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Happy Veterans Day! Celebrate with a Movie Night for Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Happy Veterans Day!

Thank a Veteran today

Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, named for the armistice that ended World War I at 11:00am on November 11th, 1918.  Later renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to honor veterans of World War II and subsequent wars, Veterans Day is the day that we honor those who have served in the defense of our nation in the Armed Forces.

Veterans Day

Freedom Film Distributors is celebrating Veterans Day 2010 by honoring one of America's greatest military heroes – General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson – with a National Movie Night screening of Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story.  This wonderful documentary explores the rarely exposed private and spiritual life of this godly Christian man, who is an example to all of us of how to live life in service to others in all realms of life.

Stonewall Jackson on horse

If you already have a copy of Still Standing, it's not too late to sign up to host a movie night this weekend!

 

 

Please visit the National Movie Night site to check the schedule of upcoming films and sign up to Host a Movie Night today!

Special Report from the Providential History Festival

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
 
 
We're happy to share this report from our distributors in Omaha, Nebraska, Brian and Kit Fox, who this past weekend attended the Providential History Festival.
 
 Fox family at Providential History Festival
 
The Fox Family was a Bronze Sponsor of the Providential History Festival this past weekend at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, NE. The Festival showcased speeches, dramas, table displays, short stories, and essays all focused on the providence of God throughout history. It is an amazing event that we encourage you all to attend next year!
 
Providential History Festival
 
At the Festival we were able to display and sell our great line of Freedom Films. We had the opportunity to meet many new people and also let our friends see what we have been up to these past several months. People we met were excited about the vision of Freedom Film Distributors and look forward to seeing more of us in the future.   We recently booked a venue for our first Family Movie Night and we were able to get the word out to a large audience.
 
 Providential History Festival
 
It was wonderful to have our whole family working together, from the planning stages to the final event. One of our most important goals for our involvement with Freedom Film Distributors is to use it as an entrepreneurship training tool for our five sons. It is exciting to see them use their unique giftings in our venture. It's also great to be able to stretch them each a bit so we can all grow in our abilities.
 
Fox family at Providential History Festival
 
A couple of special opportunities arose from this event. First, we met a local radio personality who is willing to do a short interview of our family to let the community know about Freedom Film Distributors! Also, we had the privilege of announcing the awards in the drama category, giving us stage time to talk about our vision and the ability to present the winner with a gift from the Freedom Film Distributors catalog.
 
While we have done several Freedom Film events this summer, this was our largest local event so far. It was great to share our family and distributor vision with those in our community. We look forward to the opportunity to serve in new and exciting ways, starting with our first movie night next month.

Happy Birthday George Washington Carver – special birthday savings on An Uncommon Way DVD

Monday, July 12th, 2010

George Washington Carver

July 12th is the birthday of a special man in America's history: George Washington Carver.  We are offering a special birthday discount on our George Washington Carver DVD – you can find the details at the bottom of this post.  American historian Bill Federer notes this about Carver:

"Born a slave around July 12th, 1864, George Washington Carver became a scientist of international renown. On January 21, 1921, Carver addressed the United States House Ways and Means Committee on behalf of the United Peanut Growers Association on the use of peanuts to improve Southern economy. Initially given ten minutes to speak, the committee was so captivated, his time was extended. Explaining the many products derived from the peanut, including milk, mock beef and mock chicken, George Washington Carver stated: "If you go to the first chapter of Genesis, we can interpret very clearly, I think, what God intended when he said 'Behold, I have given you every herb that bears seed. To you it shall be meat.' This is what He means about it. It shall be meat. There is everything there to strengthen and nourish and keep the body alive and healthy." After nearly two hours, the chairman asked: "Dr. Carver, how did you learn all of these things?" Carver answered: "From an old book" "What book?" asked the Chairman. Carver replied, "The Bible." The Chairman inquired, "Does the Bible tell about peanuts?" "No, Sir" Dr. Carver replied, "It tells about the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut and He did."  

The George Washington Carver documentary beautifully traces the valiant life of George Washington Carver, chronicling his improbable odyssey from slavery to becoming a household name.  Get 20% off the DVD at the Freedom Web Store by using coupon code carver20 at checkout, offer good now through July 31st.

 George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Way