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Help send Beyond the Chariots to London for the Olympics

We'll be going to London and Birmingham to perform Beyond the Chariots during the Summer Olympics. Our friend Liz Jennings will be joining us to advance translation slides as I perform my play about Olympic champion Eric Liddell. Some of Liddell's story is told in the film Chariots of Fire, ...

05.13.12 11:13 PM - Comment(s)

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I shared this excerpt from my one-man play The Acts during the Friday night banquet at our denomination's District Assembly. The theme of the weekend was "Mission Possible", based on Acts 1:8.

http://archive.org/embed/ExcerptFromTheActs

This monologue is available for download free o...

05.11.12 11:22 PM - Comment(s)

Response to Beyond the Chariots

"Better than ANIME!"

--Rachel Leung

Student, Trafalgar Castle School

Whitby, Ontario

Canada

05.11.12 10:27 AM - Comment(s)

Poured out

Thank you for pouring yourself out - on the stage and off - to our Bethel community. Your chapel presentation was so well done...and well received by our students. I hope your time with our theatre students was equally connecting. --Shawn Holtgren, PhD Vice President for Student Development Bethel C...

05.10.12 07:34 PM - Comment(s)

The Sandals of Peace

Here's my sermon on Ephesians 6:15. It contains excerpts from my one-man play The Revelation.

http://archive.org/embed/TheSandalsOfPeace

Rich mentions his sermon on Peter walking on water, Freedom from Fear of Circumstances.

Go deeper. Dr. Timothy J. Keller's series on The Armor of God includes f...

05.06.12 10:58 PM - Comment(s)

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Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on Ephesians 6:14 and Matthew 4:1-11.

Benediction by Pastor Rachel Taylor.

http://archive.org/embed/TheBeltOfTruth_712

http://www.youtube.com/embed/IbzbcEMDgsg

The sermon is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for ...

04.26.12 05:26 PM - Comment(s)

Long-Form Improv

This year the MasterWorks Theatre production of Pope John Paul II's The Jeweler's Shop will be going to New York City for performances in an Off-Broadway theatre: RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre2012.

The opportunity to tour to NYC created such a demand and surge in applicants that we were unable t...

04.21.12 10:52 PM - Comment(s)

Right to Worship Prayer March

* Please be in prayer about and attend the upcoming Right to Worship Prayer March and Concert this Sunday April 22 at 2pm starting at Cadman Plaza. Pray that the people of NY would unite together in prayer and thanksgiving and intercede for the city and the area and the nation!

^"14 if my people...

04.19.12 01:00 AM - Comment(s)

Breakfast with Jesus

The Westchester Chapel Players shared the Resurrection Breakfast between Jesus and his disciples with our children of all ages. We brought the youngest to the front table where VIP signs reserved their places.

Joyce followed the drama with a sermon on the corresponding passage from John 21...

04.09.12 01:00 AM - Comment(s)

Joyce Swingle

03.24.12 04:39 PM - Comment(s)

October Baby

October Baby Movie is phenomenal! It was a packed theatre on Times Square that gave it a long applause when it was over. Almost everyone stayed for the interview during the credits. Kudos to Beverly Kennedy Holloway, a Masterworks Festival master class instructor, for pulling to...

03.24.12 12:34 AM - Comment(s)

Christmas Grace

I play a quirky clerk in Christmas Grace. It's a wonderful story of forgiveness and... well, grace. I sob the whole third act every Season.

You can see it on TV throughout the Christmas Season.

It's also available in Family Christian bookstores across the nation as well as the following online sto...

03.22.12 05:47 PM - Comment(s)

Settled

It was great to perform the role of Tom in this short film with my friends Josh Murray, who performed with me in Alone Yet Not Alone, and Sandra Van Natta, who performed with me in The Screenwriters.

"Settled" was a part of the 168 Film Project.

Josh Murray, who asked...

03.19.12 06:33 PM - Comment(s)

MasterWorks Theatre Off-Broadway

I've directed the theatre program at the MasterWorks Festival since 2005, and over the years we've watched the quality of our actors grow consistently and steadily as they've worked with world-class Christ-centered instructors like John Kirby (acting coach on over 20 major motion pictures including...

03.13.12 11:06 PM - Comment(s)

The Controversy of the Cross

Pastor Joyce Swingle points out the links between Psalm 22, the temptations of Christ in Matthew 4, and His Crucifixion in Matthew 27. She illustrates with stories from her own walk with the Lord, challenging listeners to stay on their cross, to allow the Life of Christ to flow through them.

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03.12.12 12:34 AM - Comment(s)

Get on the Love Train

Pastor Linda Warren launches our series on The Cross by preaching on John 3.

Call to worship by Rich Swingle.

http://www.archive.org/embed/BurdensIntoPraise_739
Here's a link to more information about the school situation: Judge Gives NYC Churches Access to Public Schools.

Here ...

02.26.12 10:57 PM - Comment(s)

Featured in the A-Blast

I performed and spoke earlier this week at Annondale High School in Annondale, VA. The visit was featured in their school newspaper, The A-Blast: International Actor Rich Swingle comes to AHS.

02.23.12 09:04 PM - Comment(s)

God touched my heart

Last year I had the privilege of competing at the CITA competition in South Carolina. I came with my school without any big expectations for the year apart from having fun and growing as an actor. At CITA, I found both of these things and so much more.

I made it to finals that ...

02.06.12 07:32 PM - Comment(s)

Christians love you, Mayor Bloomberg

Dear Mayor Bloomberg:

I've long been a fan. I've voted for you each time you've run. You've done so much for our great city, and for that I'm very grateful.

When I visited the 9/11 Memorial I was thrilled to see that you took such a strong leadership role in making it such a powerful tribute to o...

02.06.12 12:29 PM - Comment(s)

Unity in the Spirit

Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on John 6:60-71. Opening prayer by Pastor Linda Warren.

http://www.archive.org/embed/UnityInTheSpirit

This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Sto...

02.05.12 11:01 PM - Comment(s)

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