Worship Songwriting Workshop
“CREATIVITY IS ALWAYS A LEAP OF FAITH. YOU’RE FACED WITH A BLANK PAGE, BLANK EASEL, OR AN EMPTY STAGE.” – Julia Cameron A common challenge recounted by people who write, compose, or create visual art, is the terror of the…
Welcoming the Stranger
“GOAL!!!” Can you believe it?!” exclaimed Sergio. The upstart Croatian national soccer team was beating the Brazilian powerhouse in the 2022 FIFA World Cup last December, and the Rev. Sergio Sapunar, a Chilean with Croatian ancestry, was grinning from ear-to-ear…
Take Me Home Mission West Virginia
John Denver’s song, “Take Me Home, Country Road,” references better-known Virginia geological features – the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River. Denver, however, is not crooning about Virginia country roads, but rather, WEST Virginia! The song has become the…
Trinity Tampa
Over a 125 years ago, cigar factories in West Tampa Bay, Florida, known as Ybor City, established the area as the cigar- making capital of the world. Back then, it was also known as a melting pot for immigrants from…