ANNOUNCING GUEST SPEAKER, FRANK RUNYEON!
A performance of The Gospel of John ~ November 8th AT 6:30 PM
Many of us are not comfortable approaching scripture on our own. We are excited to invite everyone to a performance of the Gospel of John by theologian and award winning actor Frank Runyeon who effectively brings Jesus to life to increase understanding and intrigue to approach Jesus through a new lens of faith.
Please join us at 6:30 on Wednesday November 8th in the church for this absolutely free beautiful play. We will be offering complementary desserts and refreshments along with the performance.
Frank Runyeon has won national acclaim for his work as a translator and performer of Biblical texts. For more than 25 years, Frank has performed the gospel for hundreds of thousands of people in almost every state in America, earning rave reviews from critics, scholars, and church leaders of every denomination. He is regularly reviewed as “the best speaker we have ever heard” by students and faculty at private and public schools across the nation.
He is perhaps still best known, however, for his many roles on television. He starred for seven years as Steve Andropoulos on As the World Turns opposite Meg Ryan. He was also in Santa Barbara, General Hospital, Falcon Crest, Melrose Place, All My Children, L.A. LAW , The Young & the Restless, Sudden Death and Bolero. On the radio, he has hosted his own comedy talk show on the top-rated L.A. station, KFI, and on WCNN in Atlanta.
WE HAVE A NEW
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION!
Hello. My name is Matt Conley and I am humbled and excited to be the new director of religious education here at Holy Spirit. I was the coordinator of youth ministry at St. Rose for 14 years and I’ve worked in youth ministry for almost 2 decades..
I’ve been married to my wife, Michelle, who is the strongest person I’ve ever known and the love of my life for 14 years. You can see us with our son Caellum who is 11 and our 2 daughters Calliah (9) and Kyleen (7) at the 10:30 mass every week.
Frank is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in Religion. After studying acting in New York and Los Angeles for 15 years, he attended Fuller Seminary in preparation for the writing and performance of his first one-man play, AFRAID!: The Gospel of Mark. He continued his studies at Yale Divinity School and General Theological Seminary, from which he received his Masters, with honors, in l994. He workshopped his first productions in cooperation with the faculty of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, and the University of Dayton (Catholic).
Frank is busy writing a memoir: ESCAPE FROM HOLLYWOOD: A TV Actor’s Unlikely Journey to Faith, due out next year.
He and his wife Annie live in Los Angeles. They have three children, two grandchildren—and a dachshund puppy, who runs the house. www.runyeonproductions.com