Arts Committee |
Arts Committee Supports Local Culture
The church board founded an arts committee consisting of assistant professor Kalle Lampela, lecturer Tom Engblom and lecturer Anniina Koivurova as well as vicar Ilari Kinnunen and Rovaniemi parish administration manager Antti Jääskeläinen. Timo Kotilainen and Raija Kivilahti from the church board are also members of the arts committee.
“I hope that the art and works which have been in the parish centre before will serve and bring joy to the parish members and employees. I hope that new works will support our talented artists nearby, even from Rovaniemi. We want to support local culture. First-rate work has been done here and I am especially happy with the light, space and cleanliness in the congregation hall,” Raija Kivilahti praises.
The task of the arts committee is to map out the current artwork in the parish centre and congregation home and make a proposal to the church board for relocating them.
“I belong to the church and the parish” part 3: The church is a befitting choice for celebrations
Christenings, first communions and church weddings are brilliant causes for celebration. A member of the church can have a festive church wedding – though small, during the pandemic. Church members can have a christening for their child and a young person or adult can have a confirmation celebration in the church. During the pandemic, outdoor celebrations in the spring and summer have been both popular and recommended. A child can be christened at home, but christenings in a church, chapel or congregation hall have become more popular.
Confirmation school before first communion lasts a total of six months and during this time, the confirmand takes part in parish activities. In the confirmation school, questions about faith and life are pondered both alone and together. Often in Finland, the confirmation school is attended in the year one turns 15. Out of Finnish 15-year-olds, each year over 80% attend confirmation school. Attending confirmation school is voluntary.
Church Weddings Are Affordable!
Church weddings can be large or small – the main thing is that they suit the wedding couple. A church wedding can be held in the church, but the place can also be decided freely. For the smallest weddings, it is enough to have the wedding couple, a priest and two witnesses. The church wedding can be officiated by a priest from the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church or the orthodox church. The right to officiate weddings is also granted to some other religious communities. In the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church, married couples are members of the church who have gone to confirmation school. A religious wedding can also be officiated for a couple where one is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and the other is a member of some other Christian church or Christian denomination in Finland or abroad.
Ville Järvinen |
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Ville Järvinen – The parish vicar of Sievi came to Rovaniemi as the regional chaplain of the city centre. “The position of regional chaplain for the city centre sounded interesting based on its description. Especially church services are very important to me personally. As a chaplain, I have the opportunity to develop church services on a parish level. The opportunity to work in a large parish in a central position to develop the parish was what made me want to apply to work in Rovaniemi.”
Ville Järvinen began his work in Rovaniemi in the beginning of April and has tried to use as much time as possible to encounter people.
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