Asah: Creativity and Prayer Studio
It all started when…
In the early summer of 2021, I (Megan) noticed that Randell Neudorf had come on staff with GOHOP and that he was a fellow visual artist. I was curious to see if we could collaborate on an art and prayer ministry, so I reached out.
We got along well and soon dreamed up the idea of a monthly gathering where we would find ways to stretch prayer practices towards creativity and art practices towards prayer. That is how Asah: Creativity and Prayer Studio was born!
We chose the name Asah, which is a transliteration of a Hebrew wording meaning ‘to do/to work/to make.’ It is used in the creation story to describe the ‘bearing’ fruit of trees. We love the making & generative connotations of the word.
Since then Asah has been a regular GOHOP ministry, gathering on the 4th Monday of the month. We have seen a lovely flexible core group of people participating, with almost always a few new faces at the table.
From collage to painting, or drawing outside to dying eggs, we have explored together so many ways to encounter God through creativity and prayer. God has made each one of us in His image. We are creative like He is. It is deeply restorative to meet him and give back to him out of this place of creativity.
We hope to see you on a Monday!
Megan Little
Artist and Prayer Missionary
Join us:
3rd Tuesday of the Month (breaks in December and August)
7-9pm
1907 King St E, Hamilton, ON L8K 1V9
Asah has our own little mailing list. To join this mailing list, and hear in advance about all our monthly gatherings and any other creative arts opportunities, pop us an email.
““[The leader] made us feel welcome and I loved his gentle, humble way as he led us, focusing on our relationship with God.
I felt comfortable and safe to be vulnerable with my thoughts and feelings (with no pressure) as we were encouraged to express ourselves creatively, all with our focus on our personal journey with God.””
“I love Asah! I wait all month… and I’m there! I love the fact that it is creativity and the Lord working in one. There’s freedom to be me: to express myself.”
“Asah means ‘work’ in Hebrew and that’s what art is. I really like this partnership between myself and God. There’s something very life-giving when he - when we - are making something together.
That’s where it is. I am God’s asah and his asah is through me.”