Blog by Rich

Our first worship service in our new space was awesome! WestchesterChapel.org

10.01.06 05:37 PM - Comment(s)

Our church has been in the process of moving into a space many times larger than what we used to have. We just passed our final inspection after the remodelling we did to make a billiards hall work as a church, so we'll begin meeting this Sunday at 11am at 214 Central Ave, White Plains, NY. If you'r...

09.29.06 01:35 PM - Comment(s)

We had a mini-MaterWorks Festival reunion in NYC. Left to right are Leilani Wells, myself, Boyd Owen, Sarah Keyes, Christian Gonzolez, and Julie Mealiff. We gathered to watch Boyd's professional debut in a fabulous Off-Broadway production called Angels. It tells how Lucifer tricks the new angel of l...

09.27.06 01:02 PM - Comment(s)

I woke up overwhelmed with joy that I get to see as much of the world as I do. I coached architects and engineers through Graceworks down here in Oklahoma. I don't think we saw a single hill, but this neck of the "woods" has a beauty all its own.

09.26.06 08:30 PM - Comment(s)
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Joyce had business in Nice, France, so we arrived early for our ninth honeymoon. We drove up the coast, made a stop in Monte Carlo, and then on to the first exit in Italy for some gelato. It's definitely better than French glace or American ice cream. Then we drove down t...
09.23.06 05:18 PM - Comment(s)

...couldn't stay away from NYC!

09.23.06 02:32 AM - Comment(s)
Our church is moving, so this Sunday will be our last worship experience in our old space.

The chairs will already be packed up.

Our pastor has given me permission to speak about the extraordinary worship we've experienced three years running at Territorial (see links below) as an introduction to ...
09.21.06 01:22 PM - Comment(s)
I just met with Bill Hane, Executive Director of Bearing Fruit Communications, the group that did Beyond the Gates of Splendor.

There was an article in the New York Times this morning that mentioned The End of the Spear, which was produced by their partner group, Every Tribe Entertainment: Fox Unvei...
09.20.06 04:33 PM - Comment(s)
A friend of mine who is a professional photog just started a blog. Check it out: fritzphoto.blogspot.com.
09.19.06 06:22 PM - Comment(s)
Ken Wales, who saw my performance of Beyond the Chariots last June, has produced a movie about William Wilberforce. It was just reviewed in Variety. Eddie Cockrell described it as, "Crisply told and sincerely thesped, 'Amazing Grace' is a workmanlike costumer that distills Blighty's long battle...
09.18.06 04:52 PM - Comment(s)
Many people commented on how helpful the service was to them and the excellent job you did. Three quarters of those in attendance were NOT from Grace so God has allowed us to truly reach out to the community.

--Karen Denaro
Minister of Worship
Grace Community Baptist Church
Washingtonville, NY
09.18.06 02:52 PM - Comment(s)
Extreme Makeover Home Edition blessed a family with a new home right around the corner from our friends, where several of us gathered to watch the episode. Rebekah, Anna and Jesse were all on site for the demolition and they were interviewed, but, alas, they hit the cutting room floor.

Other than th...
09.18.06 03:26 AM - Comment(s)

That's what the invitation to MasterWorks alumna Sarah Keyes' Birthday Dessert Salon said, but Sarah insisted that we share our artistic gifts in lieu of anything purchased.

There were some great artistic offerings, and Sarah, pictured here, danced before the Lord to segue into worship. Finally we ha...

09.14.06 11:23 AM - Comment(s)
In about an hour I'm going to teach enacted prayer as a part of a class on healing at The Lamb's Church of the Nazarene on Times Square. I'm sorry I didn't have more notice, but in preparation for the class I looked up every post on my blog that describes the use of enacted prayer. I created a link ...
09.13.06 09:00 PM - Comment(s)
 I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did last evening.  You have changed "Five Bells" from the previous times I have seen it and it was even more powerful and more honoring to God.
--Ann Van Hine
Her late husband, Bruce Van Hine, is one of the characters in Rich's p...
09.13.06 03:49 PM - Comment(s)

I received this note from Ann Van Hine, which she's given me permission to share. She refers to my play about her late husband and my first blog post on 9/11/06.

Good morning Rich,
I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful job you did last evening. You have changed "Five Bells" from the ...

09.12.06 08:15 PM - Comment(s)
An article ran on last night's performance in the Times Herald-Record: Play in Washingtonville remembers 9/11 heroes. The main focus is on Ann Van Hine's reaction to the play about her late husband.
09.12.06 03:46 PM - Comment(s)
After performing Five Bells for 9/11 a woman came up to me and said, "I have another story of hope for you." Her husband, Mark Ruppert, was a firefighter for the FDNY. He was in the lobby of the Marriott Building getting ready to head into the North Tower when they noticed people outside r...
09.12.06 12:11 AM - Comment(s)
Tonight I'll be performing my play Five Bells for 9/11 (GCBC.org).

Each time I prepare to perform this piece I go into mourning. This year I saw it coming, so I had a number of people praying for me. God answered those prayers by giving me insight: This whole play was written to give people new m...
09.11.06 02:54 PM - Comment(s)
At Territorial we did an enacted prayer for Art Dean, grandfather to four of our students. He has been a powerful force in the Salvation Army, so our many hearts were joined by the enactment. It was the night before his first round of chemotherapy. One student played cancer, which clutched at his b...
09.06.06 03:10 PM - Comment(s)

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