Jana's Article on YouthMinistry.com

Hey, I would like to brag about my wife a little. I am proud to be her husband and happy to encourage her as she continues her writing and ministry. I want to suggest that you check out the following article/response she wrote for www.youthministry.com. FAQ/Rebuilding Your Team: A Response | YouthMinistry.com Please consider recommending and tweeting it as well!

Go See "Mighty Macs"

Jana and I have had a chance to see this movie - you should too!  For those of you who live in Central PA, it is at the Selinsgrove Cinema Center right now.

The Greatest Volunteers

I love these and all of the student ministry volunteers that help with CRUX Students week in and week out. Here they are seen spending time and building relationships with students after CRUX!

Response to Courageous

Here are a few people who saw "Courageous" on Wednesday night with us and their response to the movie.
You really need to see this movie in the theater.

Ustream of RMC Services

I just realized that I have never posted this video.  I realized it when one of the people in it, Lauren Elsasser, (the cupcake queen of Central PA - Check out her blog), mentioned on Facebook that we weren't telling parents right away about this incident.  I didn't remember that, but I definately didn't post it on my blog, so . . . maybe she was right.  Anyway. . . here it is.

Box Office Mojo Update: Courageous #4!

Sometime today, www.boxofficemojo.com updated their site and "Courageous" was actually the fourth highest grossing film of the weekend, not the fifth as I reported earlier!!  Can it move up this weekend??

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	3	Dolphin Tale	WB	$13,912,419	-27.4%	3,515	+8	$3,958	$37,183,796	$37	2
2	2	Moneyball	Sony	$12,031,592	-38.3%	2,993	-	$4,020	$38,000,130	$50	2
3	1	The Lion King (in 3D)	BV	$10,615,645	-51.6%	2,340	+10	$4,537	$79,209,794	-	3
4	N	Courageous	TriS	$9,063,147	-	1,161	-	$7,806	$9,063,147	$2	1
5	N	50/50	Sum.	$8,644,095	-	2,458	-	$3,517	$8,644,095	$8	1

Courageous Takes #5 With Only Half the Theaters

The "Courageous" movie I have been promoting last week came in at #5, according to www.BoxOfficeMojo.com, even though it had half of the theaters as that of the top 4 grossing films!  As you can see below, Courageous was shown in 1,161 theaters, compared to 3,515 that "Dolphin Tale" (Another positive film to see, by the way) was shown.  AND, this was the 5th best opening weekend for a Christian film behind only "The Passion of the Christ" and the three "Narnia" movies.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count /Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	3	Dolphin Tale	WB	$14,245,000	-25.6%	3,515	+8	$4,053	$37,516,000	$37	2
2	2	Moneyball	Sony	$12,500,000	-35.9%	2,993	-	$4,176	$38,469,000	$50	2
3	1	The Lion King (in 3D)	BV	$11,057,000	-49.6%	2,340	+10	$4,725	$79,652,000	-	3
4	N	50/50	Sum.	$8,858,000	-	2,458	-	$3,604	$8,858,000	-	1
5	N	Courageous	TriS	$8,800,000	-	1,161	-	$7,580	$8,800,000	-	1

I want to encourage you to go or go again and take someone else to see this movie. The second weekend is almost a huge as opening weekend.  So get out see this movie.  I am sure you will not be disappointed!