Happy Advent!

   Happy 1st Sunday of Advent! We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. The Lumen Crew truly enjoyed their time with their family and friends. What a great way to end the Thanksgiving Holiday by kicking off Advent and the new Mass Translation. Speaking of Advent, don't forget it's not too late to order He is Coming to help teach or enhance your child's Advent season. Also our friends at Holy Heroes. We both are incredibly thankful for your support!

   During this Advent season, some of the Lumen Crew has decided to do an Advent fast to prepare for the birth of our Lord and Savior! You can start now and it ends on Christmas Eve. It's some what like Lent and you do not have to give up something either. Maybe add something to what you already do everyday. You could add an extra 10 min a day to your prayer time, dive into scripture, attend daily mass, pray the rosary more often, or visit Jesus in Adoration. A priest had said in his homily,  "what better way to prepare for the birth of Jesus than to spend time in prayer and in the scriptures." Let all of us be encouraged to prepare for the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

   We pray you all have a great week and you all are in our prayers. See you on Friday for some Cuban Coffee and hopefully are mailing will be done and sent out! 

Song of the Week: To help prepare for the Birth: O Come O Come Emmanuel by Shane & Shane

Challenge of the Week: What are you going to do to prepare for the birth of Jesus?

Quote of the Week:  "God walks into your soul with silent step. God comes to you more than you go to Him. Never will his coming be what you expect, and yet never will it disappoint." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Scripture of the Week: Jesus said to his disciples:"Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the time will come." Matt 13:33

Prayer Intentions for the Week:

1. Our Mailing for our the Final Push Fundraiser. That nothing may come against it.

2. For everyone who is working on Skiff and AJ's Fantastic Voyage

3. For the continue financial and spiritual support for Lumen

Peace and Blessings ~ Lumen Crew 

Do You Check In?

       Androids and iPhones are becoming more popular as each day passes. The number of people who use different social networking sites is on the rise. For about the last 6 months or more people have been very fond of "checking in" where ever they may be. Some people even check in at their own house! Here at the office we looked at this comic and it got us wondering, "How often do we check in with God through out the day and/or week?" Some people may have a very good and deep prayer life, but the reality is most Catholic-Christians and Christians do not spend more than 5 minutes in prayer a day. As a society we spend numerous hours on the computer, phones, iPod, iPad, and in front of the television, but not much time is alloted to our Heavenly Father who created us. Our Father loves us so much and it brings Him joy when we check in with Him through out the day. There are many ways to check in with Him. It could be as simple as, "Hi Jesus", "I Love you Jesus", "Thank you Jesus." Maybe take 10 minutes out of your day and dive into the Scriptures. If you have the chance to visit Him in Adoration or daily Mass, even better! Though our lives may be hectic, there is always time to check in with our Heavenly Father. Even though there are football games on, different fall festivals to attend this weekend, and the list can go on, try to "Check In" with Jesus this weekend, outside of Sunday Mass :)

     We hope you have a great weekend! Please continue to pray for Lumen Entertainment, for the film, everyone who is working on the film, and for our monetary needs. Thank you and have a wonderful and blessed weekend. ~Lumen Crew