We did a showing of Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians. It's a documentary about a team (community group) of christians that went to casinos around the country and took tons of money from a casino. There was a Q&A afterwards with some of the guys on the team that help make the film, and a few pastors. It was a great event, and I'm glad that it went off well.
Coming up soon we are having easter at Benaroya Hall (an amazingly beautiful venue that seats 2500 people, it's where the Seattle Symphony plays) and there are a TON of logistics being worked out. It's easy for more to get bogged down in the nitty gritty details of stuff and feel overwhelmed because of either lack of information, lack of volunteers to help, or lack of know-how in whatever it is that I am being asked to do. Then I realize that God put me in the middle of a vast community of believers and ultimately it's his mission that we are all on, so we get to work together to get things done.
Artist Reformation is moving and shaking as well. Our current Executive board consist of:
Jeff Bettger
Joel Fariss
Dave Carter
Andy Shawber
Natalie St. Martin
The lawfirm that Andy Shawber works for agreed to take us on as a pro-bono client, so we have legal representation which is awesome. Jeff just signed all the paperwork in order for us to file as a 501-c3 (non-profit organization). Once that clears, then we can officially start fund raising. If you know any grant writers, I would love some help with getting some grants written for the city of Seatlle and state of Washington. I got to touch base with someone involved in the Artist House aspect of our group, and I am excited to see the new direction that is possibly heading down.
Please pray for the Arts Center, I only have a month left on my internship, and after that I will be a full-time server at Tutta-Bella, which will give me more time to devote to building the team, looking for a space, and just general direction and vision for it.
As always feel free to hit the "donate" button on this page and give towards Artist Reformation. At this stage we really need all the help we can get. Also, if you have any advice or suggestions to offer me, feel free to either comment on this post or email me at samueldavidhatch@gmail.com.
