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Posted on May 5, 2012
by Brian Petersen 
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Steven Curtis Chapman plays and sings at Summit 8 at Saddleback Church.
I had the joy of making this quick video to thank the volunteers of Grace EV Free Church in La Mirada. These workers do such a great job and the students and parents give them thanks.
Thank you to the church volunteer youth workers at Grace EV Free La Mirada. from Brian Petersen on Vimeo.
Shot to thank the wonderful volunteers at Grace EV Free Church in La Mirada.
The making of:
It was shot and edited by Brian A Petersen on a Canon 5D Mk3 using a 50mm lens and an Audio Technica boom through a Juice Box convertor. Edited in Final Cut Pro 7.
The video was shot during one of our services by walking around to meet various people and the edit was done in one night. The footage was transferred onto my Mac and was imported. I used the raw h.264 footage from the camera as I wasn’t able to log and transfer to a 422 lt file from the CF card that I had.
I found that the the Canon 5D MK3 footage was crashing my FCP 7 repeatedly and took me several hours to figure out the issue. I haven’t had issues with other DSLR footage especially as I normally use my Canon 60d for most videos I do. After a couple hours of having FCP crash every ten minutes, I found that the Perian plug in for QuickTime was the issue that I had previously installed to work with flv and window clips on my Mac. After uninstalling the plugin, I was able to edit and export without issue.
About Brian A Petersen:
Brian A Petersen has become a premier photographer and videographer based in the Southern California region in the United States. Whether he is photographing the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, covering humanitarian issues in Nepal, shooting a wedding in Orange County, or documenting the orphan crisis in Romania, Brian provides professionalism with years of experience with photography, video, and media distribution. His work has been widely published in local and international web and print outlets.
Brian’s media and photography has been published by CNN, Waves, UCLA, the United Nations Millennium Campaign Organization, the Surrey Museum in British Columbia, Berklee College of Music, Designaré Fashion Magazine, the Academy of Ancient Music in London, Hard Rock Cafe, Mix for the Masters, Together for Adoption, folks at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Eddie Kramer Archives, Grace EV Free, Biola University, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Joni Eareckson Tada and Friends, O.C. Register, Oxygene Media, Gearslutz, and Church Production Magazine. His work has also been seen on greeting cards, music albums, museum programs in Canada, tour guide photos in London, logos in the Middle East, backstage at the Grammy Awards, and billboards in Hollywood and Asia. Brian’s web gallery views on Flickr total at over 1.5 million views and his work is published regularly through non profit organizations. His photos and videos published on the Waves site has over 500,000 visitors per month.
With a background in media production, Brian has served on design and installation teams for live sound, recording, and video production. He studied music and studio production at Long Beach City College, has a B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Biola, a TESOL Certificate from an International School in Shanghai, China, studied in the School of Entrepreneurship at CSULB, and is working toward a M.Div at Talbot in the Los Angeles area. He enjoys orphanage and service projects to the third world poor, and has enjoyed travel and ministry to numerous countries including China, Romania, Nepal, Japan, and Nicaragua. He currently serves at Grace EV Free in La Mirada and is a Media Contributor for Waves based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Brian is currently accepting photography and media assignments both locally and globally.
These are some of our adopted and loved children at our church on Resurrection Sunday.
About Brian A Petersen:
Brian A Petersen has become a premier photographer and videographer based in the Southern California region in the United States. Whether he is photographing the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, covering humanitarian issues in Nepal, shooting a wedding in Orange County, or documenting the orphan crisis in Romania, Brian provides professionalism with years of experience with photography, video, and media distribution. His work has been widely published in local and international web and print outlets.
Brian’s media and photography has been published by CNN, Waves, UCLA, the United Nations Millennium Campaign Organization, the Surrey Museum in British Columbia, Berklee College of Music, Designaré Fashion Magazine, the Academy of Ancient Music in London, Hard Rock Cafe, Mix for the Masters, Together for Adoption, folks at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Eddie Kramer Archives, Grace EV Free, Biola University, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Joni Eareckson Tada and Friends, O.C. Register, Oxygene Media, Gearslutz, and Church Production Magazine. His work has also been seen on greeting cards, music albums, museum programs in Canada, tour guide photos in London, logos in the Middle East, backstage at the Grammy Awards, and billboards in Hollywood and Asia. Brian’s web gallery views on Flickr total at over 1.5 million views and his work is published regularly through non profit organizations. His photos and videos published on the Waves site has over 500,000 visitors per month.
