The First Print of My New Curriculum Arrived

Today via fedex two copies of my new 154 page Jump VBS curriculum in print arrived. You can check my other post with more photos by clicking the following link. http://crosserslife.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-print-of-my-new-curriculum.html

Student Ministry Logo

Here's a new logo I made in my free time for a friend who is a Student Minister.  I took the word Reinvent (which he came up with) and used two different fonts for.  The front four letters are one font, and the back four letters are another.  That makes the word itself show the idea of reinventing or transforming.

John Curriculum - New Webspace

I just finished uploading the John curriculum for children that we created to a new home on the internet. It is found at http://crossersjohncurriculum.blogspot.com/. There are 23 full color story cards, as well as 23 color sheets to go with them. The stories are in Italian, so those will have to come later, but if you have a Bible you can create your own stories in the meantime. Let me know if you have any questions.

New Information Cards

So, part of the new promotional stuff I have been working on is new info cards for our team. Here are is our card, front and back. This also serves as a template for the other members of the team. Check them out below...

Building Background - Original Idea Sketch

Here is the original sketch that I made as I was coming up with the idea for the building background.

Italy Mosaic Finished

Here is the final, albeit lower resolution, Italy Mosaic. This is one half of our banner that goes behind our missions table. It is compromised of about 750 pictures, all taken of people, places or things in Verona. I added to my own photos, those taken by Rae Bubp, April Kilgore, Jason Casey and Charles Lawyer. Thanks for helping take pictures everyone!

New Prayer Cards

So, I have been working on lots of new graphics and promotional material for the new team and ministry. And here is the result of some of that work. New prayer cards for Angie and I. I also did new cards for the Blackburns and later I will tweak them for April and any new recruits that we happen to get.

Photomosiac of Italy

So, I am working on a new banner for the Verona team. I started brainstorming about what to do. On the last banner I made for our Ancona team, I made a collage. It was huge and lots of work, but turned out great. It made for a great discussion starter at our mission table. Well, I thought maybe I could do something a little more ambitious this time with the collage. I could do one of those photomosaics, you know where 500 pictures make up one picture? So, I am planning on taking a 1000 or so shots of Verona and turning them into a picture of Italy with water all around. I have done some tests with a software program I downloaded called, Andreamosaic, and they look really good. Once I am done, I'll post it here too.

New Logo made for our new ministry

I finished a new logo for our new team this week. Here it is. I took advantage of the fact that it is in Northern Italy to use the arrow pointing up. I am possibly going to incorporate arrows into our website or newsletter. Not totally sure yet, just thinking.

Art for our Ministry's Coffee House

Each month, we offer an American style Coffee House, where Italians can practice their English and experience American traditions. At each one, we have a theme (like Thanksgiving, American football, etc....). In February, our theme is "The Valentine Blues". I created this heart playing the blues just for this theme. Included here is the black & white inked version and the final colored version. Enjoy.