Third’s gallery is a rotating showcase of work created by artists in our church and community.
The artwork in Third’s gallery changes with the liturgical seasons, offering artists’ perspectives on the themes of the season, our communal life as a church, and their own personal stories. We believe that creativity and craftsmanship are gifts from God, the original and ultimate Creator.
Our vision is to offer a venue for artists to share those gifts with the wider community, and our mission is to display and celebrate beauty, inspire curiosity, disrupt apathy, challenge assumptions, delight the senses and prompt worship.
Viewing art and engaging thoughtfully with it can be a spiritual formation practice: God can disciple us by the art to understand and appreciate his world and ourselves in it. We hope that viewers will not only enjoy the gallery, but be moved or changed by it in some way.
Next Installation: “Encountering the Light”
This next installation will remain up from Thanksgiving until February.
We’ll soon begin the Christian liturgical year with the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. As our world grows darker, we long for the light. In our sermon series, we’ll be retelling the stories of saints who came before us, guided by the study of traditional icons and liturgy from the historic church.
Where have you encountered the light of God’s love and upside-down kingdom at work?
Have you encountered a person or situation where you were struck by the quiet, unassuming power of beauty and redemption?
In what ways might others see a glimpse of Christ’s light shining through you and your story?
Consider telling a story by creating your own version of a historic Orthodox icon.
Jeannete Angell-Torosian writes, “God’s love for us is shown for us through stories, our beliefs, and the lives of people around us: icons, images of who God wants us to be… Icons and liturgy are all doorways into stillness, into closeness with God. If we involve ourselves with them, we too can enter into that stillness. If we participate wholly, with our hearts and intuition, we may just discern the voice of God.”