About Plesion Studios

Every neighbourhood is unique and special, and so is every person who lives there. Plesion Studio is a local maker community in Chestermere crafting language and experiences that invite us to love our neighbours. It seeks to live into the invitation of Jesus to love our real neighbour as ourselves - and that we were made to live in, with, and for our neighbourhood. It’s the sweet spot for good things to grow. Plesion [play-see'-on] is an ancient Greek word referring to those who are near: our neighbours. A studio is a place of creativity, learning, growth, and purpose. Plesion Studio is a project of Lake Ridge Community Church, is directed by Preston Pouteaux, and we aspire to be whimsically serious about the urgent invitation to patiently love the real people in our neighbourhoods. We hope to create uniquely Canadian publications and art that will inspire us to find goodness in the lives of our neighbours. We seek to be neighbourists who create from lived experience, offer insightful resources, work at better partnerships, and host excellent studio sessions. Together we believe that the beautiful work of living Jesus’ command will renew our own faith, our community in Chestermere, the church in Canada, and neighbourhoods everywhere. In all, we want to be the quirky neighbours who make this way of life so compelling that we wonder why we didn't live this way before.

The best way to be faithful to your neighbourhood is to be creative and nurture the space between neighbours.