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Ministry Update :: January 18, 2013

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The video editing saga continues…

It has been slow going on the editing of video for By this Name – Interactive Edition. The Interactive Edition will be a specially formatted version of By this Name that will include short video clips on a DVD to help with the teaching of the material. As people read through the book, some sections will have a DVD icon, and they can view a video clip to help understand the message.

After finishing filming last year, I was involved in two long, overseas trips, as well as another week-long trip to Ontario. Throw in a week of staff conference, some vacation time, lots of meetings and other work unrelated to video and it slows you down. One particular frustration came when I returned from nearly three weeks in the UK and Ireland. I was in the office for a few days catching up on stuff and was just starting to gear my mind up for video work when my main computer crashed. I had to send it in a few times to get new parts. All told, it was out of commission for another 20 days – as long as my trip overseas was!

With the start of the New Year, and no big trips planned, I am hoping to get lots of editing time in. There are 66 video clips to be included in the finished book, and 52 of those are yet to be edited. Some of these will be quite complicated, others should be simple to do. I’m just guessing, but if I can average 1 clip every four days, then it should take about 42 weeks to finish editing.

We are quite pleased with how some of these clips are turning out. My brother-in-law is currently living and studying in Israel, and has been able to get us some incredible footage that we are incorporating into our By this Name – Interactive Edition. For example, we have one clip near the beginning of the book that mentions the Dead Sea and the area around Qumran, the location the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. His footage has really helped make this segment much more dynamic and interesting. Take a look for yourself:

Please pray for this project as I try to move it to completion.

Thanks

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12 years ago

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Bill Johnstone
Jan. 30, 1949  – Jan 14, 2001

Bill Johnstone

Dad’s obituary as it appeared in the Globe and Mail: globeandmail.com – Charles William Johnstone

Some of my memories of that week:

Visitation was held at a local funeral home for three evenings prior to the funeral. Even though it was a cold January, there were hundreds of people lined up across the parking lot and down the street waiting to pay their respects. Seeing this, Carla Newbould, wife of the President of Mount Allison University, inquired as to our plans for the funeral service. We had planned to have the funeral at the church we attended, Main Street Baptist Church, which could seat 300-500 people with overflow and closed circuit TV to other parts of the church. Mrs. Newbould began to make inquiries on our behalf, and President Ian Newbould offered use of the University’s 1,500 seat Convocation Hall.

The day of the funeral, most businesses in town were closed.

The members of the local Fire Department had shown up in their dress uniforms and were seated down near the front on one side of the family. At the end of the funeral service, something happened that I thought was odd.  The firefighters all left before any of the any of the family.

The funeral director began leading the family out of the auditorium. As my mother and I stood up to leave, he told us to turn around look up at those gathered to remember, and be proud. It was quite moving to turn and look at the full auditorium, with extra people standing at the back.

As we left the auditorium and made our way through the foyer, I saw why the firefighters had left. Most of them were now standing at attention in rows on either side of the exit. As we drove through town following the hearse, there was a police officer directing traffic at our town’s one stop light. He saluted as we drove by. Passing the Fire Department Station, I noticed firefighters saluting in the window of each of the bay doors.

The whole week was a celebration of dad’s life, his love of family, friends, church, and community. The kind words and deeds of others made that time much easier for us as a family.

 

A family quilt

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A few years ago my mom presented us with a quilt she had made. The coloured squares on it were cut from some of my father’s old shirts. I still remember some of these shirts that he would wear at work or around the house. The quilt now is on Ethan’s bed, and he understands that it is very special. Every once in a while he talks about it and asks me about my dad and about heaven. I pray that the little guy finally gets to meet his grandfather there someday.

Thank you mom.

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