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In 2003 our pastor, Jim Warren, and I wrote a kids' book which he illustrated:  Thomas Tornado Tinglehoop and the Three Christmas Clues.  Though the book is out of print, I'm going to bring it back to life by performing the story with the illustrations splashed on the screen behind me.

Joyce and I got to see a Christmas concert Saturday night with monologues of a shepherd dealing with who he was in the scheme of life and in light of, well, Light.

Here's an excerpt from tonight's rehearsal for our Thursday night performance of Christmas: A Twitter Reenactment.  Read from the bottom up:

After screening A Christmas Snow at our church, Westchester Chapel, there were so many positive comments. One woman said she thought it would just be a sweet little Christmas film, but didn't expect it to be so powerful. Another woman went through the cast list saying she identified with so many o...

Pawn's Move, in which I play Sheriff Hanson, has just posted their first trailer...

I just received the following note and artwork from the daughter of some long-time friends. I was so encouraged by it, especially since Noelle hasn't seen me perform in years!

I had a mini-MasterWorks reunion at Rockefeller Plaza with Patricia Mauceri and Kayla Winston, cut her hair to donate it for wigs for Cancer patients who have lost their hair, in honor of her father who is fighting against it now.

Posted to the blog of our church, Westchester Chapel...

Pastor Joyce Swingle launches the Coming King sermon series, preaching on Isaiah 40:9-11.

Closing comments by Bill Huisman, closing prayer by Pastor Jim Warren.

This sermon is available for download on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to...

I finally figured out how to put our church's sermon's on iTunes. To find Joyce's sermons and those by other members of our pastoral team click here or search for Westchester Chapel in the iTunes Store. While you're there, sign up for the podcast, which you can do by dragging the following chickle...

Joyce and I loved The Trial. It was cast by Beverly Holloway, who used scenes from the film to coach our MasterWorks students for on-camera auditions, so it was great to see those scenes fully produced.
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I performed the roles of  Joseph and Melchior in Christmas: A Twitter Reenactment. The story was told through dialogue and inner thoughts of the characters expressed through tweets on Twitter.

Though the performance is finished you can still read our tweets: Twitter.com/#!/cf_narrator/catr.

Performed at the Thanksgiving Eve Service at Westchester Chapel (http://WestchesterChapel.org), November 24, 2010, by Rich and Joyce Swingle.

Written by Rebecca Phillips
© Copyright 2004 by Rebecca Phillips
Made available by the Eastern Territorial Arts Ministries (TAM) Bureau
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For our screening of A Christmas Snow at Westchester Chapel we'll be offering an alternate audio track for visually impaired and blind audience members.  Jim Stovall, who has written The Ultimate Gift and a novel based on A Christmas Snow, and who is visually impaired himself, has a team at th...

I just got the following note from the writer of God of Hope, a project for which I've recorded the voice of The Apostle Paul for the audio book and will perform the same role for an upcoming DVD...

The God of Hope book is now available at Amazon.com. The e-book and study guide will be ...