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What is re:create?
re:create cultivates building community through ARW (the Arts, Recreation, and Worship conference), Playology, networking, and resourcing. It’s an experiential ministry organization that connects and uplifts, teaches and delights in being taught. re:create stands for Connecting Recreation, Experiential Arts, Theology, and Education. Clever, huh? Our Mission To spread contagious joy by providing intentional leadership development accomplished by connecting and resourcing people interested in using recreation and arts in settings where groups gather. |
Our past is our people... let us introduce a few.
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The story of the Annual Recreation Workshop - now the Arts, Recreation, and Worship Conference - is not just about programs or schedules. It is about people. It is about leaders who believed that play could shape faith, that creativity belonged in worship, and that community is something you build with your whole self.
Glenn Bannerman helped cast that vision in ARW’s earliest days, showing generations of church leaders that recreation was never “just fun.” Through folk dance, games, storytelling, and shared laughter, he modeled how joy could be formative and how participation could deepen spiritual life. Evelyn Bannerman carried that same spirit with steady faithfulness, creating the structure and welcome that allowed the workshop community to flourish year after year.
Alongside them were faithful contributors like Dick and Brenda Porter and Howard and Henrietta Moore — leaders whose hospitality, partnership, and steady presence strengthened relationships and sustained the heart of the gathering. They were the kind of people who showed up fully, who invested in others, and who understood that community is built around tables, in circles, and on dance floors.
Together, these leaders — and so many others — shaped more than a conference. They shaped a culture. A culture where creativity is honored, where play is sacred, and where faith is lived with joy.
Their legacy lives on every time we gather.
Glenn Bannerman helped cast that vision in ARW’s earliest days, showing generations of church leaders that recreation was never “just fun.” Through folk dance, games, storytelling, and shared laughter, he modeled how joy could be formative and how participation could deepen spiritual life. Evelyn Bannerman carried that same spirit with steady faithfulness, creating the structure and welcome that allowed the workshop community to flourish year after year.
Alongside them were faithful contributors like Dick and Brenda Porter and Howard and Henrietta Moore — leaders whose hospitality, partnership, and steady presence strengthened relationships and sustained the heart of the gathering. They were the kind of people who showed up fully, who invested in others, and who understood that community is built around tables, in circles, and on dance floors.
Together, these leaders — and so many others — shaped more than a conference. They shaped a culture. A culture where creativity is honored, where play is sacred, and where faith is lived with joy.
Their legacy lives on every time we gather.
