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Art vs. the Elements 2: Christmas

As you’ll recall, the last time we undertook to make liturgical art for the season - Advent - the sky dumped tons of snow and ice on us.

Downed tree

So naturally when it came time to make an altarpiece and frontal for Christmas, a windstorm knocked out the power for more than a million Washington residents and flung a tree across the church parking lot.

We persevered, though, starting at 9 and working until daylight ebbed away. That’s doing it old school.

Creating the Christmas artwork

The altarpiece is finished, and Faith is putting the final touches on the frontal right this very second. Check it out on Flickr!

The Christmas altarpiece

– Wade

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One Response to “Art vs. the Elements 2: Christmas”

  1. Episcopal Church of the Redeemer » Blog Archive » Christmas Eve - Sunday service schedule Says:
    December 20th, 2006 at 1:26 pm

    [...] Work Party Following the Morning Prayer service, we’ll be working hard to get the Christmas presents to the Kenmore Family Shelter, and to get the nave ready for Christmas. (Expect lots of beautiful flowers and a new painting over the altar!) Children’s Eucharist - 4:00 PM Fr. John would like to remind everyone that this service is a Eucharist for the children - not a children’s Christmas pageant staged for the adults. Do not come expecting to see kids dressed as sheep knocking over cardboard palm trees. [...]