“Painting the silence…”
Awake is our Creative Prayer stream.
Awake is in essence about creating space to listen to God and interpreting what we hear through the creative arts.
Part of our vision in Arise is to cultivate the use of the creative arts, recognising that our creativity comes from God, who Himself created all things.
Our God is the God of creativity...
Mankind, the world and the universe that surrounds us have all been designed and fashioned by the Creator God Himself, and so everyone and everything we see are His 100% original pieces of creative wonder. We then, being made in His image, carry the divine spark within in us – that spark which also gives us the ability to be creative ourselves.
Yet more than just simply giving opportunities for people to use their creative gifts, at Arise we are endeavouring to cultivate a culture of prayerful listening to God, and therefore drawing creative inspiration from our Creator God. We desire everything we do to be inspired by our God Himself.
We want to be sensitive to God’s voice - to recognise His whisper - to lose ourselves in His presence - to dwell in His stillness…to learn to paint the silence.
Then we believe we will truly be…Awake.
Yet more than just simply giving opportunities for people to use their creative gifts, at Arise we are endeavouring to cultivate a culture of prayerful listening to God, and therefore drawing creative inspiration from our Creator God. We desire everything we do to be inspired by our God Himself.
We want to be sensitive to God’s voice - to recognise His whisper - to lose ourselves in His presence - to dwell in His stillness…to learn to paint the silence.
Then we believe we will truly be…Awake.
