I Could Use Your Prayers…

In about an hour I will be leaving to work the annual conference for my day job. It’s usually a good time, but requires long hours and is quite physically demanding and requires long hours so it gets a little taxing. Please pray that I can do everything I need to do and that I will be able to get there and back safely.

Also I am finding myself in a time of personal transition with a lot of things in the air and a lot of other work that needs to be done. I would ask that you pray that the right doors would open and that I would be able to accomplish everything that needs to be done.
Thanks and God bless,
Dave

Looking Forward to a Fantastic Opportunity

Today Saturday March 16, Dawn and I will be at the Vision Conference in Lancaster, PA. We will have a vendor table and I will be doing two workshops called The Art of Story. My prayer is that I will be used to encourage many people to use their gifts and talents to serve the Lord. Secondarily, my prayer is that God would use this event to open more doors to get out to do this kind of ministry for more churches and ministries. I really just want to see our Lord glorified and I want to show people the beauty of the gifts our Lord has invested in them and the amazing life that can be found in putting those gifts to work for His purposes.

Please pray that God uses this time to do some amazing Kingdom building in the hearts and minds of all the young people who attend. Then ask yourself (or better yet, ask God) how the gifts God has invested in you might be used to His glory!

Decisions, Decisions

We’re in one of those places at the Weiss house. A time of decision. My faithful Chevy Trailblazer is getting up there in mileage and I have a decision to make. Do I stick some money into it and keep it or take that money and put it toward a newer vehicle? A van would work better for getting my presentations from place to place. On the other hand, not having a payment has been kind of nice. With a thousand mile weekend coming up, I’m leaning toward something new. We’re praying and would appreciate your prayers for this decision.

In other news, I am busily working on my new presentation, Story: Parables of Jesus. It will be ready to go in May. I am really liking where this is headed. The basic concept is to use the stories of Jesus to teach people to live a better story. This presentation should be about an hour long but I am also working it out into a five message series, perfect for retreats, revival/spiritual renewal series.

I’m also working on the vacation Bible School presentation Dr. Dave’s Creation Station. Which is all about God and His creation, His relationship with us and finding the purpose for which we were created.

I would love the opportunity to bring my ministry to your church. Please contact me at amokarts@aol.com I basically ask for a free will offering and a night’s lodging. For churches requiring extensive travel, please consider teaming up with a few churches in your community and make it a weekend “tour.”

Planning Ahead… I Need Your Help

First let me say how much I appreciate your reading and following this blog. It regularly gets between 50 and 100 hits a day and sometimes much more. You are reading from all over the world and that excites me. I prayed that God would expand my territory and He has.

That being said, I want this site to be the most useful, God-glorifying arts ministry site it can be, and I could use your help. What can I do to make it better? What can I do to make it great? What questions do you have that need answering? Where do you need a fresh idea? What do I need to know? What would generate more comments? What would make it more worth sharing with your friends?How can I better support creative ministries and artists who want to glorify God? What resources would you like to have?

One of the things I’ve learned in ministry is the best thing to do is answer the questions people are actually asking. I want to make these posts the thing you look forward to every day when you open your email. Like a little present every morning that help you take on your creative day serving God.

Help me by telling me, how can I help you?

Any input you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

On the Road Again

On Wednesday morning at an ungodly hour (should ministries work at ungodly hours?) I will be leaving Pennsylvania for Indiana. I’ll be doing live art and a workshop for the Church of the Brethren Church Planting Workshop Thursday through Saturday, then heading to Northern Indiana to Pleasant Chapel COB in Ashley IN to preach and paint for their Sunday Morning worship service, then picking up and driving to Dayton OH for a Sunday Evening Youth event with my good friend Todd Pearage (Lord willing). I am so looking forward to this trip and I would really appreciate your prayers.

Prayer Request

Hey everyone, tomorrow night I will be doing A Night AMOK, Pix of JC as a benefit for Sarah Parcell, a young missionary who is planning on heading to training with YWAM and then off to the Sudan. Please keep this benefit in your prayers and if you’re in eastern PA, please consider attending. I’d love to see you there!

For details, click here.

To bring A Night AMOK to your Church, click here

Out of Town

Hi everyone, I will be out of town for a few days. I have posts scheduled to post each day I am gone, but I won’t have a lot of access to answer emails, comments, etc. Everything is fine and I will be back next wednesday. I’ll be away at my day job’s annual conference until Saturday and then Sunday after church Dawn and I will be going on a short anniversary trip to the beach. I’d appreciate your prayers over the next few days.
God bless,
Dave

AMOKArts Benefit for Missions: A Night AMOK: Pix of JC

Hey Eastern PA friends (and beyond) I’m doing A Night AMOK again, this time at Indian Creek Church of the Brethren in Harleysville. This is a special benefit performance for Sarah Rae Parcell and her mission work. Free admission but there will be a freewill offering and I will be silent auctioning four of the paintings I will have painted in the performance. Please come and support this amazing young woman as she prepares to travel the world sharing the Gospel.

Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Praise Report

I had a great night last night with the folks from The Foundry Church and the Logos Student Ministry at Widener University for their event Redemption. The program was opened by the always amazing Fourth Man Furnace. Then Brian Easter came out and did half of his set. I did my piece “The Collector” from A Night AMOK, Pix of JC and then Brian Easter came back out and finished off the evening with a set of worship music. It was a great night, I had a great time and pray that God was glorified.

Thanks to Pastor Chuck and Joy Kieffer, Hair Kelly, Fourth Man Furnace and Brian Easter for agreat evening of worship and ministry. I love doing what I do.

By the way if you haven’t heard Brian Easter yet, check him out.

How can we spread the word?

Hi all,
I would really love to expand the reach of this blog. You may have noticed that I have made the blog the amokarts website now to keep it new and keep it fresh. I basically want this blog to do two things (besides glorifying God) I want it to be a place where Christian creatives can come for support, ideas, help and encouragement and I want it to be a place church leaders can come and find resources to reach their communities and empower the creatives in their midst.

One of the best ways to do that is for those who are regular readers to tell their friends about the site. Share the posts, repost them, retweet them, email your friends and tell them what you get out of being a part of this community.

Also please remember, I am here to help you. Whether you want me to come to your event in person or just have a question that can be handled via email please contact me.

Lastly, if you have ways I can be more helpful to people, I’d love to hear them and will do what I can to put them into action.