Look Who We're Sponsoring Now! (plus a Music Giveaway)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 6:50PM 
“I want to make a movie.”
Many of us hear those words from our children, whether at age 7 or 14. But Jesse Winton (now 17) made movie-making a reality from the time he first uttered those words two years ago.
This is more than switching on the iPhone, video-taping Lego warriors falling from brick castles, and uploading the movie to YouTube. Jesse worked with his brother Cody, father Randy, and also teamed up with renowned production companies and composers to bring their movie Rescued to completion. They were able to submit it to the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival last month. Check out the trailer here: Rescued.
We’ve chosen the Winton family as an organization to sponsor for their work in spreading the word about adoption. The focus of Rescued is to call us to view adoption as a necessary function of the church to take care of the fatherless and give orphans a future. Jesse himself chose the topic. With November as Adoption Awareness Month, the timing couldn’t be more perfect, and for the Wintons, more meaningful: Randy and Lisa added two girls to their family through adoption.
So how did Jesse and his brother Cody first learn to 1.) take initiative and, 2) follow through with their goals? It started years ago when Randy changed careers so that he could spend more time with his wife and boys. A series of events brought the family to become the Winton Family Bluegrass Band, and now Randy, Cody and Jesse bring their award-winning bluegrass music to churches and events throughout the United States. The boys have learned from the family what it takes to take an idea from scratch and make something out of it… no small task when producing CD’s and competing in competitions.
The Winton Bluegrass band has toured from California to South Carolina this summer, hitting Missouri, Iowa, Texas and a whole host of states in between.
To find out more about their music, see the track list, listen to clips, or purchase their CD’s or singles, visit their store.
If you can convince them to come to your town, I highly recommend you see them in person. Randy and the boys have a show that will entertain you, humor you, and get your toes a-tappin’ and head a-noddin’. If they play Little Black Train for you, it’s worth whatever miles you travel to hear them, just to hear that song.
Until then, they’re offering YOU an opportunity to win their very latest CD called Be Assured. Here’s a clip of my favorite song from their album: You’re God
Contest will end November 15, 2011
To be entered to win the CD, do one or more of the following:
(make sure to leave your email or sign up to follow the comments so we can get a hold of you!)
1.) follow The Wintons music/band page on Facebook and report here that you did so
2.) follow Rescued the Movie on Facebook and report here that you did so
3.) “Adoption” – what does it make you think of? Leave a statement here.
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Reader Comments (13)
Adoption makes me think of being adopted into God's family through salvation... the best thing that can happen to any of us!
I'm following the Winston's and the movie on FB!
Adoption makes me think of the sacrifice my precious daughter's first Daddy made and of the joy and honor we have in raising her. When I see the face of Esther Selam, I know that adoption is ordained by God to bring blessings from pain.
Adoption = love and I am so blessed that I get to be a part of sweet Charity and Neko's life.
I "liked" both of the Facebook pages. Asking what adoption means to me is a loaded question! :-) I am the proud, blessed mom of three adopted children - all three were older children at the time of their adoption and all three are from India. To me, adoption means sacrifice, blessing, expansion of your world, love, acceptance, grief, loss, joy, and learning to let go of your expectations. I can't even put into words all that adoption has taught us or all that it has meant to us. Our children are precious and we are so fortunate to be their parents. As Diane mentioned, it truly makes me think of God's adoption of us into His family. God chooses us, He comes and gets us and He loves us when we are unlovable. He does not choose us for anything special in us. He just loves us. It is amazing.
Adoption makes me think of my place in God's family and how I would be lost without that option. It also makes me think of all the children that have been blessed by being picked to be in a family that saves them from their lost physical wellbeing.
Adoption is a sweet and precious gift, first for those of us that have been saved and received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and then for those precious children that have been given hope by being brought into a new family. I have several friends that have adopted and Lord willing, I hope that our family might one day adopt and bring home a special child to our family.
I'm following The Wintons and Rescued on Facebook
"Liked" The Wintons on facebook. These are awesome guys!
Liked Wintons music/band facebook page (LA Mize)
clmizesco at charter dot net
Liked Rescued the Movie facebook page (LA Mize)
clmizesco at charter dot net
Adoption makes me think of sacrifice. I don't have a personal experience with adoption except for my salvation. I look at others who have adopted, especially my Heavenly Father and am in wonder of the sacrifices made!
I liked the movie on facebook
How many, many chldren in the world need a forever family.