilled to speak with Cherie, a talented visual artist with many amazing things to say about drawing, using digital art tools, and sharing about Jesus through visual art.

Jon and Lochy interview Stephen Urmston, pastor and puppeteer, all about how to use puppets effectively in ministry. A fascinating and fun-filled show!