Horizon Gate's annual planning retreat asked "What has God called us to be?" Much time was given for soul searching, prayer, discussion and remembering. We finally came back to this primordial great commission from God: "Be fruitful and multiply." This is a matter of planting, watering, cultivating and harvesting. We want always to be living with the perspective of all these types of work, always engaged in a primary project of one, or more of these focus areas.
Consider these examples of fruitfulness and multiplication in ourselves and our service to others:
Plant: In Ourselves - Daily acknowledge and thank God that we have been planted and are growing.
To Others - Produce, exhibit and market films and art which carry God's truth like seed searching for good soil in peoples hearts.
Water: In Ourselves - Maintain a daily devotional routine. Intentionally seek out inspiration from others' artistic expressions, i.e: worship services, plays, concerts, retreats, exhibits, films.
To Others - Offer inspirational enrichment through our expressions of life principles by means of our writing, products and events, i.e.: Say Let There Be, Artingle shop, blogs: artingle.blogspot.com, horizongate.blogspot.com, healthinthejungle.blogspot.com.
Cultivate: In Ourselves - Receive regular input from artistic, theological, scholarly, social and entrepreneurial sources, i.e: exhibits, plays, film festivals, concerts, books, seminars, seminary courses.
To Others - Offer informal and/or formal mentoring to younger artists, offer training events in the arts and business of the arts (see the article "Artists Support Group Coming Soon").
Harvest: In Ourselves - Achieve goals of accomplishment which produce greater glory to God, i.e: publish book, poetry and artwork; have exhibition of a body of work in art and films; write a script which is produced by another production company.
To Others - See someone respond to our art, films and seminars by choosing to follow Christ and/or become more vital in their walk with God.
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