Finished!
The Beacon will be the prop when I give the stewardship campaign message this coming Sunday.
This year's theme is "A Beacon of God's Grace." I'll use the metaphor of the Fresnel lens.
French physicist August
Jean Fresnel was a pioneer in the field of optics. In 1821 he produced his first apparatus, or
lens, using the dioptric system. He
surrounded a central bulls-eye lens with a series of concentric prisms. The
panel collected light [in those days, an oil lamp] that would otherwise escape
to the sky or to the sea, concentrating it in to narrow horizontal beam. With
the panels of prismatic lenses rotating around and above the light, one beam
had the power of many.
Our church’s core is God – that one intense central light.
The people of our church are like the prisms in the lenses, each collecting
the light as the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We then reflect that light outward to the glory
of God and the betterment of our community and our world.
I had a box of 3.5" batik HSTs on hand which speeded up construction. I used yellow thread and the serpentine stitch to quilt radiating lines. 36" square.
The back is teal/aqua batik so I'll count it for RSC September.
Thanks for the shout out, Jennifer!
A very appropriate metaphor.
ReplyDeleteThat's just beautiful, Nann! And the perfect symbol for your message, too.
ReplyDeleteperfect visual for such a talk....nice job!
ReplyDeleteWOW--talk about HST's--I am waiting for my squaring up ruler...pretty quilt...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt! So beautiful and fits your theme so perfectly! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Well done and a great name too!
ReplyDeleteA great stewardship theme!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt. It does look like a beacon too. Awesome job for a great metaphor. Bravo! ;^)
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