Update on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

A message from Brian:  

    The graph above is to keep you up to speed.  Please pray for the Lighting area.  This is a highly specialized area and the talent pool is sparse.  But I'm still looking, in hopes to speed things up.  We are pushing the best we know how and constantly trying to find ways to better the process.  But I heard a priest say it best, “Man proposes and God disposes.”  So as much as I want to have this done two years ago, God seems to have other plans. I humbly ask for your patience until God “Disposes” its completion.

 Song of the Week: Heaven's Before Me by Marian Grace. The beautiful and angelic voice is Colleen Nixon. Colleen sings in one of our music montage's for Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage. The Nixon family are very dear to our hearts here at Lumen. Colleen's husband Titus came and spoke to the film camp students last year. Titus and Colleen are now traveling the country spreading the Gospel to youth and young adult. Visit the Nixon-Nation

 Quote of the Week: 

     "Nothing is more practical, that finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quiet absolute, final way. What are you in love with? What seizes you imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything." Fr. Pedro Arrupe

Scripture of the Week:  

     "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love." John 15:9

Prayers for the Week:

1. For Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

2. All who are working on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

3. Continue financial and spiritual support of Lumen Entertainment

4. All of our benefactors

5. For the lighting part of our Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

  

Have a blessed and wonderful week, we will see you on Friday! ~Lumen Crew  

Stand for Life

   We hope you had a wonderful and blessed week! We were able to recover the pictures from the March for Life around the Courthouse in Jacksonville, FL. Over 500 people came out for an hour to March and/or stand for the Sanctity of Life. It has been a productive week and we are looking forward to Cuban Coffee this afternoon as a reward. We will see you on Monday and make sure you drink your Cuban Coffee. May God Bless your weekend with much joy and peace. Enjoy the pictures. ~Lumen Crew

Nicol, Carlos, Brian, Carol, and Terry

Brian at the table

Nicol at the Table

Some of the 500 + people that came out

Our Table

Tom Masters helps to put this all together.

Morning Joy

Sunrise in Jacksonville Beach.

   Good Morning from the Lumen Crew to you! The above picture was taken as the sun was rising this morning(2/26/12). We realize we have said we would share pictures form the march around the Jacksonville Courthouse, but we have had some computer issues and lost our pictures. We are in the process of fixing our computer and retrieving our pictures. Please pray for that!

    This morning we want to share with you Christ's Joy! We pray the Holy Spirit will fill you with His peace, joy, and love. May His love radiate from you to those around you, just like the picture above. You all are always in our prayers! Have a wonderful day and we will see you tomorrow for a full blog filled with all the pictures and an update on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage. Joyfully through Christ~ Lumen Crew.

Sunrises and Coffee

Bird's flying!

  Today at the office, it has been nothing but exciting! It started with a productive board meeting and Cuban coffee in the morning and afternoon! Lot's of exciting news to share, BUT not today! :D We ask that you continue to pray for Lumen Entertainment and for Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage. Don't worry, you will know sooner rather than later what Lumen Entertainment has in store for everyone.

  As I (Nicol) was watching the sunrise this morning I was blown away by the beautiful colors the Lord was painting the sky with.  As the sky turned the beautiful shades of yellow and orange, I was being filled with light and wished that all babies in the womb would have the opportunity to see such a sun rise. Lumen Entertainment is asking that you join us in prayer for every one who is attending the March For Life in Washington, DC. this weekend

  We pray you have a safe and blessed filled weekend! ~Lumen Crew

Sunrise this Morning

Oh Poop and Bubbles

From Nicol:
    So you might be wondering why the title of today's blog is about Poop and what the heck is the picture above... Yesterday(Thursday) Benoit( the owner of the Magnificat Cafe, the restaurant we work above) wanted to trick Brian into thinking there was a rat in the office. When I arrived to work Benoit informed me of the plan and how he was going to place "rat poop" on Brian's desk. Don't worry, there was no rat and it wasn't poop at all! It actually was burnt crust off of a quiche he made that morning. Hearing Brian's disgust and frustration was a great start to the morning! He truly believed our fabricated story and fell into our trap. muhahahahaha! This prank provided great laughter and a joyful start to the day, at least for us maybe not for Brian!

