Field Trip Friday

The Cinnamon broom Nicol purchased! 

    The week went by fast with the anticipation of the JP II field trip taking place today. We actually spent part of the week remodeling the office. It looks great and smells great(Nicol bought a Cinnamon broom)! You really won't believe the transformation this office under went. It's as if Extreme Makeover came in and finished in 72 hours! Brian did a great job building things and making a mess, Carlos assisted Brian, and Nicol and Ally went behind the guys and cleaned up after them.
     Today the office was buzzing with 54 students(babies-Senior's in high school) from the JP II Home School group in Jacksonville. They came through the office in 2 separate groups. As the younger students walked through the office to the back, they got excited as they saw drawings of Skiff, AJ, and other Characters from the Altar Gang. The morning started off with Brian teaching the students how art can help teach about God and truth. He explained to them how everything in this life, including art is meant to glorify our Heavenly Father. After their art lesson, we split them up in 2 groups. We had two stations the students would visit in the office. First station was with Carlos and David in the recording studio. While the students were in the recording office, they learned how to create sound effects with ordinary objects. The second station was with Brian, where they learned how to draw and to not be afraid to mess up while drawing. Brian taught them how to draw Mary the Ciborium and the other characters. In both sessions, the students where actively participating and excited to be in the office where the Altar Gang lives. As the students left they received a coloring book filled with pictures of the Nativity Scene, just in time for the Advent Season that is approaching quickly.
      We had a blast with the students and their mothers. We are thankful and blessed to have had them here in our office. Please take a look at the slide show to the right of all the pictures from today!  Have a safe and Blessed weekend! ~ Lumen Crew...

Before

Desk #2 Before

Desk #2 After

 Shelves to show The Altar Gang CDs

New Cabinet

The New Office :)

Quiet around here

    Happy Monday! Not too much going on here in the office. This week we will be gearing up for middle school and high school students to visit us on Friday. They are taking a field trip up to the Lumen Office and we are excited to have the office filled with excitement and laughter! We will blog about it after their field trip. See you on Friday! 

Song of the week:

 

Quote of the week:

“The Holy Scriptures were not given to us to be enclosed in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts" St. Chrysostom

Scripture of the week:

 " For I no longer live, for Christ lives in me." Galations 2:20

Please continue to pray for us. You all are in our prayers and have a blessed and joy filled week! ~Lumen Crew

Coincidence or God-incidence?

Happy Cuban Coffee Friday! 

  The Morning was kicked off with Cuban Coffee and Morning Prayer. The best combination one could ask for on a Friday. As you know we have had some excitement in the office this past week. To recap for those who are not caught up on our blogs, we have 36 seconds of animation left of Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage, our 2011 Film Camp Movie The Gardening Man is posted on Vimeo embedded on the right of the screen, and we may have to move to a new location by the end of September... 

Coincidence or God-incidence?

 With the news of potentially having to move from our space above The Magnificat Cafe by the end of September, it has us wondering is this a Coincidence or a God-incidence? Well we have come to the conclusion there are no such things as Coincidences, there are only Godincidences. If we move, we are supposed to be out of the office by September 30th and in the new space by October 1st. The month of October is a wonderful month for us at Lumen. October 1st is the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux, a favorite saint of many here at the office. Brian also produced the movie St. Therese. If you haven't seen it or you do not  know much about St. Therese, take the time to watch the movie. You will LOVE it(and no Brian is not paying me to put that plug in, it's said  from a personal experience)! The month of October is the month of the Rosary, we all love our Mother Mary! Not to mention the feast days of many beloved Saints and Blessed, including St. Francis and Bl. Pope John Paul II. With all of that said, it really makes us wonder what plans God has for us! We are fully trusting in His plan and will, because clearly His Plan is better than ours. :) 
    We humbly ask that you keep Lumen Entertainment and The Magnificat Cafe in your prayers as we are trying to discern God's will and where we should move. Thank you for all of your prayer support. If you have time check out the live footage of World Youth Day this weekend.  Carlos is over in Spain right now partaking in the World Youth Day Events! Have a blessed weekend ~Lumen Crew