The Vision Has Been Growing

This is a season of obtaining appointments and sharing our vision with everyone we can. We are presenting a broader vision than ever, including

1. the Production Gathering - film production that builds community and nurtures the artists involved,

2. the Film Gallery Café - exhibiting our films in a place combining aspects of a gallery, a café and a theater,

3. the Community working together to implement financial health which generates the resources for these endeavors, particularly through

1. debt elimination

2. increased cash flow

3. restoring equity

4. developing assets

5. new streams of income, including residual income

6. home based businesses

7. the sales and non-profit capabilities of Horizon Gate Productions (DVD's, services, events, donations, grants)

Please call (760-765-3879), e-mail (info@horizongate.org), or comment here to converse about these points.

Our Vision Calls to Your Vision

As we have imparted the vision which God has inspired in our hearts, people have told us about theirs. One person described her dream of opening a retreat center where children and teens can get away and experience God's presence giving them hope and direction. Her vision corresponds to ours of the Production Gathering where artists help each others personal and professional development while producing a film together.

Another person told us about his vision for opening a theater specializing in stage plays for the Hispanic community. This corresponds to our vision for the Film Gallery Café where films, art and performance stimulate conversation which draw people to God.

As we described our vision of the Production Gathering and the Film Gallery Café to a pastor, he said he and his staff have been talking about similar ventures for three years.

We are learning that telling forth the life which God is pouring into us inspires in others faith for the great life God promises them too. It confirms visions that others may have set aside or begun to think were impossible. Our inspirations feed and support the hopes and dreams of others. In this way God brings His people together, as if He were amassing the seed and the sowers for new crops and a great harvest.

Turner Personal News

The power of life is unstoppable. How dead everything seemed in the severe cold, wind and snow. But sprouts pushed out of the ground anyway and now there are masses of yellow daffodils nodding in the breeze. Purple irises are unwrapping. Small blossoms sprinkle the ground. Lilacs are budding all over the property and Mark just sniffed the first lilac blossom. High up the oaks are showing red tips which will become the millions of leaves we will again labor to dump off down the bank this fall. It is all happening so quickly!

Within a month (hopefully) it will be warm enough to move our work areas back down to the offices. We consolidated up to the house for the winter to conserve on heating. You are probably conserving in your own ways too. That's the nature of these days. Please pray that we get a good loan modification on the property as a way to avoid foreclosure. Our home based business helping people eliminate debt and mortgages is such a timely work that we are optimistic of sufficient income by the fall. Then we will be catching up on all the needs and payments we are having to put off until then.

Your faithful contributions to Horizon Gate enables us to stay on track with this mission and other supporters are joining you as we share the vision. Contributions can be made through PayPal by clicking “Donate Now” on the Horizon Gate home page http://www.horizongate.org .

People Make Vision Materialize

How do great endeavors come about? Every large corporation, institution, organization and ministry began with an inspiration in the heart of a person, but at some point the idea caught the attention of someone else. A conversation began. Reading this opens the opportunity for you to observe or even be a part of a conversation like that.

Great endeavors begin to be seen when they become a conversation. People talk about the idea and interest grows as possibilities come to light. A group of people forms around the idea, each excited about their own view of it and how they could play a part in the larger possibility. Each thinks, “This could be the answer for reaching my potential,” or “This group could be the beginning of the community I am looking for,” or many other reasons why they want to be a part of this thing being born.

And in the conversation each participant adds a unique adjustment or new aspect to the idea so that what once was limited to one person's imagination now has the generative powers of many imaginations seeking to support the greater, multifaceted endeavor.

Each of us has tremendous potential, but we each need comrades to do other things so we can climb up and reach that potential. We all need to work with others to fulfill a vision larger than ourselves. We must be willing to cooperate, compromise and serve one another, in order to do things none of us could do single-handedly.

This is why the Turners, through the Horizon Gate organization, continue to re-describe and present their vision. We hope to find people who will join minds, hearts and hands to accomplish wonderful things.

It takes a community of comrades to make films which move people spiritually. It takes many kinds of talent to operate a vibrant, new kind of exhibition venue where such films and art can move people toward God.

Call us, 760-765-3884, or send an e-mail, markanddonna@horizongate.org , and tell us you want to be part of the conversation which is re-imagining the Horizon Gate vision.

Past Ideas Meet In Unified Vision

We, Mark and Donna Turner, have been working in the arts as a ministry for over 38 years. A wealth of experience and education practicing theater, filmmaking and ministry in many places around the globe has given us much to impart, much to offer collaborations. At a time when many people would be planning retirement, we are discovering a pattern in our past accomplishments which forms a vision for the next phase of our life's work. Describing it here is a first step in materializing that vision.

The ideas of our vision include two main areas of work: 1.) film production that builds community and nurtures the artists involved, and 2.) exhibiting our films in a place combining aspects of a gallery, a café and a theater.

The Production Gathering

Our goal is to help people rise toward the full potential with which God endowed them. Our vision is to produce films with a community of people who are committed to more than the end product, who go beyond a given film and assist each other in their spiritual, professional and artistic growth. The community atmosphere we envision will include professionals and promising learners striving for excellence to make films which express the Community of God in a variety of forms.

A New Kind of Exhibition Space

This community will produce films that explore forms and lengths not usually seen in normal movie theaters. They will use artistic forms inviting the viewers to observe and discuss, to engage with one another and with God. But, what kind of space would accommodate this? A space conducive to audience interaction would be more like a café. The atmosphere of an art gallery would change the film from a spectacle to a conversation piece. Yet, some of the functions of the movie theater would be retained. We envision a combination of all these aspects in a new kind of film and discussion space, a “film gallery café”.

Art work created for the given films will also be presented in the space. The sales of art and DVD's will help support the artists and carry the mission into the viewers' lives. Events in the space will feature live musicians, poets, readings, lectures by the artists and filmmakers, and other appropriate presentations designed to stimulate conversations that draw people to God.

Turner Personal News

Last month we spent a little time with fellow artists at Riverbend Commons in Corona, California. Some of them are helping start a new symphony orchestra and others are conducting high quality arts and craft shows. Just sharing a meal and enjoying their environs lifted hopes for our artistic vision.

From there we went to the regional conference for United First Financial in Anaheim. There we mixed and networked with hundreds of Ufirst agents who share the same mission of liberating people from debt and mortgage in as little as 1/2 to 1/3 normal time. Seeing the large crowd of agents and hearing the inspirational talks of the company leadership gave us new hope of generating sufficient funds for our vision. It encouraged us to continue building the community of people who share the vision of Horizon Gate. It is very gratifying to know that raising funds for the arts mission through United First Financial is also setting people free from bondage to debt so that their assets will fund many missions.

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