You may have spotted it already, but if not please take a moment, perhaps on Sunday, to check out our new Welcome Church mural:
The mural was created by Sophie, a brilliant local artist, who is both an art teacher and a key part of our Welcome Church worship team. She was ably assisted by Claire, by Owen and by some others at various points along the way. The mural is located on the fence outside the Welcome Lounge.
The thinking behind the mural was to help point us towards Church Gate, where we look forward to having lots of new space for our children’s and young people’s work soon.
At the right moment the fence between the two properties will be gone, and a way through will be created. In the meantime Sophie has created this ‘Yellow Brick Road’ that shows the way whilst we wait for the work on Church Gate to be done.
Below are a few pics of the mural in progress, followed by a 45 second time lapse video that shows the whole job being done from start to finish.
On behalf of us all, I want to say a big THANK YOU to Sophie, who gave her time and creativity for free this summer to serve our church in this way. It’s a lovely result and to me it speaks deeply of our Welcome Church values of ‘Belong, Believe Become’ and ‘It Matters That You’re Here’. It also speaks of the value that we ascribe to our ever growing work with children and young people.
Make sure you take a really good look at it soon. Enjoy!
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That’s amazing love this ! Well done Sophie .