The Art of Ministry - A Christian Creativity & Arts Podcast

Hi everyone! Great to have you listening from around the world. We love learning about where everyone is listening from! We hope you are all well.  Dr Pete Court (P H Court) joins us today to discuss his book all about CREATIVITY!  We had loads of laughs and also some amazing discussions about theology, creativity, the writing process, academia, and much more.  Pete's book 'Distilling Creativity: How to Live Your Highly Creative Life & Not Die Trying' can be bought at this website:  Immortalise - 'Distilling Creativity' by P H Court Pete's website is below - where you can find out about the book launch!  PHCOURT.COM Book Launch We thank Pete for his time to chat with us!    God bless and thanks for listening, The AOM Team

Hi everyone, here's another invitation to come to an event I am involved with - 'Embracing AI: The Future of Work & Other Minor Issues' - with Engage Work Faith, Adelaide. Event Link & Tickets: https://engageworkfaith.org.au/ai-are-we-all-in/ Here's a brief summary of the event:  "In 2021, Engage Work Faith staged Better than Us, a discussion of the burgeoning AI industry. Four years on and we are saturated with LLM’s, various chatbots and Digital human avatars. What was barely visible on the horizon is now well and truly part of our landscape and in our hands. Will AI replace us? - our creativity, our jobs, our common sense? What makes us uniquely human? Do we embrace it warmly or cautiously? Could the Bible itself unlock a wisdom to navigate this rapidly changing world of technology despite being written before AI was even developed? Join an expert panel, put your questions to them-an essential discussion for humans thinking about their future." The guest speakers are amazing - Stephen Driscoll, Luke Heffernan & Christopher Foster-McBride. All are very educated in the world of AI, and will have important words to say about it. Stephen Driscoll, keynote speaker as well as a pastor and writer, has written a book about AI named 'Made In Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence and You'. This is an excellent resource all about God and AI!  The details are: Date: Monday 25 November 2024 Time: 6pm - 8pm RSVP: Friday 22 November 2024 Venue: The Jade, 142-160 Flinders St, Adelaide SA 5000 Cost: $35 or 2 for $60   I hope I see you there! :)  Blessings, Jon (Art of Ministry Podcast)

Have you ever been tasked with creating something really punchy, brief, but with a lot of impact? Well, in my (Jon's) opinion, our next guest is an expert at this. Lochy Cupit has been making short, powerful presentations for a long time, and this time we talk about his newest creation - the God in 60 Seconds video series! Lochy has crafted both video and social media reels that share about Jesus in a way that is striking, thought-provoking and vibrant. Come listen to this exciting episode that is sure to help your own thinking through creating mini presentations with real focus! Find more Art of Ministry podcasts episodes here (you can subscribe + download across multiple podcast services): https://theartofministry.podbean.com/ Visit Lochy's YouTube page! https://www.youtube.com/@LetsTalkGodin60Seconds   Any thoughts? Questions? Comments? Visit our page on Facebook!

Have you ever wondered what it might have been like to experience the story of Easter firsthand?  James Krieg, pastor of Bethel Christian Church in Adelaide, created an Easter experience unlike many ever seen in churches across Australia and the world. Using the church building, he and the church community assembled elements representing the significant moments in Jesus' journey to the cross, his death, and his resurrection.  Lochy and Jon got to speak to James all about the experience, how it touched lives for the gospel, and how everyone else can do something like 'Easter Uncovered' in your own church!  Note: James is building a website easteruncovered.au (under construction) which will serve to explain more about the 'Easter Uncovered' experience. Watch this space!  Thank you for your listening! Don't forget you can follow us on Facebook & on our landing page -https://theartofministry.podbean.com/  And if you're in Adelaide, come to "A Winter Word"! James and others will be preaching the Bible at this wonderful event. Link here - https://www.facebook.com/awinterword God bless, the Art of Ministry Podcast

Hey everyone! WOA! Do we have a special guest for you today! With great excitement, Lochy and I interviewed Jordan from the Aussie band 'River Movement', a hip-hop/acoustic group who shares Jesus with their audiences by means of some awesome grooves.  The show covers the band's origins, concerts, songs, style and inspirational stories from the musical odyssey that they've been on for some years. PLUS! Below, in the show notes, there is information about the band and where to find their music!  Thank you for your continued listening and support! Peace, the AOM Podcast   River Movement - links: River Movement Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/rivermovementRiver Movement on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QgPiAKmVjrF28acsnyqUe?si=0n3tDpiuSNyna0w1rsSikgInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/rivermovement/

Hi everyone, before the next show comes out, here's an invitation to come to an event I am involved with - 'The Work of RESToring' - with Engage Work Faith, Adelaide. It's going to be a great event all about rest, and the rest that Jesus provides. Blessings, Jon Tickets: https://engageworkfaith.org.au/upcoming-events/ Tickets close soon (Monday 27th May 2024) - so grab one quick for an event not to be missed! :)  ABOUT THE EVENT:  How many time-saving devices do you own? Yet we can still all feel time-poor; often exhausted, and, at times, close to burning out. We may be designed to work, but we are wired to rest. Sometimes our bodies are resting but our minds just won't stop buzzing with what we should or could be doing. How do we wind down enough to find actual rest?  With the help of Clinical Psychologist Dr Jonathan Andrews and a panel of experts, we’ll unpack this topic in a practical way. Carving out a couple of hours to consider how you can find rest for yourself could be game-changing for your downtime. Rest assured, you'll leave this event with a renewed approach to the importance of rest and some tips on how to achieve it.  Perhaps it will also provoke curiosity in how Jesus speaks to the universal humanity of mind, body and soul. DATE Thursday 30 May 2024 from 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM (UTC+09:30) LOCATION Master Builders Association of South Australia Level 3 Suite, 47 South Terrace, Adelaide  SA 5000

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!