ashro: December 2009

Merry Christmas Adore!

There is nothing like the season of Advent to help us focus on the things that are close to our hearts. I know for many of you family and home life is on your mind. For others it is a time of much needed rest…I am finding myself very reflective this season. I am reflecting upon the grace and abundant gifts of God to us as a community. What a season! We have seen tremendous growth, tremendous dedication, and tremendous life change. Thanks for all of you who have made Adore the special place that it is. Below this post you will find the intro to “Illuminate”- I hope that all of you had a chance to see our Christmas “Fusion of music and media.” I think it really summarizes the year of 2009. This has been a season of illumination- many regaining a bright and clear picture of what life with Jesus can look like. There has also been a sense of redefining our ideas of church, God continues to take us on a wild ride of soul searching and reengineering as he shines his light into our paradigms. I know that God will continue to lead us as we move forward into tomorrow.

So as we reflect on the season…I just wanted to say thanks to all of you who played a role in the Illuminate project. It was so great to have the input of so many talented people from the Adore community.

Special thanks to Jonathan Bryden for his filming, editing, and production work.

Thanks to Oliver Stenberg for his invaluable input through creative ideas, set up and production.

Thanks to Chris Tamblyn for his expertise in 3-D animation for our ending.

Thanks to Kirsten Blackstock for her editing, production, and computer operation.

Thanks to Daniel Mari, Park Jung, Ben Rittenhouse, Josh Stipcala, Rachel Richmand, Aaron Scoons, Kim Goodman, and Mandy Bryant for their excellent and creative music and voice.

Thanks to Lowry and the team at Serious Coffee for letting us invade their space for filming and also for the great coffee.

Thanks also to Graham Caesar and Joel Yeager for their work on Sound and Lighting.

Thanks to all our actors, interns, Adore team and crew.

Life is full and satisfying as we work together for the fame of Jesus.

Lisa and I love you all very much and wish you the best Christmas ever.

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