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Scriptwriting through sociodrama

I got to help the drama team at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church develop a script through sociodrama. I was delighted by their feedback:

I want to express my thanks to you for investing the weekend with our drama team. They were thrilled. My wife is prayer partnered with Cheryl Wise. They talked a...

02.01.13 04:35 PM - Comment(s)

AUDITION!

By Rich

An alumna of MasterWorks Festival's Long-Form Improv,Tiffany Rott, said:

I was privileged to be able to attend this program last year. I cannot say enough good about it. The teacher, Kaelen Carrier, is amazing! The program itself is amazing! And you WILL walk away from it a better act...

02.01.13 04:33 PM - Comment(s)

In His Steps: The Movie

By Rich

I play the role of John Gray, the owner of the White Cross Kitchen, in the film In His Steps. It premiered in Montrose, Colorado, on December 7, 2013, and is available on DVD and digital download.

01.30.13 01:46 PM - Comment(s)

Being Meek or Grabbing What You Want?

By Rich

Pastor Joyce Swingle continued the Living the Life: Choices series, preaching on Matthew 5:5.

Opening by Pastor Linda Warren. Music and testimony by Chris C. Communion by Rev. Art Alexander, Superintendent of the Metro New York District of the Church of the Nazarene. Closing scripture, I King...

01.28.13 12:23 AM - Comment(s)

Pietrina Mauceri

By Rich

Patricia Mauceri, who has been on the MasterWorks faculty since 2005 reported that her mother has gone to be with the Lord.

My Mom went home to the Lord Dec. 28th after battling pulmonary fibrosis for some time. She had expressed her desire not to die at Christmas because she did not want her...

01.23.13 02:56 PM - Comment(s)

The Greatest Super Hero is Jesus

By Rich

Westchester Chapel's Treasure Seekers (ages 5-10) meet the third Sunday of every month.

In this webisode Trevor the Treasure Seeker introduces Sharky Man, who joins Pastor Rachel in exploring Revelation 19:11-16 and explaining to the children that the greatest super hero is Jesus, who fights for us...

01.23.13 12:05 AM - Comment(s)

Treasure Seekers introduces Sharkyman

By Rich

Join Trevor the Treasure Seeker and his friends on the third Sunday of every month, and seek the Greatest Treasure Ever in our adventure for children ages 5 to 10.

The adventures take place at Westchester Chapel, which meets at the Crowne Plaza, 66 Hale Ave., White Plains, NY 10601 at 11 a.m.

http...

01.15.13 11:25 PM - Comment(s)

Salvation in the Air

By Rich

On Sunday, Joyce and I shared about how we prayed with the former manager of a mega rock band on our flight home from Denver. As we speak Caroline Chehade plays "Ciaccona" (also known by its French name, "Chaconne") by J.S. Bach, from his Partita 2 in D Minor....

01.14.13 05:43 PM - Comment(s)

Actors InC Panel

By Rich

I had the privilege of speaking on a panel with Mari White (producer, actor) and Faith Reel (Actors, Models and Talent for Christ) at Actors InC ( ActorsInChrist.com). Here's the panel in seven episodes, which were released one at a time:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/sv5Y0kfEX4Y

http://www.youtube....

01.12.13 10:30 PM - Comment(s)

Interview with CFDb

By Rich

I shared behind the scenes stories from two films in which I've performed and talked about my role in Indescribable, which is one of the finalists at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. Click here for the interview.

01.09.13 11:54 PM - Comment(s)

A most AMAZING plane ride

By Rich

I read the following story, posted by MasterWorks MasterClass instructor Bev Holloway, just after an extraordinary encounter on a plane ride that we might have missed:

“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Ba...

01.08.13 11:30 PM - Comment(s)

Have a blessed Epiphany

By Rich

We hope you're having a wonderful celebration of the arrival of the Wise Men. As we close out the Christmas Season, we wanted to send you a report of the Lord's goodness as we experienced it in 2012...

Four of our MasterWorks theatre
students on Times Square after opening
Off-Broadway.

For the firs...

01.06.13 09:08 PM - Comment(s)

Share the Light

By Rich

Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on John 9. She challenges us to read the full chapter, and her husband, Rich Swingle, encourages us to read the whole Bible in 2013. Communion by Pastor Randy Solomon, preaching from John 6. "This Little Light of Mine" is in the public domain. Words and ...

12.30.12 09:38 PM - Comment(s)

I challenge you!

By Rich

Since 2012 I've been reading through the Bible every year, and I've found it to be one of the greatest spiritual disciplines.

One of the great joys of this discipline is that each year begins and ends with the Tree of Life. The first man and first woman were locked out of the Garden of Eden before th...

12.30.12 09:26 PM - Comment(s)

Joyce's sermon at MasterWorks

By Rich

Joyce preached the opening sermon at the MasterWorks Festival on June 17, 2012.

Greetings and prayers by Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh, director of the Festival. I read Deuteronomy 30:1-10, and Barbara Kavanaugh reads 1 Corinthians 13.

http://archive.org/embed/OpeningSermonAtMasterworksFestival201...

12.30.12 06:26 AM - Comment(s)

I'm so impressed with Compassion!

By Rich

Joyce and I have sponsored four children through Compassion: Carolos and Riquelmys in the Dominican Republic, Roxanita in Bolivia, and Wendy Yoselin in Honduras, who is pictured here.

The sponsorship process has been delightful! We know we're impacting their lives in a significant way by the let...

12.24.12 02:47 PM - Comment(s)

The Song of Thanksgiving

By Rich

Pastor Linda Warren continues the sermon series O Come Let Us Adore Him, preaching on Revelation 4 and 5, passages that are considered to have been songs about Jesus in the original Greek. Rich Swingle shares excerpts from his one-man play, The Revelation. The reference to the woman in the p...

12.24.12 01:42 AM - Comment(s)

Celebrating a well-lived life

By Rich

When Joyce and I were courting there was a certain point that Joyce confided in her friend and mentor, Fran Warren, that it appeared that Joyce and I would only be friends. Fran, who had as close of a walk with the Lord as anyone I know, said, "Don't you dare get in the way of what ...

12.22.12 01:35 AM - Comment(s)