B.V. Creative.
“I’m not very creative” is something a lot of people say but we know it’s just not true... Everyone is creative in one way or another so we decided to get people together to enjoy some creative activities and conversation.
B.V. Creative meets one Saturday morning per month and occasionally online. It’s a drop-in ‘Craft and Chatter’ which means you can grab a cuppa and enjoy a chat (and if you feel like it you can also work on your own project or a collective project while enjoying a catch up for an hour). Lots of laughs ensue and collective projects, such as rainbow displays and Christmas and Easter displays have already started to bloom. If you’d like to join us please contact us using the email form near the bottom of the page or email creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk.
Railing Display.
Our Creative Group create railing displays for our church building at various times throughout the year.
If you would like to get involved, please email creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk
Pentecost Display.
The BV Creative Group invited the congregation to help with the Pentecost display and the result was fantastic!
The Ministry team asked the Creative Group to create a display for the railings, using imagery of Holy Spirit as wind and fire, to celebrate Pentecost. To find out more about what Pentecost is, please see the church blog (button at the end of this article). This is possibly the most collaborative project the group have done yet as some members knitted the smaller flames, some sewed flames together, some sewed the small flames to the giant felt flames while others created the ‘Wind Twirls’ or helped put up the display. There was a real sense of community as the collaboration didn’t end there! The group invited the congregation to create the ‘Wind Twirls’ too and, thanks to all the contributions, they were featured in the sanctuary too meaning that those at home could see them in the live stream of the service.
So, what is a ‘Wind Twirl’? Great question! A Wind twirl is a circle of card cut into a spiral and pulled out to dangle in a long coil, so they move in the breeze. They were made out of blue and grey card, then beautifully decorated with words and images relating to God and Holy Spirit. Thank you to everyone who got involved and all those who gave encouragement. The Creative Group is a drop-in group so even if you don’t have much time, we’d love you to join us at our Craft and Chatter zoom call on a Thursday. We have some on-going projects if you’d like something to pick up once in a while and we have a new craftivism project to raise awareness of a cause close to our hearts. To find out more contact creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk.
Use the button below to read the article, “Pentecost Explained“.
On-Going Projects.
We have a number of on-going projects that we have started so we can pick them up as and when we feel like it. If you would like to give any of them a go, please contact us and we will send you the patterns and will organise materials for you.
Poppies.
Last year some members of the group created a beautiful display of poppies for Remembrance Sunday. This year we would love to create a bigger display. We have two poppy patterns to choose from. Contact us at creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk if you would like a copy of the patterns.
Angels.
The angels on the church railings went down so well last Christmas that we are hoping to do it again, creating even more to give away. Some of the angels will be fixed to the railings as a display for everyone to see (often all the angels were gone within a few days of us putting them up) while most will be attached so passers-by can easily remove them to take home as a gift from the church. Contact us at creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk if you would like a copy of the pattern.
If you’d like to learn more or join our next project please contact us by emailing creative@barclayviewforth.org.uk.