We love what we do

Creative Beings

We believe that creativity builds meaningful connections between people.

We fill our church’s plate-glass windows with rotating art installations, reflecting the seasons and prayers of our faith community.

We invite you to explore this page to learn more about our windows.

We are creative beings, made in the image of God, our Creator. Together, we can create a more vibrant, connected, and hopeful world, beginning right here in Norfolk.

“Live creatively, Friends! Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Galatians 6 (The Message)

Our Latest Creative Projects

Anticipation

Anticipation

ANTICIPATION is the theme word for Good Shepherd’s newest window installation.  We’re all in the frenzied season of “getting ready for Christmas.” We can feel the time pressure, the need to check things off our to-do lists. We’re fighting the stress of...

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New Window Installation Honors All Saints

New Window Installation Honors All Saints

The All Saints service at Church of the Good Shepherd this year brought the community together to reflect on where we’ve been, who we are, and who we are becoming. As the reading from 1 John on Sunday reminds us: Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has...

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The Doves

The Doves

When Ben Blanchard first saw pictures of Michael Pendry’s “Les Colombes” (the Doves), an art installation symbolizing hope and the Holy Spirit, at the National Cathedral, he thought, "We can totally do that at Good Shepherd". Thus the Good Shepherd community dove...

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