Stepping into Creativity, One Scared but Obedient Step at a Time

I’ve only been back in the creative space for about three years now, and I started painting in September last year. So yes, in many ways, I still feel like a beginner. And to be honest? The whole business side of things — the practical steps needed to sustain this calling and ultimately fund the ministry God has placed on my heart — it still terrifies me.

Public speaking terrifies me because I don’t always have the right words. Like Moses, I often stumble and lose my train of thought when trying to speak. I feel unqualified. I wonder why God would entrust such a big vision to someone like me. Surely, there are others more equipped, more eloquent, more… everything.

But this is the vision He's planted in my heart — a Vibrant Creative Community Centre. A kind of soup kitchen for the soul. A place where people can rediscover their God-given creative identity. Where we don’t ask people to behave before they belong. Where they are simply loved back to life and into the Kingdom. A space of healing, freedom, and authentic expression.

Creativity Isn’t Just for Artists

Somehow, we’ve bought into the lie that creativity only belongs to the gifted few — those who can paint or play music or dance on a stage. But creativity is so much more. It’s in the sewing, the pottery, the woodturning, the crochet, the baking, the gardening… the everyday acts of making and mending and beautifying.

We were all born with this gift. Every child sings without shame, dances without instruction and draws with fearless joy. Until, somewhere along the way, someone tells us we’re not good enough. That our art isn’t “right” or “beautiful” or “worthwhile.” And we shrink. We stop trying. We let fear and shame write the rest of the story.

But our God is the Ultimate Creator. He made us in His image. That means His creative DNA runs through every single one of us (Genesis 1:27). The first person in Scripture ever filled with the Holy Spirit wasn’t a preacher or prophet — it was Bezalel, a craftsman, an artist, called to build God’s dwelling place (Exodus 31:1-5). Creativity has always been sacred.

Creativity is More than Just Singing, Dancing, Drawing & Painting

In the future we envision adding: Bible; Journaling; Music; Singing/Worship; Dancing; Drama; Writing; Drawing; Painting in various mediums e.g. watercolour, acrylics, pastels etc.; Sewing; Knitting; Crocheting; Embroidery; Cross stitch embroidery; Cooking; Baking; Vegetable gardening; IT & software; Photography; Carpentry; Pottery; Soap making; Jewellery making; Calligraphy & hand-lettering; Upcycling; Art therapy; Crafts; & many, many more activities.

From Pain to Purpose

For most of my life, I struggled under the weight of anxiety and depression. I’ve known despair so deep I couldn’t see a way out. But in His mercy, God has been using creativity to restore me—slowly, gently, one brushstroke at a time. For almost two years now, I’ve been walking in victory over depression. It’s not that heaviness never comes—it does—but I’ve learned to meet it with worship, with Scripture, with Bible journaling, with creative communion with the Holy Spirit.

A Place to Belong and Breathe

What I long to create is a sanctuary. A place where people can exhale. A space where they can sit with paint or clay or fabric in hand, and rediscover that they are not broken beyond repair. That they are creative. That they do carry beauty. That they can be whole again.

Right now, I don’t know all the details—where, how, when. But I’m taking it one small, obedient step at a time. And I’m trusting that God will bring the right people alongside me to build this vision together. People who carry the same heart to see the broken restored and the weary reawakened. People who know what it’s like to feel lost, but also what it means to be found.

Because I believe this with all my heart: healing happens in community. And sometimes, a paintbrush, a pencil, or a skein of yarn can be just as holy as a pulpit.

So if you’re wondering if there’s room for you in this vision — if there’s a seat at the table — I want you to know… there absolutely is.

Let’s build this together. Not perfectly. Not fearlessly. But faithfully.

🎨 Let’s Connect:

If any of this resonates with you, I’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re longing to rediscover your creativity, join a workshop, or support the vision of a Creative Community Centre, your story matters here.

📩 Email: trixi.schwartz@gmail.com

🌿 Website: www.trixiscreations.com

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