Welcome Jen!

 
Meet Jen, our 2011 fall intern, and a recent graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University. She will be here with us for three months, helping our graphics team out with some strategic projects. Jen is eager to gain more experience in graphic design and working with a team, and in the process, she hopes to discover what her future might look like.

We are thrilled to have Jen here with us, and we look forward to seeing what creative and new ideas she has to offer! Welcome Jen!

Thanks to the Art Factory!

GemStone Media would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Art Factory ministry and its directors, Rick and Mary Beth, for providing so much help with our recent "Reach the World" video project. The Art Factory building was the location for many of our sets, and Rick and Mary Beth provided countless props, including large pieces of furniture and rugs. They let us completely reorganize their space, and shuffled their own scheduling to accommodate us. Their passion for coming alongside artists and giving of their resources without expectation of gain enabled us to do our best work.

If you are not familiar with the Art Factory ministry, please check out their website, or watch their video.

Reach the World

        Click here to watch Reach the World
        and then come back to learn more... 

The details: We were asked to make a video highlighting the needs in Europe for GEM's website. The reality is that there are millions of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and spiritualists living all across Europe, many of whom are immigrants from unreached countries. We created this video to challenge Christians who are thinking about ministry to unreached areas, but may not have considered the enormous potential for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ to immigrants right here in Europe.

We're excited about how God has put Reach the World together. All the hard work of planning and preparation has really paid off and we're pleased with the result. We hope that this video will be the first of many non-verbal short videos exploring topics that will challenge people where they are. Feel free to pass the Reach the World link on to people in your network who would benefit or be encouraged by it. Let's get the word out about Europe's potential!

Making of "Reach the World"

GemStone Media produced three different videos this year challenging believers to consider ministry in Europe. The On Any Given Day video was produced to show the great need that exists to share the Gospel here. What Would It Look Like? was produced to connect people with their personal potential to have an impact. Currently we're in post production on the final of those three pieces, Reach the World, which speaks specifically to the broad cultural diversity that exists in Europe and the potential to have an impact for Christ all over the world by having an impact in Europe. Bryce, our intern this summer, did a fantastic job putting together a behind-the-scenes look at this final video as it was being produced. We hope you'll take a look. The finished Reach the World video is currently in final production and we'll post it soon...

Summer Video Production

The video team has been busily working on a new video that will focus on the large variety of immigrants living in Europe. Production has included creating several interior sets, multiple mornings shooting in the center of Basel, gathering a large number of props and costumes, and finding a handful of actors to play the various roles. It has been a huge project so far, but we're expecting a good return on our time investment! Stay tuned...

ZBCS video project

Two members of our video team, Jim and Ted, spent a week in Ukraine shooting footage for a promotional video about the online classroom for Zaporozhye Bible College and Seminary. It took a lot of preparation and hard work, but the school was pleased with the end result!

Thankful for our friend!

We have enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with our good friend, Krister, this summer. His assistance with multiple video shoots/trips, the required set-up and planning for those, as well as putting in some long hours on building construction has really encouraged and blessed the team! Thank you, Krister, for the huge amount of time, effort, and investment you've given to join us in our work this summer. May God bless your faithfulness to Him!

Joining the fun in London 2012, part II

 Henry's interview at Victoria Station in London

Jon Burns from the "More Than Gold" ministry

Andy Flannagan's interview near Big Ben in London

Peter Farmer from the Simple Church

We also created four short interview videos to highlight the coming London Olympics in the summer of 2012 to supplement the longer promotional video mentioned in "Joining the fun in London, part I." View them by clicking the links above.

Joining the fun in London 2012, part I

Two of our video guys, Krister and Jim, were asked to come to London to shoot several interviews for making a GEM promotional video for the Olympics in 2012. GEM is making plans to have a dozen or more teams participate in ministry initiatives in London during that time. Our prayer is that this unique ministry opportunity would bring people of all nationalities to discover and be changed by our Lord Jesus Christ!

What would it look like?

Our video production team has been having fun creating a video for GEM using After Effects and Sure Target 2 graphics and editing programs. “What Would It Look Like?” is designed to help people recognize Europe as an important mission field and consider if God may be calling them to get involved in reaching the spiritually lost here. Could God be calling you?

Updated support tools available for GEM missionaries

We've updated our support tools with the new GEM logo. For each design you can choose any (or all) of the following materials:

• Brochure (8.5 x 11, tri-panel)
  
• Prayer Card (4 x 6, one side)
  
• Bookmark (7 x 2, 2-sided)
  
• Slide Background
• Blog Banner
• Email Banner

There are currently four designs ("Corporate," "Euro," "Immi1," "Service") available right now, with more coming soon.

Corporate

Front/Back

Euro

Front/Back

Immi1

Front/Back

Service

Front/Back

Please contact us if you are interested personalizing a set of tools for your GEM ministry.

Church Planting Training in Basel

For ten days, nearly 60 missionaries from the U.S. and across Europe attended an engaging church planting training called T4T (Training for Trainers) in Basel, Switzerland. This training presented many exciting and effective examples of how God is building His Church around the world through biblical church planting efforts.

GemStone Media was privileged to run the audio/video for the event through the leadership of video producers, Krister and Walt. They also recorded the entire training event (about 50 hours!) doing a live mix between three cameras and PowerPoint presentations.

This training footage will eventually be edited down and made available online in shorter segments so that missionaries around the world can learn these effective church planting methods.

A short visit

Leslie has a passion for art and Europe, and has just finished her junior year of college pursuing a BA degree in Media Arts. As she has been thinking about her future, she was thrilled to discover "a mission driven organization impassioned for Europe, but also one that utilizes media to serve."

While Leslie was in Europe recently, she visited GemStone Media to explore the possibilities of serving with us here. It was a pleasure to meet her, show her the area, and learn more about her. We are praying for Leslie's future and look forward to seeing how God will lead her!