365 is a group of artists of various skill levels, committed to create 1 painting, every day for 1 year. The purpose of the endeavor is multifaceted.

• To produce works of art and multiple interactive art shows that engage the community in discussions of faith and the living God
• To show the visual journey a year has on creativity, commitment, the Spiritual walk, and relationships
• To strengthen artists within the community of believers to be bold in their creativity and confession of faith
• Establish a new outlook on Christian modern art through its commonality of organic visual honesty while trusting God throughout the journey of the project.

We are hosting mini art shows monthly to engage the community in the review of the creative pieces and discussions about processes and the spiritual inspiration of the work. Our prayer is that Christ be preached through imagery and conversations and that creative believers will begin to boldly engage with this culture through the language of their creative disciplines.

You can follow the progress at www.EvokeMinistries.org/365

Wow! What an amazing time we all had being in the middle of a huge surf festival, sharing the love of God!

With God’s favor, through our friends at Life Visual, we were invited to set up our own platform and a large tent area as part of the annual Ron Jon Surf Festival!

There were thousands of people, from all over, swarming the beach for the surf event, spring break, and the shuttle launch. We shared the gospel with hundreds and hundreds and prayed with countless numbers for salvation and re-dedication! Praise to God for what he has done!

At the Evoke tent area we created lots of ways to interact and get into people lives. Our goal from the tent was one-one discussions about people’s spiritual life. We even had a survey we created to rate your spiritual journey. It worked real well to get people discussing their life and beliefs in what would usually be a laid back, party-like atmosphere. We had so many great conversations and prayed with tons of people wanting to get their lives reconnected to the heavenly father! I’m convinced that many people are so ready to live a life in Christ, they just haven’t really seen enough genuine believers walking it out.

We offered free caricatures all day with a friend of ours from Disney. She had a line all day! While people were waiting we had plenty of time to have discussions, share the gospel, and pray.

We had live art and graffiti to watch, and tons and tons of free giveaways. We gave out hundreds of testimony flyers, booklets, hip hop CDs, Jesus DVDs, bibles, and thanks to our friends at Possibility Pictures, who donated lots of gear from their upcoming movie release “Letters to God”.

Breaker dancers, drummers, live bands all took the platform and brought an entertaining performance for an eager crowd, and ALL boldly testified about the power of the gospel in their own personal lives.

(above) Matt and Kevin – drummers from The Holy Land Experience

(above) Solos Crew

(above left) Fabion of South Royalty   (above right) DJs Guardian & Sam Wize

(above) Deraj and Stria

(above) Austin Biel

Before I even finished sharing part of my testimony as a former atheist, two guys came to the platform saying they needed to hear more. We took time, sat together and listened to them share about their life experiences and doubts about the living God. We shared with them the reality of our relationships with God and Jesus Christ and assured them that this day, their loving Father was pursuing them. We got a chance to pray with them, that their eyes would be open to the reality of Jesus Christ and their need for a savior.

We continued to hang out and minister into the night. At 9pm our partners at Life Visual showed an evangelistic surf film on their 30ft x 30 ft inflatable screen! Many came out and sat on the beach, while others sat and watched from the local bars on the pier. In was really an incredible day bringing the Easter message to hundreds who really need it. May we all continue to be about the agenda of Jesus; seeking and saving the lost.

Thank you so very much to all those who supported and participated this outreach. Special thanks to 4zero7 Creative Group, Possibility Pictures and Barachel Bike and Skate.

]]> http://www.evokeministries.org/easterbeachoutreach/feed/ 2 http://www.evokeministries.org/jesus-on-campus-pt-2/ http://www.evokeministries.org/jesus-on-campus-pt-2/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:17:41 +0000 administrator http://www.evokeministries.org/?p=2011 We prayed with muslims, buddhists, atheists and prodigals!

Once again Evoke Ministries teamed up with Chi Alpha student ministries for a lunchtime outreach at the University of Central Florida! (UCF). It was awesome to be out on the campus of 50,000+ students sharing the love and truth of Jesus Christ! It’s amazing how powerful a medium creative talents really are in connecting people one to another. DJs, break dancers, rappers, singers, and modern dance rocked the busy student union area with praises to God.

The Gospel was preached loud and clear. Many of us shared testimonies of the realty of Christ in our lives.

Unleashing God’s love over all the diverse crowd of college kids was incredible. We had many conversations and prayer time with students of different backgrounds and varied world views. Some heard it for the first time while others were reawakened. One unforgettable occurrence this time around was the fact that the campus atheist group had set up their table right across from us! As we boldly proclaimed the Gospel they began to get a bit rowdy. One guy dressed as a priest was passing out pamphlets to the people that were passing and observing our performances. Another made a sign that said “spoiler alert, God is not real”, and he began to flash it at those near him. It only made a greater distinction between the dark and the light and the light shone brighter! We spoke to him about the things of God shared testimony and even prayed with him. We were filled with God’s love towards them and lovingly embraced them as those who don’t know any better.

We shared the message of Christ with love and compassion for over 2 hours with hundreds of students. To God be the glory! He is still reconciling men to himself and calling us to participate in this wonderful work that has such eternal rewards (2 Corith 5:18).