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August 29, 2024

Check out the Faith+Arts 2024 Fall Calendar

The Faith+Arts 2024 Fall Calendar is now updated and live on our website, on the Events page.  Check it out and mark your calendars! In addition to our regular and ongoing programming, we have two special events of […]

Katie Fox
March 1, 2024

Faith+Arts Retreat Recap

In early February, about 35 artists of Christ Church gathered at Cedarbrake Retreat Center for a weekend together.  You may remember – it was that dreary, stormy weekend we had a few weeks back.   Normally I might […]

Katie Fox
November 2, 2023

EAST Volunteers Needed!

EAST offers us a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate hospitality, generosity, and our love of beauty, but we cannot do it without your help. Sign up below! The East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) is a free, annual, city-wide, self‑guided […]

Katie Fox
April 13, 2023

Writing group has a new leader

After almost a year’s hiatus, the Christ Church writing group finally has a new leader: Allison Smythe. Allison is both a writer and a visual artist, and she is excited to begin leading the group. If you’re a […]

Katie Fox
November 30, 2022

Advent Resources

Sunday, Nov 27, was the first day of Advent. Here are some resources to help you observe the season. Advent Daybook from Tamara Hill Murphy The Advent Daybook 2022 includes 29 meditations centered around Scripture, art, music, prayer, and practices […]

Katie Fox
May 26, 2022

Making Art When the World is on Fire

“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” -Lenard Bernstein, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy What can we say about art and beauty in […]

Katie Fox
February 7, 2022

Meena Matocha: Into the Bright Sadness

You are invited to join us at 7:00pm on Friday, March 4, at the opening reception for “Meena Matocha: Into the Bright Sadness,” a Lenten exhibition. The reception will begin in the sanctuary with a talk by Katie […]

Katie Fox
January 20, 2022

Winter Book Club: Leaf by Niggle, Feb 20 at 6pm

Join us for our winter book club discussion! Leaf by Niggle is a novella written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published in 1945. It is often seen as an allegory of Tolkien’s own creative process, and, to an extent, […]

Katie Fox
January 13, 2022

Songwriting Circle and Winter Book Club

The next songwriting group, Safe Circle, starts Feb 21 CC singer/songwriter Billy Hollis invites you to join songwriters of any and all levels in a six-week songwriting circle. This group will offer a songwriters a safe place for […]

Katie Fox
November 3, 2021

East Austin Studio Tour starts Nov 13

The East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) is a free, annual, city-wide, self‑guided art event spanning two weekends in November. EAST provides opportunities for the public to meet the artists of Austin and take in their work. Christ Church is excited to participate in EAST for the fourth year […]

Katie Fox
September 29, 2021

Poetry Circle begins Oct 12

Poetry Circle is a six week in-person group designed for anyone who would like to grow creatively or poetically – no prior knowledge or writing experience required, only a spirit of openness and growth. Meetings will have a […]

Katie Fox
July 30, 2021

Postponed – Join us at Flatbed Press on Aug 8

Join with other artists of Christ Church for a tour of Flatbed Press with founder and director Katherine Brimberry.  Flatbed was established in 1989 as one of Austin’s first collaborative printmaking studios.  They regularly offer community workshops as well as […]

Katie Fox