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Fellowship with Jesus: Lavish Love

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Matthew 26:1-16 at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene. I open the service sharing highlights from District Assembly and showing my award for Best Actor in a Short Film to my church family who helped me win it! I also mention the story Pastor Larry Mancini tells in ...
05.14.17 10:51 PM - Comment(s)
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Pastor Larry's Work in Haiti

By Rich

Larry Mancini was telling me so many profound and marvelous stories about his six (so far) trips to Haiti that I just had to capture one of them...

05.13.17 08:55 PM - Comment(s)
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Evaluating w/ Jesus Values: Riches

By Rich

The morning after I won Best Lead Actor in a Short Film at the  International Christian Film Festival in Orlando for my performance in " A Matter of Perspective" our church, Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene, celebrated the award!

Dr. Linda Warren teaches on M...
05.07.17 10:52 PM - Comment(s)
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Remain In Fellowship – Remain Ready

By Rich

In this service at Westchester Chapel I open the service and introduce the short films  A Matter of Perspective and  One Day. I also mention  Twin Rocks Friends Camp and the  Joni and Friends performance that put me in touch with the filmmakers of A Matter of Pers...
04.30.17 11:02 PM - Comment(s)
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The High School Final

By Rich

Joyce and I with Cindy on a recent
visit she took to NYC.
Since about 1994 I've been performing in public schools through the invitation of Cindy Sebring.

That year I drove (back when I tried to keep a car in NYC) down to the DC area for a Christians in Theatre Arts conference. I remember the rain...
04.24.17 04:41 PM - Comment(s)
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Easter Fellowship: Turn to the One Who Knows Your Name

By Rich

Joyce teaches on John 20:1-18, and she shares one of her funniest stories from her corporate career!  Pastor Jim Warren opens the service with "Happy Resurrection Day" in the numerous languages of our congregation, and Pastor Linda Warren prays over the children and the sermon.

Cli...
04.16.17 11:04 PM - Comment(s)
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Good Friday: Abandonment to the Cross

By Rich

Linda with Joyce and I just
before the turn of the century.
Tonight  Dr. Linda Warren taught on Matthew 27 and Psalm 22:1-11, and as an analogy she shared how she came to the Lord. I was sobbing and sobbing, because she's the one who led Joyce to the Lord when they worked together at Sports Ill...
04.15.17 02:05 AM - Comment(s)
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Maundy Thursday Fellowship

By Rich

At our service tonight I read excerpts from  Psalm 78.

Pastor Rachel Taylor leads us in remembering the Lord's Last Supper with his disciples. Kimberly A. reads Luke 22:7-13. Tamara W. Reads Luke 22:14-20.

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04.14.17 02:48 AM - Comment(s)
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Written on a Palm Branch

By Rich

In this morning's service at Westchester Chapel  Dr. Linda Warren shares a story about how she wrote Joyce's name on a palm branch on a Palm Sunday about 25 years ago. It brought me to tears!  Pastor Jim Warren preaches on John 12:12-19, with readings from John 11:23-27, 12:1-11, Ze...
04.09.17 10:20 PM - Comment(s)
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The Case for Christ

By Rich

At the
AMC Empire on Times Square.
This  is my new favorite movie, and that's only changed twice since 1981: Chariots of Fire and Risenare the only ones to have held that place in my heart since junior high.

The Case for Christ tells the true story of how Lee Strobel, a hard-boiled, a...
04.08.17 12:59 PM - Comment(s)
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Fellowship and Servanthood

By Rich

Elizabeth J. in the Moses Seat at in the
ruins of Chorazin, Israel, flanked by 
Rebekah W. and Anna S. 
in 2005.
I opened this service at Westchester Chapel mentioning The Hill family, who produced A Matter of Perspective, in which I performed last summer.  Pastor Randy Solomon pr...
04.02.17 10:25 PM - Comment(s)
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Pilgrim's Progress

By Rich

We saw a fantastic production of Pilgrim's Progress last week put on by The Glory Shop. I was proud of Alexis Duperree and Nealson Munn, who were my students at the Salvation Army Conservatory where I teach and direct most summers. Of course Nealson was playing guitar, so I had nothing to do with ...
03.28.17 04:43 PM - Comment(s)
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Fellowship and Wonders

By Rich

Joyce and I teamed up this morning at Westchester Chapel.

I open the service with miracle stories from the road, including the story of how the best man at our wedding found healing, as told in his book Waiting for My Fingers. Joyce teaches on  Matthew 21:18-22. Here's the full article she me...
03.27.17 12:34 AM - Comment(s)
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Enter your post title

By Rich

Talking over a scene with Lindy Nelson.
Photo by Heather Peterson.
Just finished an exhausting but incredibly memorable week in Bismarck, ND. I was privileged to spend several days on a film set with Christian actor, Rich Swingle! His passion in his work, and love for the Lord were a huge inspiration...
03.24.17 01:07 AM - Comment(s)
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Mission Underground

By Rich

I got to serve as a consultant on this charming film in which children play adults. It's by the makers of A Matter of Perspective, and they've done a fantastic job!

It's available at www.ChristianCinema.com.

03.18.17 02:58 PM - Comment(s)
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Southern Oregon

By Rich

Though I've lived in New York City since 1993 I grew up in the Rogue Valley, so I try to get back here as often as I can. Often I perform or screen a film I helped make when I'm here. Hope you'll sign up and that we can connect soon!

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03.08.17 09:51 PM - Comment(s)
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Asking Jesus about Forgiveness

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Matthew 18:21-35. Dr. Linda Warren opens the service in prayer.

Click the arrow below, or if you're reading this in an email you can  click this link, to play the service:

https://archive.org/embed/JoyceForgiveness021917

Here's the imagery Joyce used toward the end...

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02.20.17 01:45 AM - Comment(s)
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Living Word

By Rich


I play a science teacher, who flunks the main character because she put God in her science paper. At the moment we were filming that scene a young man burst into the classroom and told us there was plenty of scientific evidence that God exists. I immediately broke character and explained that my ...
02.18.17 07:42 PM - Comment(s)
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The Case for Christ documentary

By Rich

We just watched the documentary The Case for Christ with interviews with Lee Strobel and scholars who helped him gather evidence that Jesus Christ lived, was crucified, resurrected and changed the world.

Lee was an award-winning legal journalist for the Chicago Tribune. When his wife became a Chri...
02.13.17 10:30 AM - Comment(s)
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Snow Day

By Rich

We canceled today's service at Westchester Chapel due to inclement weather, so we're catching up by posting sermons that were recorded but not posted. Click the sermon title below to go to the sermon, which has been posted on this blog in the order of the date preached:
• Do What Jesus Did, March ...
02.13.17 12:13 AM - Comment(s)
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