Art Music Justice

“I never thought I would be able to leave the mill and then, suddenly, my family and I were free. … All at once I could hope.” IJM client Chellamma* shares her story in her own words: I am Chellamma. My father’s name is Nayan*. My mother is Neela. My native place is Red Hills. I was born in a rice mill. My father took [a small loan] from a rice mill owner before I was born. Because of that our whole family had to live and work in the mill. When I was eight years old I started working in the...Read Full Story

You can purchase tickets for Jars of Clay Concert and the other two events (Sara Groves [FRIDAY] and Saturday workshops) PLUS pre-order t-shirts online. ORDERING JARS OF CLAY TICKETS & T-SHIRTS All tickets and registration will be processed through the The Falls Church (TFC) website. Please click here to sign in/register and buy tickets. A user account is required. If you have never registered for an event or used our Connect @ TFC site before, you can create an account by clicking on the...Read Full Story

by Connally Gilliam Workshop Speaker “In the beginning, God created…” God’s first revelation of himself in the Scriptures is as One who creates. He hovers over the formless darkness, bringing order out of chaos, and the culmination of his Genesis creation is humankind, fashioned after his image: “So God created man in his own image,/ in the image of God he created him;/ male and female he created them.” Therefore we, as people created in the image of God, are likewise designed to be creators...Read Full Story

SATURDAY APRIL 17 8:00a Registration/Doors Open – Nicholson Hall Resource Center Open – Upper Narthex 9:00a Opening Plenary – Historic Church 10:00a Break 10:15a-11:00a Session I Begins Charlie Peacock “The Artist as Creator, Servant, and Prophet” – Nicholson Heidi Metcalf Little (Hudson Institute) “Global Philanthropy: Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough” – Modular I Christy Yates (Gordon College) “Justice Begins at Home” – Modular II Elizabeth Fitch “Poetry from Pain/God’s Good...Read Full Story

LIVING ARTFULLY – IN SEARCH OF ARTISTS! Art Music Justice Art Exhibit Friday, April 16 – Sunday, April 18, 2010 If you are a visual artist and have created artwork with a message of redemption (this includes sculpture and photography), we would like to invite you to participate in the AMJ artshow. During our Art Music Justice weekend, we will host an art exhibit celebrating God’s redeeming justice on the earth, and our certainty of our heavenly redemption. No previous exhibit experience is...Read Full Story