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At 11 am we signed our lease, at 7 pm we gathered to praise in the unfinished space, and now at 6 am we've gathered to make the move.

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My bride, Joyce, was selected as the lead pastor of our church ( http://WestchesterChapel.org). Here's her first note to our community...


Dear Westchester Chapel Friends and Family:

As you may have learned, yesterday the board elected me to serve as your lead pastor.  I am honored to s...

My cab arrived the VERY MINUTE it was dispatched! I have a real sense of the Lord's presence in this day of details:

06:00 Flying out of DC (snow on the ground)

08:45 Flying out of Detroit (snow on the ground)

11: 00 Performing God of Hope ( http://RichDrama.com/GodOfHope) for DVD

I'll post updates,...

There was a stabbing quite near Pastor Joyce's sister's family outside of DC, where I'm staying tonight. The perpetrator is hiding in this neighborhood, so we appreciate your prayers for peace and safety.

There's snow expected tonight, and I'm flying out at 6 am for Ft. Wayne, IN, where I'll be p...

One of the featured performers for the Secondary School Theatre Festival ( http://CITA.org/SecondarySchoolTheatreFestival) was snowed out, so a professional storyteller and I were invited to share our work. I did about eight minutes from God of Hope for the 130 high school students, instructors, pa...

I'm hoping to find some great actors for this summer's production of Cyrano de Bergerac at MasterWorks ( http://RichDrama.com/MWF).

I just got this update from my liaison at Compassion:

Today marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Compassion International was there before the earthquake and remains there to this day serving God’s children.

Please visit the link below to see the w...

Rich, your ministry at our National camp a few years back was so inspiring! And you got it. Danielle and Steve also brought us out of our comfort zones, into worship with God. I'll never forget the night the "townies" came from Metro to see what was going on. What a night!

Thanks Rich!

Thanks for coming to Compassion Australia! We were so blessed by your performances. You truly have a wonderful gift from God.

Often you see performances and they look rehearsed or like the performers are bored or just going through the routine. I know you must have done these ones many times before...

Hey Rich and Joyce, thanks for your ministry to and with us in Sydney. You guys get it, live it, and give it - can't ask for much more than that.
Blessings and all that,
Bram - SSS
Sydney, Australia

Our roomies at MasterWorks just turned us on to the work of Graham Cooke.

He said that the nature of God never changes, but He's completely unpredictable. As humans our nature changes like the wind, but we're always predictable.

By connecting to the Creator, we can have a more consistent na...

I'm here in Boca Raton, Florida, to do a public speaking workshop with Graceworks ( http://GraceworksInc.com).

We flew into the West Palm Beach Airport and had some extra time, so we drove down a stretch of Highway A-1A. Though right on the beach we couldn't see the ocean through the mansions, excep...

This call to worship is available for download on iTunes, where you can...

I was delightfully surprised to get mentioned in the year end report from Trost Moving Pictures:

Joyce preached this morning on Isaiah 42:5-9 in the Pictures of the Coming King sermon series at our church, Westchester Chapel.

This sermon is available for download on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Rich and Joyce Swingle" on the iTunes Store.

At tonight's New York City screening of A Christmas Snow people stuck around talking until the guard shut us down. Nico Boccio, who's been an actor for decades, said he thinks it's going to be a sleeper. He said, "Give it five years or so and it's going to be another It's a Wonderful Life."...

It will also be on TV a few more times th...

Joyce shares how crucial the virgin birth is to our faith at Westchester Chapel.

This sermon is available for download on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Joyce Swingle" on the iTunes Store.