With a background in media production, Brian has served on design and installation teams for live sound, recording, and video production. He studied music and studio production at Long Beach City College, has a B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Biola, a TESOL Certificate from an International School in Shanghai, China, studied in the School of Entrepreneurship at CSULB, and is working toward a M.Div at Talbot in the Los Angeles area. He enjoys orphanage and service projects to the third world poor, and has enjoyed travel and ministry to numerous countries including China, Romania, Nepal, Japan, and Nicaragua. He currently serves at Grace EV Free in La Mirada and is a Media Contributor for Waves based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Brian is currently accepting photography and media assignments both locally and globally.
I am blessed with the dear friendship of Bryan and Kathryn Kuranaga, and it was a great joy to celebrate their beautiful wedding day. May they have many more sweet days ahead and the best is yet to come!
Thank you to Mary Massie for assisting with photos for the wedding and you can see more pictures on her blog at http://beautyheldcaptive.blogspot.com/
Enjoy the photos below and enjoy the video from the big day courtesy of Ryan McDuff at http://mcduffproductions.com/
Bryan & Kathryn Wedding Short from ryan mcduff on Vimeo.
It was a beautiful day!
Thank you to Mary Massie for assisting with photography for the wedding, and for Ryan McDuff for his wonderful video skills to capture the day.
The wedding was at Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada and the reception was at the La Mirada Country Club.
The best is yet to come!
It was a joy to make videos like this with Ryan McDuff, John Rinehart, and the body of Grace EV Free. Thank you to everyone who gave food and served at our Grace Good Bank.
Narration by John Rinehart
Footage shot by Ryan McDuff
Edited and produced by Brian Petersen
Grace Thanksgiving: Food Bank on November 18 2011 from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.
Enjoy this recap video from our Food Bank at Grace EV Free, La Mirada.
I had such a wonderful time photographing the beautiful Johnson Wedding in Yorba Linda and Fullerton. Enjoy these pictures and rejoice with the happy couple.
2011 America World Adoption Seminar at Grace EV Free
Enjoy photos and video from the 2011 America World Adoption Seminar held at Grace EV Free.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen
Saying What You Believe Is Clearer Than Saying “Calvinist” by: John Piper
We are Christians. Radical, full-blooded, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered, mission-advancing, soul-winning, church-loving, holiness-pursing, sovereignty-savoring, grace-besotted, broken-hearted, happy followers of the omnipotent, crucified Christ. At least that’s our imperfect commitment.
In other words, we are Calvinists. But that label is not nearly as useful as telling people what you actually believe! So forget the label, if it helps, and tell them clearly, without evasion or ambiguity, what you believe about salvation.
If they say, “Are you a Calvinist?” say, “You decide. Here is what I believe . . .”
I believe I am so spiritually corrupt and prideful and rebellious that I would never have come to faith in Jesus without God’s merciful, sovereign victory over the last vestiges of my rebellion. (1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 3:1–4; Romans 8:7).
I believe that God chose me to be his child before the foundation of the world, on the basis of nothing in me, foreknown or otherwise. (Ephesians 1:4–6; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:29–30; 11:5–7)
I believe Christ died as a substitute for sinners to provide a bona fide offer of salvation to all people, and that he had an invincible design in his death to obtain his chosen bride, namely, the assembly of all believers, whose names were eternally written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. (John 3:16; John 10:15; Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 13:8)
When I was dead in my trespasses, and blind to the beauty of Christ, God made me alive, opened the eyes of my heart, granted me to believe, and united me to Jesus, with all the benefits of forgiveness and justification and eternal life. (Ephesians 2:4–5; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Philippians 2:29; Ephesians 2:8–9; Acts 16:14; Ephesians 1:7; Philippians 3:9)
I am eternally secure not mainly because of anything I did in the past, but decisively because God is faithful to complete the work he began—to sustain my faith, and to keep me from apostasy, and to hold me back from sin that leads to death. (1 Corinthians 1:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24; Philippians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:25; John 10:28–29; 1 John 5:16)
Call it what you will, this is my life. I believe it because I see it in the Bible. And because I have experienced it. Everlasting praise to the greatness of the glory of the grace of God!
Photo taken during the 2010 Thriving Musicians Summit at Bayside Church.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen
John Rinehart preaches on “Defending the Fatherless” on Orphan Sunday at Grace EV Free.
See more here http://projecthopespeaks.org/2010/11/11/orphan-sunday/
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen
I love being part of a team where I get to see people live out their adoption in Christ and defend the rights of the orphan and widow.
Project Hope at Grace EV Free celebrated its third Orphan Sunday by hosting Sunday services called, “Defending the Fatherless.” November 7 is internationally recognized as Orphan Sunday and the event was tailored for the church body with preaching, sung worship, testimonies, prayer, and exhibits with tables from local ministries to help Christians defend the fatherless. I’ve included the sermon video below with some photos of the fun event. Enjoy and God bless you!
