Hi everyone! If you would like to participate in the dancing feature for the Spring 2008 issue, please choose 1 of the following questions to answer. Leave a comment with the number of the question you have chosen -- this is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Please email me your answer at mm.ministry@gmail.com. Answers can be any length up to 2 paragraphs.

I look forward to hearing from you! :)

Here are the questions:

1. (TAKEN by Janell) You began dancing ___ years ago. How has your understanding of dance changed since then?

2. (TAKEN by Lydia) As a dancer, how do you connect with your audience?

3. (TAKEN by Caitlin) How does dancing affect you spiritually? When you’re having a bad day, does it lift your mood or help you express your sadness?

4. What would you say to someone who has never danced before?

5. (TAKEN by Ashley) How have you dealt with shyness, nerves, and pressure?

6. (TAKEN by Kristyn) Some people argue that rules in dancing restrict peoples’ creativity and expression. What do you have to say about this?

7. (TAKEN by Natalie) How has dancing drawn you closer to God?

8. (TAKEN by Kristyn) Share your favourite dancing memory.

9. (TAKEN by Aubrey) How have you been blessed through dance? How do you hope your dancing has blessed others?

Oksy

Hi all... I'm happy to say that I'm almost done the e-zine. It will have 29 pages, and I hope to host it on a Wordpress blog. I really want to get a domain name for it, though this probably won't happen until after the magazine is out.

Now, for the big day: The e-zine will be officially out on

DECEMBER 6th

I'm really excited. It's been so much fun... I've honestly loved every moment of writing articles, making layouts, and emailing contributors, and listening to good music... I can definitely imagine doing this as a job. But the funy thing is that I never expected this to be more than an idea, a dream. I never expected to have 29 real, true pages saved to my hard disk... moreso in just two months time.

Obviously, God had the biggest role to play in all of this, He was my Managing Editor and overlooked the whole project to make it come together into a whole. So I thank Him and all of you for your work and contributions. I am so excited about thsi project and can't wait till you guys see it!!

Oksy x

Hi all! Here is a sneak peak at my 4-page poetry feature. All of the poems except for the first one were selected from a bunch of great writings entered into my contest on AllPoetry.com. I'd like to thank everyone for participating!

Thanks also to 'Passions Promise' for donating 1000 points to make my contest bigger and better than it could have ever been without her help! :)

Oksy

Hi all! Here is a little preview of one of two photography pages that will be on the e-zine... thanks to the God-given talent of some wonderful teen photographers in Flickr.

The second page will be up soon. :)

All of the images are watermarked, I'll take off the watermarks in the actual publication.

I'm very honoured to have two very talented singers participate in this issue of Multi Media Ministry. Crystal and Natasha ("Tashi") Poholka have sent in their wonderful interview answers and will be getting a feature in my magazine. I've known Tashi for quite some time over the internet, and she was one of the first people that came to mind when I was wondering what to include in my magazine... she has her own online magazine called Pure Talent, which was a big inspiration to me in making this one.

I'm really happy to have something about classical music in my magazine, because it gives some variety from the "mainstream" teenage Christianity. originality in this issue is something I've really been struggling with, so this article is really going to help.

Above is a screenshot of the feature so far (the text is blurred out on purpose... you'll have to wait to read! ;). Comments are encouraged!

Oksy

It's been amazing to see everyone coming togeher to help me with this project:

- my friend Amanda who submitted her artwork for the cover
- my Christian Club, who prayed for the magazine
- my email prayer group, who sent me so many messages of encouragement
- my friend Tashi who supported my projects and agreed to help me with an interview
- the folks at AllPoetry who entered my poetry contest, and the lovely lady who donated 1000 points for my contest
- the great teenage photographers at Flickr
- my parents
- and so many more.

It's awesome to see everyone so willing to help me get this off the ground. Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart!!

<3 Oksy