• Simple Pleasures
  
• Gavin MacLeod in "The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry"
• Christian Comedy at the Hollywood Improv
• Christian Filmmakers Seek Donations for New Film
• "Full Tank" From Our Daily Journey
• Wasatch Film Festival Calls for Entries
• Dove Review: All Roads Lead Home
  
• Families in Film

Hi <<First Name>>,

Last week my family from Iowa drove out to California for their summer vacation. My stepbrother and his wife have four great kids that are a lot of fun to be around.

We spent a few days at the coast where it was overcast and chilly. That didn't dampen our enthusiasm one bit. We played games, went to the beach and hung out at the pool. We met a bunch of kids and talked to every family with a dog or a fire pit.

It was refreshing to have a weekend filled with simple pleasures. Remember that it's exciting to roast hot dogs and make Smores over an open fire, and you can have lots of fun in a pool with just a bunch of kids and a squishy ball or two.

Whatever your weekend holds, I hope you laugh a lot, enjoy being with friends and family, and have fun doing simple things.

From the screening room,

Angela Walker
ChristianMoviesNews.com

P.S. We're excited to begin featuring an article from Our Daily Journey to encourage you in your spiritual walk. Read the first one here.

With a career that spans more than half a century, Gavin MacLeod is an elder statesman of Hollywood. His newest film is The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, by Rich Christiano. The film releases nationwide in September in partnership with churches and ministry organizations that are booking theaters and promoting the film.

You've been in two of Rich Christiano's films. How did you meet and begin working with him?

Gavin:        My wife and I had a program on TBN called Back on Course. We filmed it for 23 years and we'd do two episodes in the morning, break for lunch, then go back out and shoot two more shows in the afternoon. One time after we finished a batch of shows, someone came and said, "Gavin, someone sent this script to you from Jay Jones office." (He's an executive with Paul and Jan Crouch)

So I read the script for Time Changer from this guy named Rich Christiano, and I thought, "Wow, this could be a good movie." In his letter he said he wanted me to play this librarian. That was an OK part, and it looked like he could shoot everything in one day, but...

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Taking Christian comedy to where no one else has, Ron McGehee is pleased to announce the first EVER Christian comedy show at the world famous Hollywood Improv on August 23rd.  McGehee is the producer of Non-Toxic Comedy and joining forces with secular comedy clubs to produce top quality comedy with non offensive language and faith based messages.

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by Angela Walker

For Christian independent film producers, one of the greatest initial challenges is film financing. How do you find the cash you need to hire cast and crew, secure locations and equipment?

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Full Tank from Our Daily Journey
by Jeff Olson - Our Daily Journey

Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12-century French abbot, once said, "The man who is wise...will see his life more like a reservoir than as a canal. The canal...pours out as it receives. The reservoir retains the water until it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself."

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by Angela Walker

The traditional film festival model is to accept entries throughout the year then put on an event that runs for several days to showcase the chosen movies. Audiences and judges are brought together to screen the films and award prizes. The organizers behind the Wasatch Summer Bash Film Festival have a different idea. Instead of one big festival, they're hosting challenges several times a year.

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