New Journey Lutheran Church (ELCA) will host an open house and reception for the newly mounted liturgical art installation, “An Artist Looks at Prayer: The Aramaic Translation of the Lord’s Prayer,” from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25.

The church is located at 16748 E. Parkview Ave.

The artist, Jill Lawrence, will give a brief presentation and discuss her art.

“As an artist, I am intrigued by how words and images fit together,” said Lawrence. “Hearing and seeing a familiar memorized prayer, in a language foreign to my eyes and ears, opened a journey of discovery for me. Creating visual representations for the seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, referencing an Aramaic translation by Neil Douglas-Klotz, began in this way.”

She used multiple mediums in creating the images that accompany each petition of the prayer. For example, the image that accompanies “Our Father who art in Heaven” is a Crab Nebula Supernova on embellished hand-dyed silk on canvas.

The image that accompanies “For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen,” is a grove of trees on embellished batik.

There are seven images of varying sizes accompanied by artistic renditions of the Aramaic Translation of each petition as well as the traditional petition of the Lord’s Prayer.

Lawrence said she wrote the prayer on a large chalkboard in her studio. The Aramaic translation was written first, then a more familiar English version.

“The Lord’s Prayer is loved, prayed and honored by people throughout the world,” Lawrence added. “The process of imaging the petitions, inspired by the Aramaic translation, transformed as memorized English version into a dynamic living prayer.”

The Lord’s Prayer installation was previously located at Bethany Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Scottsdale and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Chandler.

“Regardless of what religion we believe in or what creeds we ascribe to, we offer our prayers,” said Lawrence. “For me, the Aramaic translation of the Lord’s Prayer, and the creation of the images for the petitions, transformed my continuing journey of prayer.”