{"id":6399,"date":"2020-03-18T09:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2020-09-24T10:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T15:07:19","slug":"covid-19-national-fine-arts-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2020\/03\/18\/covid-19-national-fine-arts-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: National Fine Arts Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A great way to UNLOCK LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL is to present a student with a challenge…<\/p>\n

\u2026and what challenging days we have ahead of us!<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 virus has caused tremendous disruption in our everyday routines, from school calendars to date-nights to grocery shopping to Sunday services and every event in-between\u2014including several of our Conference Fine Arts Festivals. Several Conference Discipleship Ministry Directors and Fine Arts Coordinators have recently had to make the difficult decision to cancel their Conference Festivals in response to national, state, and local executive orders.<\/p>\n

Let me first affirm each of you for your courage to make that tough choice; having spoken with several of you, I know the anguish you faced in cancelling those events.<\/p>\n

After working closely with Ron Fredericks, our National Fine Arts Festival Coordinator, and Bishop Tommy McGhee, Executive Director of Discipleship Ministries, we have arrived at what we believe is a fair and equitable decision for all students participating in Fine Arts this year.\u00a0In an unprecedented move, we have elected to allow every student to register and participate in the National Fine Arts Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, July 18-21, 2020, regardless of the status of their Conference Festival.<\/strong> In other words, if a student registered in time to participate in their Conference event, then they will be automatically advanced to the National Competition, whether or not their Conference held the event. Ron Fredericks has issued a memo in conjunction with this statement that outlines more specific details for Conference Directors and Coordinators. (Click here to read this memo.)<\/a><\/p>\n

This decision has undoubtedly raised other questions, especially related to YouthQuest and the National Fine Arts Festival. As of today, our National YQ\/FAF Event will still happen in July in Jacksonville, FL, as planned. We cannot yet see around this COVID-19 corner to what the future holds, so we will continue to march forward until we are otherwise directed. As it relates to scores, scholarships, and our colleges, we will be working with our institutional leaders to answer these questions in the coming days.<\/p>\n

In the meanwhile, let me encourage you to remain positive, and to continue supporting students as they pursue ministry with their God-given gifts and abilities. Now, more than ever, our culture is changing rapidly, and we need to give this generation every opportunity to prepare to share the Good News in every possible way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often found that teenagers rise to the occasion of a challenge. Let\u2019s not lose heart, nor grow weary in well-doing.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s continue to develop these leaders and help them unlock their Kingdom potential.<\/p>\n

With gratitude,
\nStephen Jones, Student Ministries Advisory Team Leader<\/p>\n

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**If you have questions, please contact the National Discipleship Ministries office (mlight@iphc.org) or Ron Fredericks, National Fine Arts Coordinator (rfredericks58@aol.com).**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,131,1,305,8],"tags":[1253,134,1254,290,288,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-6399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-discipleship-ministries","8":"category-fine-arts","9":"category-general","10":"category-student-ministires","11":"category-youth-quest","12":"tag-covid-19-response","13":"tag-fine-arts-festival","14":"tag-ron-fredericks","15":"tag-smat","16":"tag-stephen-jones","17":"tag-youthquest","18":"entry"},"title_es":"COVID-19: Declaraci\u00f3n Nacional de Bellas Artes","content_es":"\"\"<\/a> Una excelente manera de DESBLOQUEAR EL POTENCIAL DE LIDERAZGO ... es presentarle un desaf\u00edo a un estudiante. \u2026 Y qu\u00e9 d\u00edas desafiantes tenemos por delante! El virus COVID-19 ha causado una tremenda interrupci\u00f3n en nuestras rutinas diarias; desde calendarios escolares hasta noches de citas, compras de comestibles, servicios dominicales y todos los eventos intermedios, incluidos varios de nuestros Festivales de Bellas Artes de la Conferencia. Varios Directores del Ministerio de Discipulado de la Conferencia y Coordinadores de Bellas Artes recientemente han tenido que tomar la dif\u00edcil decisi\u00f3n de cancelar sus Festivales de la Conferencia en respuesta a las \u00f3rdenes ejecutivas nacionales, estatales y locales. Perm\u00edtanme primero afirmar a cada uno de ustedes por su coraje para tomar esa dif\u00edcil decisi\u00f3n; Habiendo hablado con varios de ustedes, conozco la angustia que enfrentaron al cancelar esos eventos. Despu\u00e9s de haber estado en contacto cercano con Ron Fredericks, nuestro Coordinador del Festival Nacional de Bellas Artes, y el Obispo Tommy McGhee, Director Ejecutivo de Ministerios de Discipulado, hemos llegado a lo que creemos que es una decisi\u00f3n justa y equitativa para todos los estudiantes que participan en Bellas Artes este a\u00f1o. En un movimiento sin precedentes, hemos optado por permitir que cada estudiante se registre y participe en el Festival Nacional de Bellas Artes en Jacksonville, Florida, del 18 al 21 de julio de 2020, independientemente del estado de su Festival de la Conferencia. En otras palabras, si un estudiante se inscribi\u00f3 a tiempo para participar en su evento de la Conferencia, se lo adelantar\u00e1 autom\u00e1ticamente a la Competencia Nacional, ya sea que su Conferencia haya celebrado o no el evento. 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Ahora, m\u00e1s que nunca, nuestra cultura est\u00e1 cambiando r\u00e1pidamente y necesitamos dar a esta generaci\u00f3n todas las oportunidades para prepararse para compartir las Buenas Nuevas de todas las formas posibles. A menudo he descubierto que los adolescentes est\u00e1n a la altura de un desaf\u00edo. No nos desanimemos ni nos cansemos de hacer el bien ... Continuemos desarrollando a estos l\u00edderes y ayud\u00e1ndoles a desbloquear su potencial del Reino. 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