God poured down His blessings onto Central Indiana artists this past Saturday at the Primerica office in Northwest Indianapolis. Attendees traveled as far as Gary, Indiana to experience a taste of the Karitos Worship & Arts Conference. Dance, Worship, Theatre, Vocal and Artists Calling workshops were on the menu, as well as a special time for worship & local artists performances. Attendees of the event had this to say:
Area artists joined together to usher in the Holy Spirit with a time of worship before breaking out into the individual workshop sessions. The prayer shared by Executive Director Bob Hay was that area artists be encouraged by this event and seek a greater relationship with their Creator. His prayer was answered quickly through the first workshop session, offering attendees their choice of Dance, Vocal or Artist Calling workshops. The dance session, led by long-time Karitos faculty member Maura Hoagland, offered the participants a unique and very powerful opportunity to minister through intercessory dance. Hoagland gently instructed on different movements that could be offered up as prayer and then led the group to dance a very simple worship piece, encouraging the dancers to feel the Holy Spirit's guidance and to break out into their own expression of worship. As the lights drew low, Maura broke the people into groups of five or six, with one person at the center and the rest encircling them. She instructed for the people on the outside pray for the person in the center utilizing the prayerful dance movement that were previously exampled. She also placed a variety of scarves around the room to facilitate this process. Beautiful, peaceful music played as each group focused on their subject of prayer. As the Holy Spirit directed each group, prayer began....and people fell onto their knees weeping, hands in the air praising, each receiving the special gift that was being given to them through prayer. ![]() It is prayerfully being considered to have Karitos Indy again next year. If you are interested in being a part, please contact Susannah@1heartarts.org. About Karitos Worship & Arts ConferenceLast year, Executive Director of Karitos, Bob Hay, was interviewed by "Religion in the News" on WISH-TV8 and share about this powerful conference that has held to "nurture, encourage and equip Christian artists" for the past 17 years. This year the conference has moved to a larger facility, Wheaton Academy in West Chicago to hold the two and a half-day conference. The new location allows even more workshops and a greater variety of learning opportunities to the attendee, such as an eight-hour audio tech workshop. The rate of this already very affordable event has been reduced as well. Those that go through the Indianapolis rate, can secure a full conference adult reservation for only $80 if booked by May 15th at midnight. 1heart Arts Ministries is also putting together a special discounted package for travel. More information can be found at www.karitos.com/Indy12.html or by contacting Susannah@1heartarts.com. We hope you can join us! |
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