Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts

Art, Craft and Hobby activities offer a positive force for the membership of churches and civic organizations. It is not just an activity. It is a means of satisfying the urge to create, for there is within every individual the basic drive of creativity. From this comes the basis for art, craft, and hobby activities. When a church or civic organization provides programs which capitalize upon and give expression to this creativity, it is reasonable to expect that both the individual participant and the total organizational program will profit."  Art, Craft and Hobby activities sponsored by a church or civic organization will also prove to be a positive force in that church's or organization’s outreach and ministry in the community.

A church craft specialist, Dean Kaufman, states: "Begin where a person is!  Many people are lonely, bewildered, searching, and seeking something for fulfillment in their lives. Being sensitive to the above facts a church or civic organization can provide a ministry through crafts that will not only relate the participants to being creative, but more than that, relate them to the Creator. Jesus had a unique way of beginning where a person was and turning the person's attention to his ministry of reconciliation."

 Articles on building an effective Arts and Crafts Program

Arts, Crafts and Hobbies in the Church
By Frank Hart “Pogo” Smith

Every Church Can Have an Arts, Crafts and Hobby Program.  No matter what size a church membership is, an arts, craft, and hobbies program is possible and needed. There are people waiting to attend.

         TRAINING CRAFT LEADERS
      By, Carol Harris
      Selecting and Training Craft Leaders.  Selecting and training craft leaders is vital to any effective craft Program.  Unless there is an effective and ongoing program of recruiting and training teachers, it will not be long until you see the interest in your craft program dimin­ishing.

          Do You Need a Craft Director?

By Art Harris

Whether your church is a one man operation with volunteer workers, or a multi-staff church with a full-time recreation director, a craft director could be the key to a successful craft program in your church.