Bulgaria Video

We just finished up a video project that highlights what God is doing in Bulgaria. It is so exciting to have the opportunity to travel to different parts of the world to capture stories of the way God is working! Click HERE to see the 3-minute version of the Bulgaria video. Click HERE to see the 6-minute version.

Setting up our Offices

After all the construction work, it is finally time to settle into our offices and get to the fun stuff: decorating!

Our GemStone Media part of the Barn is almost completely put together. Take a look at a few pictures below and let us know what you think!

Annual Planning

We just finished up a series of meetings to plan for the coming year. It is so exciting to sit down and think about where God has been leading us and to dream about where He will take us in the coming year!

eDOT Website

A new and updated design for GEM’s eDOT ministry. eDOT stands for "Electronic Discipleship and Outreach Training".

Check it out at www.gemedot.com.

Our GemStone Media Team

After a long season of moving abroad, settling in, and learning language, our GemStone Media team is finally gathered and working together in our offices. It is exciting to be together and to begin creating art together.

We look forward to posting on this blog about various projects we are and will be working on.

Stay tuned - there's lots going on around here!

And, if you haven't seen it already, check out our spiffy new website: www.gemstone-media.com.

MemberCare Brochure

Our team of graphic designers created this brochure to assist the MemberCare department of Greater Europe Mission in promoting their ministry within the GEM community. A newly designed website is also in the works!

TEFL Training DVD

Videos, a PowerPoint® presentation, and print materials all in one DVD to train missionaries in using English instruction as a ministry outreach.

Click HERE to learn more about TEFL with Greater Europe Mission. Click HERE to watch the promotional video.

Eurasia Video

This 4-minute video highlights ministry possibilities in the Eurasia region. GEM is seeking to come alongside local pastors and ministries in Eurasia who are asking for help in reaching the lost. Click HERE to watch the video.

The Barn

Before we could start working in our new offices, we had to build our new offices! Our team, as well as many others from Greater Europe Mission and many, many volunteers have worked together to renovate an old barn in Kandern, Germany into our new office building.

It has taken an incredible amount of work, but the (almost) finished result is pretty impressive! We are so thankful for God's grace and provision that we have seen over and over during the course of this project.

To check out some more pictures of our construction progress on the barn, click here.

Carpe Amor

We just finished a project we're calling "Carpe Amor". It is a short video that illustrates the devastating effects of sin in relationships. This was our first video project to work on as a team! Click HERE to see the video.

Short-Term Team Recruiting

Our team has just completed a 5-minute video that describes the spiritual needs in Europe and how spiritual mapping teams pray, asking God to open up opportunities to reveal Jesus in fresh and relevant ways. To see the video, click HERE.

Media and Missions

GemStone Media is a ministry of Greater Europe Mission creating innovative and relevant media to help advance the Kingdom of God throughout Europe.

Because creating media is what we do, we often think about the role of media in ministry. Some the ways that we think media can play a role in ministry are to...

• Educate regarding the spiritual need
• Inform regarding ministry opportunities
• Increase prayer and financial support
• Empower missionaries in their God-given ministries
• Share the Gospel in creative ways
• Express the creative nature that God has given us, as an expression of His creativity

Meet Rebecca!

Rebecca spent a couple months this summer working with Jim and Sara Meyer in video production. During her time with us, she was able to help with the GEM promotional video and a couple other smaller (though no less significant!) projects.

One of Rebecca’s favorite parts of helping us out was getting to watch the interview footage of folks who are ministering in Europe: “It’s exciting to see the cool things that God is doing in Europe!”

Rebecca will be graduating at the end of this year (2008) from Carthage College in Wisconsin with a BA in Geography & Geographic Information Systems. Rebecca hopes that God will eventually bring use in full-time ministry. It was a privilege to get to know Rebecca, and we wish her God's blessings for her future!

New GSM website

It’s official! Please check out our new squeaky clean website:

www.GemStone-Media.com

It describes a bit of our passion for ministry in Europe, who we are, and what we do. Drop us a note and let us know what you think!

Welcome to GemStone Media's blog!

We hope that our blog will give you a feel for how God is using our team for His purposes in Europe! Blogging is also a quick way to share about the current projects GemStone Media is working on and describe important events within our department. Please pray that God’s glory would be made known through our projects and pray for the effectiveness of our team. And thanks for dropping by!