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Connecting@Cumberland...Cumberland Arts
 Cumberland
Arts at Cumberland First Baptist Church exists to promote the
appreciation of and participation in the arts within the Cumberland
community and beyond. Through the full range of performance and visual
media, we aim to lift the spirit and deepen the experience of beauty and
delight at the core of our lives. Cumberland Arts is a ministry of
Cumberland First Baptist Church, initiated in 2003. The charge of
Cumberland Arts is to provide quality artistic experiences in
combination with support of local and global mission. Through mission
collaboration with groups ranging from our local C.O.M.E. ministry, to
the Lighthouse Children’s Ministry of Tallin, Estonia, to the Edna
Martin Christian Center, Cumberland Arts invites audiences to delight in
artistic beauty while making a difference in the world around them. Over
its five years of existence, Cumberland Arts has hosted such groups as
The Indianapolis Children’s Choir, The Irish Airs, Theatre Non Nobis,
Celtic Motion, the Key Strummers, IndyVoiceWorks, and the Whole Person
Steel Drum Orchestra.
Cumberland Arts has also held two arts festivals
for the community. The latest is the August 8, 2009 Cumberland
Arts Goes to Market, an art and music festival held alongside the Town
of Cumberland Farmers Market
For more information
about Cumberland Arts, call 317-894-2645 or e-mail cumberlandarts@comcast.net.
 Cumberland
Arts “Building the Dream” Huge Success!
The Cumberland Arts
event, "Building the Dream" exceeded its $1500 goal and raised an
impressive $2786 to equip an examination room for a new medical clinic
under construction in Taulabe, Honduras. The additional funds raised
will help equip a second examination room.
This exciting event
included outstanding entertainment by Carmel High School Performing Arts
students interspersed with presentations by Indiana University medical
students who recently participated in a global health course in
Honduras. A short video clip allowed attendees to see phases of the
clinic construction and provided a glimpse into the current medical
needs of the 24,000 people who live in the remote mountain villages
surrounding Taulabe.
During intermission,
individuals took a “tour” of a mock examination room to better
understand the type of equipment needed for the clinic and had an
opportunity to speak informally with medical and public health students
about their understanding of the need for such a clinic. Everyone then
enjoyed a wonderful Latin American buffet reception and much fellowship.
As one clip in the
video stated, “Sometimes, when we are generous in small barely
detectable ways, it can change some else’s life forever.”
Cumberland Arts and
the ENLACE Foundation would like to thank everyone who contributed in
big and small ways to the success of this event.
Gratefully, Jennifer
Custer Program Director ENLACE Foundation IU Department of Family
Medicine
If you would like more
information or would like to contribute to “Building the Dream”, contact
Cumberland First Baptist Church, 317-894-2645 or
cumberlandfirst@comcast.net
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