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Swingle's one-man, high-energy, hour-long play...Beyond the Chariots...won him many hearts.
--David Nadeau, The Capital, Three Hills, Alberta

08.23.14 06:12 PM - Comment(s)

Creation-Inspired Worship

Pastor Linda Warren kicked off our Leadership Bible Study on worship, via our outdoor service. She and Pastor Joyce Swingle led us through Psalm 19 as we explored creation and the Ten Commandments for reasons to worship the Lord. Report on the Salvation Army conservatory by Rich Swingle, and reques...

08.10.14 04:12 AM - Comment(s)

The Privileges of Adoption

Joyce preached on Romans 8:12-17. Opening prayer by Bill H. Pastoral prayer and communion by Pastor Randy Solomon. Rich Swingle gave a report on MasterWorks. You can read more details at www.RichDrama.com/MWF.

"All Hail the Power" written by Edward Perronet, 1779. Music by Oliv...

07.28.14 12:20 AM - Comment(s)

About our MasterWits

It was a true blessing to be with the kids! They encouraged and edified me and gave me real hope for the future! I truly believe it IS in their hands! And from that group, I am so hopeful that the LORD's name will be high and lifted up, and that there will be revival in the land! 2 Chron....

07.25.14 01:29 AM - Comment(s)

Mayflower II

Joyce and I performed the rolls of Ferris and Danae Chapman in this outstanding film shot in and near Calgary.

It's available at www.MayflowerII.com.

Here's a recording of Greg Lammiman (writer/producer) and Dallas Lammiman (director) after the film screened at the 2021 International Chr...

07.24.14 10:09 PM - Comment(s)

MasterWits 2014

We had another stellar MasterWorks Theatre Program, this year producing Much Ado About Nothing in Winona Lake, IN, Bethel Park, PA, and NYC in Theatre 315, an Off-Broadway space pictured above. Susan Somerville Brown choreographed a dance number in our production, and Patricia Mauceri co-direc...

07.21.14 02:08 AM - Comment(s)

Jesus Is the Reason We're Here

Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on Romans 8:5-11. She draws upon some of our MasterWorks experiences.

https://archive.org/embed/SJoyceJesusIsTheReason072014

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

07.21.14 12:13 AM - Comment(s)

Conclusion to Big Fish Little Worm

Though I didn't record this live, I wanted to upload the essence of what I felt led to share after my performance of Big Fish Little Worm for the Salvation Army's Times Square Corps, which meets in Theatre 315, the Off-Broadway space in which the MasterWorks Festival theatre program just performed M...

07.20.14 09:08 PM - Comment(s)

Director's Notes for Much Ado About Nothing

Resurrection! Sean Benson has found it in fourteen of Shakespeare’s plays. Sometimes the theme is spot on, as when Juliet is drugged so as to appear quite dead before coming back to a tragically short life, but in Shakespearian Resurrection: The Art of Almost Raising the Dead, Benson says Shakespea...

07.15.14 02:38 AM - Comment(s)

Amp up your World Cup experience!

Amp up your World Cup experience!

For the Glory, in which I play soccer coach to Olympian Kurt Kuykendall, is now available on YouTube. Invite World Cup fans over to see this inspiring story of a failed basketball player who became a world-class goalie.

06.28.14 11:56 AM - Comment(s)

Faculty Devotional: Into All the World!

Here are links to the things I'm talking about in today's faculty devotion.

Penn Jillette: "How much do you have to hate someone not to share what you believe?"

Hollywood Reporter interview with Emmy winner Tony Hale: Tony Hale on 'Arrested

Development': 'It Didn't Satisfy M...

06.23.14 03:30 PM - Comment(s)

Getting to Powerful Prayer

Pastor Joyce Swingle preached on Mark 4:35-5:20 for the lunchtime faculty devotion at the MasterWorks Festival.

If you've been blessed by the ministry of Westchester Chapel we'd be blessed by any contribution, which could help us continue our work for the Lord.

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Photo courtesy of Nic...

06.17.14 08:31 PM - Comment(s)

Totally convincing

Totally convincing as the "land speculator swindler" using just a twinkle in his eyes and a crooked smile, such is the mastery of actor Rich Swingle, in Alone Yet Not Alone.
--George Escobar
co-director of Alone Yet Not Alone

06.17.14 01:36 AM - Comment(s)

Interviews on The Dove

Last week I was interviewed for radio and television on The Dove, and it just posted:

//www.youtube.com/embed/4wfl0ADyr9Q

I talked about our work in Russia during the Winter Olympics, the MasterWorks Festival and Alone Yet Not Alone, the film in theaters right now in which I play a land specu...

06.16.14 04:58 PM - Comment(s)

Jesus Is the Reason We're Here

Joyce gave the opening message at the MasterWorks Festival on John 1:35 - John 2:11, which includes Jesus calling his disciples and the wedding at Cana.

https://archive.org/embed/SJoyce061514MWF

This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our pod...

06.16.14 12:11 AM - Comment(s)

The Gift of the Gospel

Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on Romans 5:12-20. Musical background by Bill H.

https://archive.org/embed/SJoyce053114

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

Photo courtesy of...

06.01.14 02:18 PM - Comment(s)

Our cast for Much Ado About Nothing

After much discussion and prayer we have cast our MasterWorks Festival production of Much Ado About Nothing with the following cast:

		Understudy
Benedick	Esh Ryans	Craig Fairbanks
Beatrice	Isabella Cardine	Tiffany Rott
Claudio	Timothy Bartlett	Zachary Mull
Hero	Rachel Marley	Kelly Stagner
Leonata	Morg...

05.27.14 07:58 PM - Comment(s)

Summer Sendoff

This morning I had the opportunity to speak briefly about my upcoming work at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp and The MasterWorks Festival, including our performances in an Off-Broadway theatre in late July. Pastor Randy Solomon preached on Romans 5:1-11. ...

05.25.14 09:49 PM - Comment(s)

Report from Sochi

We just received this from the folks that organized our work in Russia during the Olympics...

Engage Sochi partners and friends -
We have just finished working through all of the contact sheets for the Engage Sochi project and have been crunching the numbers. As you know, it was our goal that...

05.23.14 02:35 PM - Comment(s)

23 Blast

23 Blast opened in theaters October 24, 2014, and it's now available on DVD through Walmart and ChristianBook.com.

Our friend Dylan Baker (actor in Secretariat, Spider-Man 2 and 3) just screened his directorial debut in our building: 23 Blast. It's based on an unbelievable true story. T...

05.22.14 02:12 AM - Comment(s)

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