COMMIT is an interactive and informative program especially designed to help pre-marital couples have the kind of committed, lifetime and thriving marriage they really want. Sessions will be practical in their orientation and focus on issues such as communication, companionship, intimacy, roles and responsibilities, handling differences, resolving conflicts, dealing with families, money, having fun and faith. COMMIT to these sessions as an investment in having a great marriage.
SATURDAY SEMINAR
May 9 / 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. / Room 120
Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.
Fee: $100 per couple (includes lunch and book)
Register by Wednesday, April 29
Led by Dr. Terry Parsons

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors.

Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITHOUT their own supplies
Thursdays, May 7-28, 6:00 - 9:00 PM / Room 225

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors.

Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITH their own supplies
Thursdays, May 7-28, 6:00 - 9:00 PM / Room 225

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors.

Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITHOUT their own supplies
Tuesdays, May 5-26, 6:00 - 9:00 PM / Room 225

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors.
Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITH their own supplies
Tuesdays, May 5-26, 6:00 - 9:00 PM / Room 225

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors. 
 
Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITHOUT their own supplies
Wednesdays, May 6-27, 12:30 - 3:30  PM / Room 225

For beginners, intermediate, advanced. “If your eye can see it, you can paint it!”
Learn how to: Paint landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, portraits and mood paintings; Give the effect of distance; Make colors glow; Make shadows realistic; Paint reflections in water; Paint beautiful clouds; Economize your palette use; • Vary your brush technique; Improve your color matching; Improve your shadow colors; Paint abstract art for interiors.
Led by Bob Bates. This is for students WITH their own supplies
Wednesdays, May 6-27, 12:30 - 3:30 PM / Room 225

Through a survey of history and theology, through a study of some representative examples, through the biography of St. Seraphim iconographer Vladimir Grigorenko, and through a tour of St. Seraphim’s Orthodox Church with her iconographer, students will explore the meaning of icons, their distinctive art, and their place in Christian worship.
More than the use of art in a religious context, the Orthodox icon joins with the liturgy and its calendar, the Holy Scriptures, the hymnography, and the sacred Tradition to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Orthodox icons—their colors and techniques—portray the story and message of redemption in the same way words and sentences tell the story in the Gospels. Often misunderstood by modern iconoclasm, this course will explain the orthodox meaning and place of icons in Christian worship.
TUESDAYS
April 28: The History and Theology of Iconography 
May 5: The Features of an Icon
May 12: The Making of an Iconographer 
May 19: Icons in the Church (Tour of St. Seraphim’s)
 Tuesdays, April 28 - May 19 (St. Seraphim)*
7:00-8:00 p.m. / Room 385
Register by  Wednesday, April 22
Led by Terry Hebert and Vladimir Grigorenko, Iconographer, St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral.
*For the May 19 class we will meet at St. Seraphim Orthodox Church located at  4112 Throckmorton, Dallas, TX 75219 (near the intersection of Wycliffe and Oak Lawn Avenue.

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