Looking for something to watch during Thanksgiving weekend? How about the wonderful videos from last year’s Generosity Film Festival? They’re quick, fun, and hopeful. Watch them here.
Feeling inspired? Create your own story this weekend! Visit our film festival web page for tips and guidelines. The deadline for submission is December 8, 2021, with videos premiering Christmas week.
Read MoreIn this season of giving thanks, celebrate the spirit of giving by creating a story for our second annual Generosity Film Festival. Making a film can be a fun project for the loved ones gathered for Thanksgiving.
Visit our film festival web page for tips and guidelines. The deadline for submission is December 8, 2021, with videos premiering Christmas week.
Read MoreThe Grand Canyon Stewardship looks forward to an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity and hope. To enter, visit our film festival web page for tips and guidelines. The deadline for submission is December 8, 2021, with videos premiering Christmas week.
When we enter the Season of Advent we will light the first candle on the Advent Wreath, the candle that symbolizes HOPE. In the midst of the challenging times we continue to live, the Stewardship Team invites you to give witness to your experiences of generosity that offer HOPE for the New Year.
Read MoreWe present our final weekly highlight of the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
The Office of the Bishop staff goes round-robin in their daily Zoom meeting to offer stories of what generosity means to them.
Read MoreWe roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Sandy Holm, with Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church in Tucson, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: one man's offer to help stock the church's food pantry. Winner of the Best Above and Beyond Story.
Read MoreWe roll into 2021 with a submission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Beverley Larkin, with Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Arizona, shares her story of generosity: a surprising encounter in the supermarket. Winner of the Most Surprising Story Award.
Read MoreAs we wrap up 2020, we highlight asubmission to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, Arizona, shares a story of generosity in the form of a music video. This video won awards for Best Neighborly Generosity Story and a technical award for Best of Music and Score.
Read MoreThroughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Duane Gilson, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: accompanying Pete, a World War II veteran, on an honor flight. This video won the Best Time Honored Service Story award.
Read MoreThroughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
Pastor Dana Reardon, with First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares a story of generosity while reporting live from First Lutheran's Food Bank. This video won the BestCommunity Outreach Story award.
Read MoreThroughout the Advent and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week, Jake Galambos, with Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, Arizona, shares his story of generosity: an act of kindness from his future mother-in-law. Jake wins the Most Heartwarming Story Award.
Read MoreThroughout the Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week we share the winner of the Best Community Impact Story and Best Editing Award, from Mount Cross Lutheran Church in Payson, Arizona. Their story of generosity: opening Payson's first homeless and homeless veteran warming center.
Read MoreThroughout the Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas season, we highlight submissions to the 2020 Generosity Film Festival.
This week we share the winner of our Most Contagious Generosity Story Award, from Ginny Phillips, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Tucson. View in this blog post or on Vimeo.
Read MoreThe Stewardship Team is proud to present all the submissions to the Generosity Film Festival 2020! Enjoy these stories of generosity from the Grand Canyon Synod. Submissions are still being accepted. View our submission guidelines.
In the midst of the challenging times we live—and as we enter the Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas seasons—congregations and people of every generation give witness to and celebrate the stories of God’s generosity that surround us in our daily lives.
Read MoreThe GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
Read MoreThe Grand Canyon Stewardship Team shares this info on the timeless power of storytelling. A good story is short and sweet, packed with concrete details, about a strong main character, timely and relevant, and includes an invitation to action.
All good things to know as you submit your story to the Generosity Film Festival. Submit by Monday, November 16, 2020.
Read MoreThe GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
Read MoreIn their webinar, “Generosity Storytelling 101,” the Grand Canyon Synod Stewardship Team shares best practices on how to share a story of generosity. The team also invites you to film and submit a story of generosity as part of the Grand Canyon Synod Film Festival.
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