November 20, 2014

Dear St. John’s Lutheran Church family,

Paul says in Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

Because of what God has done, Seeds Fine Art Exhibits is entering our 11th year in ministry and we are giving THANKS FOR YOU, our home church.  It was way back in 2004, that YOU gave us our first opportunity to serve the visitors of the Orange International Street Fair, welcoming them onto our beloved campus to witness firsthand the love and hospitality of our community.  That first exhibit “Messages of Hope” was just the beginning, quickly followed by “God revealed through Nature” at our own Fall Festival. We established a rhythm for 8 more years of Street Fair outreaches, working together to transform the multipurpose Fellowship Hall into a gallery space, blessing our Street Fair guests, community and schoolchildren with world-class fine art and tours.  
Since then, we have traveled all over southern California and across the nation, sharing Christ’s love through the beauty of fine art.  Thank you for your years of encouragement, prayers and financial support that have eventually allowed us to grow into our own 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.  A special thank you goes to Shannon Beshara, who is always so detail oriented, gracious, pro-active and helpful. We could not have accomplished half as much without you.
As we launch out on our own, we wanted to stop and give God thanks for you, and thank you for being our home and church family.  Please continue to pray for us as we reach farther afield ….   “to serve our neighbors by transforming public galleries into sacred spaces”

“Entertaining my neighbor, giving pleasure to them, and perhaps giving them insight (as good art always does) is a way of loving and serving them.”  

-God at Work by Dr. Gene Edward Veith Jr.

Cindi Zech Rhodes & Denise Kufus Weyhrich
        Sam Kho, Julie Schlueter, Ashley Johnson & Emily Connor