New Video Spreads the Vision

We have produced a video launching our "Shine Your Light" campaign to support the artists. Thank God for artists. Without them most of us would not be inspired to rise up and do the good we can do. The Horizon Gate artists have been inspiring us for over 40 years. Right now they are preparing a hand full of art films for an exhibition coming soon and you can participate in many ways listed in this video. Lets get a lot of great things done together and let our light shine!

"Shine Your Light" Campaign Is On!

The way things go sometimes it just seems like we're a gray sea of people, each wrapped up in our own necessities. Thank God for the artists of Horizon Gate who, for over 40 years, have been shining their lights into the crowd, showing the way of hope, aiding people in coming to God.
Most do not realize the role of artists in the world, but without them most of us would not be inspired to rise up to good deeds such as feeding the poor, or digging people out of the ruins of an earthquake.
"Shine Your Light" is a campaign to keep our artists' lights burning so they will continue to provide the inspiration and godly message as they have for so long.
Horizon Gate provides the covering and structure needed for artists to collaborate and produce the art films now in process toward a significant exhibition later this year. Right now we urgently need you to help supply funding, support work and word-of-mouth promotion. Join the effort in the following ways:

1. Contribute financially in one of these levels
Script Level - one time gifts of $100 or more
Storyboard Level - a pledge of $25 per month
Lights Level - a pledge of $50 per month
Camera Level - a pledge of $100 per month
Premier Level - pledge of $200 or more per month

OUR FIRST GOAL - $3,000 BY MONDAY, MARCH 29TH

Be among the first 30 people who launch our campaign by sending $100, or more. Go to www.horizongate.org and click on the "Donate" button to give through PayPal. Regular mail to P.O.Box 2186, Julian, CA 92036, is gratefully accepted as well. (Make checks out to Horizon Gate Productions.)

2. Collaborate with us as artists, or support workers: call 760-765-3884, e-mail info@horizongate.org, or message us on Horizon Gate's Facebook wall http://artist.to/horizongate

3. Be a client, or business builder in our artists' personal businesses. Links to all the businesses are found at our new landing page http://artsgate.info

4. Spread the word about Horizon Gate and this campaign by sending links for our video to friends and family, forwarding this e-mail, and recommending our web sites and blogs to others. Artsgate.info is a convenient way to get people to all our links and buttons.

Use Our Landing Page to Go Everywhere

It is easier to find all our web sites. Artsgate.info is a landing page which we are using as the portal to the vision and support vehicles of Horizon Gate artists. You can click on links to web sites, Facebook pages, blogs, and Twitter. When we add another site, we will add it to Artsgate.info. You will also find videos, and you can tell others to use the buttons there to get this newsletter and to donate.

"Glow In the Crowd"

"Glow In the Crowd" by Mark Turner

Christ said, "Let your light so shine before people so that they will see your good works and praise (worship) the Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

We offer enlarged prints of inspirational images illustrating spiritual truth signed by the artist, Mark Turner, and suitable for framing, as a "thank you" for your donation to sustain the artists engaged by our arts organization.

See all images at Mark's blog "Artingle" .

A 9"x14" print of "Glow In the Crowd" is available as a thank you for a donation of $35 or more.

To donate and receive your thank you gift reply to this e-mail stating your donation. We will send you a reply with a link to PayPal and send your print within approximately ten days of your donation.

Get Out and Mix

Many of us Christians live with an underlying sense of responsibility to "recruit for Christ".
Such an obligation is something different than what Christ calls us to. We are being formed into the radiance of Christ, into his image, as children of God. As we conduct our lives in the world the Family resemblance is manifested in the way we work, play, relate to others, in the things we make and say, in the conversations we have and the care we give. Sometimes we are verbally specific about the truth of Christ, but always we are "little Christs" (the meaning of "Christian"), the presence of Christ which is redemptive wherever we go.
A major delay in the world coming to God is that many of the little Christs, don't get out much, feeling more comfortable keeping to themselves and their regular routines. But God has put a light in us which yearns to radiate; not to promote, or sell itself, but to simply be its beautiful self and, in so being, to beautify those around it by its radiance.
This is why Christ said, "Let your light so shine before people so that they will see your good works and praise (worship) the Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16
Look at the next post listing ways you can get out and mix.

Ways You Can Get Out and Mix

Never before in history has there been a time when so many ways were offered to get around. Even from your kitchen, or an obscure Starbucks table you can send the light of Christ around the globe. Here are a few ways we do it. Following each item are actions you can take to participate.
1. E-mail: Even this is getting a little archaic! But, friends, associates and family can be blessed by the words, pictures, audio and video which can be sent for far less than the price of a postage stamp. Go to our homepage , scroll to the bottom and sign up to receive your free copies of our e-newsletter. When you get your copy each month use the links provided to forward it to others with encouragement to subscribe too. Consider more creative uses of your own e-mails.
2. Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, Plaxo, Linked-in, and many other sites facilitate building existing and new relationships. You can even create such a site yourself designed for a specific type of interest group to gather in. Whether for fellowship, voluntary activities, marketing, or professional networking, these sites help connect people who in the past would never have found each other. Through our presence on Facebook alone Horizon Gate is regularly addressing potentially over fifty-thousand people. When you sign up for Facebook you immediately gain the capacity to bless and influence many more people. Become a "fan" on Horizon Gate's Facebook page by clicking here - http://artist.to/horizongate/ . Start your own Facebook page and build your own network.
3. Blogs: Here you can present your thoughts and inspirations in countless genres from recipes to Bible studies, in pictures, video, audio and text. You can be all verbal, all pictorial, or both. You can promote, or comment on others' presentations elsewhere on the web. What you post on a blog remains available to the whole world 24/7 until you decide to remove it. In ten years, whether you are on earth, or gone to heaven, someone could be blessed and drawn to God by what you post. And these are but a few possibilities to shine your light world wide, for free through blogging. Make comments on Horizon Gate's blogs - HorizonGate - SayLetThereBe
Visit other blogs and write comments mentioning Horizon Gate providing a link to our blog and web site. This motivates others to visit ours.
4. Online Businesses: You could have a web site where people with special needs can find solutions produced, or represented by you. Ebay.com, CraigsList.org and Etsy.com are examples to explore. Through business you could shine the light into people's lives, whether or not they are in your immediate village. We have had accounts on Ebay and CraigsList. The Turners are planning a shop on Etsy.com besides their business through www.GraceProceeds.com . Become a participant in iGive.com , a free service through which over 700 well-known businesses donate to Horizon Gate a percentage of the cost of your online purchases. Click here to join free of charge:



Browse and send others to the Turners' business site, GraceProceeds.com where their ministry is extended through business that helps support their presence in Horizon Gate.
5. All of the Above: Combine these and other avenues to reinforce one another. For example our audio programs on BlogTalkRadio.com are posted on the "Say Let There Be" blog and are also available as text articles which give links to businesses and the Horizon Gate ministries. These find new people and build relationships which increase our light shining in wider and wider circles. Visit, listen to our programs and leave comments on our page at blogtalkradio.com .
For a much fuller experience where you can read along and see illustrations listen and leave comments on our "Say Let There Be" blog.
Someone in your friends and associates and in each of their circles needs some blessing that contact with Horizon Gate could bring. Help them connect with us through the ways listed here. The light of Christ will reach through you as far as you allow it to shine.