    Where did all the bubbles go? As I started to make the Cuban Coffee I realized we didn't have much white sugar. I tried to make it with brown sugar and I was completely unsuccessful. All we had left was sugar packets and it was ok. Note to self, if you have sugar packets, open all of the packets first before making the coffee. As you can see there are no bubbles and the spumita is non-existent in the picture above. :( BUT the good news is it still turned out delicious. So... 2 lessons from this blog.... 1. Brown sugar is not the sugar to use to make the perfect spumita. 2. Make sure all sugar packets are pre-opened before beginning to make the most epic Cuban Coffee!

    Please continue to keep Lumen in your prayers and Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage. We pray you have a wonderful and joyful weekend! Don't forget to laugh a lot and have some Cuban Coffee. Cheers ~Lumen Crew 

Happy Baptism of our Lord

Happy Baptism of Jesus

   

   What a wonderful feast day in our Church. We pray that you have had a great weekend and our enjoying your Monday. It's been a quiet day in the office for the most part. Brian and Carlos are working extremely hard on editing Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage. Nicol is busy updating our data base and working on the final amount that was raised during the month of December. We realize we said we would have the total last week, but more checks are still coming in. PRAISE GOD! We know we have met our goal for the fundraiser. We are truly grateful for all of your financial donations! 

Song of the Week: Marvelous Light Sung by Thomas and Timothy 

Challenge of the Week: Now that Christmas has officially ended on the Church calendar, are you still radiating Christ's peace and joy from Christmas? Remember Christmas peace and joy isn't found just in one season, but it is meant to be spread year around. 

Quote of the Week: "Give me grace, O Lord, to do as you command, and command me to do what you will!" St. Augustine 

Scripture of the Week:  "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."~1Corinthians 10:31

Prayer Requests for the Week:

1. For Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

2. All who are working on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

3. Continue financial and spiritual support of Lumen Entertainment

4. All of our benefactors

5. Lord will bring people to us to help complete Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

We pray you have a wonderful and an abundantly blessed week. ~Lumen Crew

Happy Belated Epiphany

HAPPY EPIPHANY

   We realize we are little late wishing everyone a Happy Epiphany. With it being an important feast day, we left early to be able to go to Epiphany parties that were scheduled for early evening. We had a wonderful day, filled with cleaning, 3 generations in the office, Cuban coffee, and a packed office! We pray you had a great Epiphany and remembered our Lord!

Brian's Grandmother-Mimi came to visit

3 Generations: Mimi(Brian's Grandmother, Suzie Shields(Brian's Mom0 & Brian

Cuban Coffee to Celebrate the Epiphany

Happy New Year 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

Nicol Took this picture right when the ball dropped in Time Square

   We pray you had a wonderful New Year with your family and friends! The Lumen Crew all had a great New Year with their family and friends. We are truly excited to see what God has in store for Lumen Entertainment in 2012. We know and have faith the movie will completed in Spring of 2012, so we have much to be excited about! 

  

  THANK YOU for all you donated during our Advent Match, we met our goal and we will have the official total amount for you tomorrow! Praise God, we could not have met our goal without your financial and/or spiritual support.

  Don't forget we are still in the Christmas Season. Today is the 10th Day of Christmas, which stands for the 10 Commandments. 

Song of the Week: Since it is still Christmas here, is a great rendition of this song. We pray that you are filled with the Christmas Joy of our Savior's birth and are Adoring Him!

 

Challenge of the Week:  Are you still consumed with Christ's Joy and Peace since Christmas Day? 

Quote of the Week: "When we form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out" - St Chrysostom

Scripture of the Week: "Sing a new song to the Lord!" Psalm 98:1

Prayers of the Week:

1. For Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

2. All who are working on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

3. Continue financial and spiritual support of Lumen Entertainment

4. All of our benefactors

Christmas Peace and Joy ~Lumen Crew