Blog by Rich

Rich and Pastor Joyce on the
Sea of Galilee.
Joyce and I were tasked with creatively summarizing Westchester Chapel's year-and-a-half-long sermon series, The Great Gift of Fellowship. I used a sociogram (though I didn't tell them that!), which is a tool developed through sociodrama. The results were ...
07.23.17 11:37 PM - Comment(s)
I had the opportunity to sing at Larry Belew's funeral in Wichita, KS. I tell more of my connection to him in the introduction to the song, but he had a major impact on my life the first week I moved to NYC. 

You can hear my song at 1:18:20. 

Also, Mac Nelson, best man at our wedding...
07.21.17 08:09 PM - Comment(s)
Portraying Ann Van Hine's husband in
Five Bells for 9/11
Rich's play is wonderful, and as the years pass it becomes more important, because now we have a generation that wasn’t born… I was actually born just ten years after World War II, and as a kid learning about World War II, even though my Mom had...
07.19.17 08:27 PM - Comment(s)
I got to open this morning's service at Westchester Chapel, and I did so by sharing about an upcoming booking, which I'll share more about later. I also introduced the film  The Pilgrim's Progress, for which we hosted the NYC Premiere.

Pastor Jim Warren preaches on Matthew 28:16-20. He mentio...
07.16.17 09:36 PM - Comment(s)
WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!!
We almost got to see this at the International Christian Film Festival, but technical issues and time constraints collaborated to keep us from it. The director, was kind enough to give us a screener. It's absolutely brilliant!
I've been a fan of Pilgrim's Progress since landing...
07.07.17 01:15 AM - Comment(s)

We had such a wonderful week with these amazing people at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp! We completed the short film "Milk and Oranges" based on a true story told by Nathan Ashton, who shares seven film credits with me

This marked Joyce's directorial debut:
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07.06.17 03:58 PM - Comment(s)
Rich Swingle - A man of great faith. His story of God's goodness shows me how much we can trust our Father - when He calls, He will make the way for us to follow. Rich is a walking testimony to God's faithfulness! 
-- Heidi Olson 
Voice Over Artist


www.RichDrama.com/LamplighterTheatre
07.05.17 10:38 PM - Comment(s)
Tonight the International Christian Film Festival Awards will be aired on TV and online.

Here are the nominations for which I might have gone to the stage:
• Represented A Matter of Perspective for Best Short Film

• Performed and served as Acting Coach on  One Day, which was nominated for B...
06.24.17 06:26 PM - Comment(s)
Stephen Kendrick said something at this year's  Christian Worldview Film Festival that resonated with me. He said you want lead actors that love Jesus and represent him on and off the camera. Thanks Stephen. That advice was hugely important for me in casting Rich as the lead in  ...
06.21.17 11:41 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce celebrates Father's Day by teaching on Matthew 27:45-56. She mentions the confirmation of my  grandfather's Salvation. Opening by Pastor Jim Warren. Communion by Dr. Linda Warren.

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06.18.17 09:29 PM - Comment(s)
Trevor has been having adventures up north, and on Sunday you'll hear an amazing story about a translation of the Beatitudes and how they can bring life to our lives.

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06.15.17 10:50 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce teaches on the Book of Ruth, which is read every year at the Feast of Weeks, celebrated by the Church as Pentecost, which falls today. She referenced Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12.

Pastor Rachel Taylor opens and prays over the service. Call to worship by Melanie Solomon, who also reads John 14:16-17....
06.05.17 01:51 AM - Comment(s)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTD2ufuQc1g?rel=0

I've been cast in an exciting New York City production, Celebrity Confessions: Live from Broadway, which opens June 12!

We'll be baring our souls and sharing how the Lord met us in our lowest valleys.

Among the cast I have four friends involved:

Dan...
06.03.17 08:05 PM - Comment(s)
Crystal Van Artsdalen, Rebekah Stought,
Rachel Marley and Morgan Fairbanks
have been my students at MasterWorks
 and The Rocky Mountain Christian
Filmmakers Camp
.
I played several roles and served as Afghan accent coach in the audio dramas Escape from the Eagle's Nest and The Giant Killer fo...
06.03.17 06:19 PM - Comment(s)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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