You can download the sermon audio or listen online by visiting the Grace EV Free website here.
You can also check out the original post from Project Hope here.
Click on these photos to view them large. Photos by Brian Petersen and Erik Bergen.
Click on these photos to view them large. Photos by Brian Petersen and Erik Bergen.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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A sweet moment from a child dedication at Grace EV Free on November 7, 2010.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen
I had the joy of engineering this record. Take a look at the video below and give the album a listen.
“Here Is Your God,” is the latest worship album from Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada.
Watch
Watch as Walt Harrah and Erik Thoennes discuss the theology behind the songs from the new album.
Here Is Your God: Interview with Erik Thoennes and Walt Harrah from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.
Listen
Listen to samples and download the album now
Isaiah 40 opens up with a word we could all use in these hectic times – it’s the word comfort. It is said twice, even. Israel was probably in captivity at the time Isaiah was written, and these words must have been like a drink of cool water to God’s desperately thirsty people. If they had lost any hope of restoration, the words of chapters 40-66 of Isaiah were meant to flood the driest of hearts with the living water of God’s glorious plan and purpose.
What would it be like to sing some of these truths, so that our hope gets reawakened as well? The God who reveals himself in these chapters is still in charge, and while his ultimate plan is yet unfolding, we need all the help we can get to make it to the finish line. Surely these words were meant to give us endurance and encouragement as well.
God promised that his word would never return to him without having accomplished its purpose. May you experience revival and renewal as you listen, to the ultimate glory of God.
Songs
1. Here Is Your God : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
2. The Best Is Yet To Come : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
3. Life Everlasting : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
4. Prepare The Way : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
5. I Belong To The Lord : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
6. Despised, Rejected : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
7. Beauty From Ashes : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
8. Set Things Right : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
9. The Light Of The Lord : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
10. True Religion : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
11. Just Wait And See : Song lyrics and description : Sheet Music
All songs by Walt Harrah 2010 Seedsower Music ASCAP
The above links will give you more info about these songs and let you download the sheet music for free at www.waltharrah.com
Credits
Produced by Walt Harrah
Engineered by Brian Petersen
Mixed and mastered by Ted Blaisdell
Cover art and layout by Becky Griswold
Musicians
Drums: Nate Warne
Bass: Andrew Braine
Electric guitar: Dale Bryson
Acoustic guitar: Kenny Clark, Drew Brokke
Percussion: Will Gearhart, Nate Warne
Violins: Lindsay Orr, Laurel McMillen, Amanda Sansonetti
Viola: Megan Grafton-Cardwell
Cello: Meghan Zeikle
String bass: Andrew Braine
Piano, pads: Walt Harrah
Vocalists
Here Is Your God
Kenny Clark and Marla Bustad
The Best Is Yet To Come
Kenny Clark
Life Everlasting
Marla Bustad
Prepare The Way
Kenny Clark
Walt Harrah and Drew Brokke, bgvs
I Belong To The Lord
Marla Bustad
Anna & Elijah Price, Chayila & Ransom Kleist, Maryn & Anna Joseph, Caroline Thoennes, choir
Despised, Rejected
Kenny Clark
Beauty From Ashes
Mindy Price
orchestrated by and piano performed by Trevor Gomes
Set Things Right
Kenny Clark
The Light Of The Lord
Marla Bustad
True Religion
Kenny Clark and Marla Bustad
Just Wait And See
Kenny Clark and Mindy Price
Walt Harrah and Mindy Price, bgvs
Grace
© 2010 Grace Evangelical Free Church
12717 S. Santa Gertrudes Avenue
La Mirada, CA 90638
(562) 943-3791
www.waltharrah.com
www.songsofgrace.org
www.graceevfree.org
Songs of Grace is a worship ministry of Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada, CA.
Grace Evangelical Free Church is a community that exists to glorify God as we follow Jesus Christ. By God’s grace we seek to glorify Him through reverent worship. In His Spirit we endeavor to reach the La Mirada area and the world with the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ. Through His Word we strive toward maturity in Christ, encouraging and equipping one another to be His ambassadors. As Christ’s body we build faithful relationships and families.
At Grace every member of the body is necessary and important for us to do the work that God has called us to do. Our members need to be active if we are going to be faithful to our mission. Our Elders equip the body, but the entire body is to be active in service.
Read more about our ministry values here
From a Resonate worship service at Bethany Church
Long Beach – California – January 2004
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpbp/400787508/
From a string recording session at Grace EV Free for the Isaiah worship CD coming out in September.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
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© 2010 Brian Petersen
