Christian Devotions
SPEAK UP!
December 9
Proclaiming the Good
News
Clayton Jennings
6:00 p.m. EST
Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! with film
icon—and a man who proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ wherever he
goes—Clayton Jennings.
Clayton Jennings grew up
in the church. The son of a preacher, Jennings
has been involved in Harbour
Shores Church Jennings says when he was younger, the
production was “just a play.” He goes on to say, “I had a lot of fun bonding
with the church. Now it means so much more. All of a sudden, it was telling
other people about this Lord we follow. It became a mission, not a
performance.”
At age twenty-five, Jennings has written two
published novels and written, funded, produced, filmed, directed, edited, and
starred in a full-length feature film. “I’ve had a midlife crisis the last four
years,” he jokes. “I have a sense of urgency. You don’t know how much time you
have left. God gave me a huge opportunity and great people around me. I don’t
have any excuse not to work hard.”
The most difficult challenge came in 2011 when Jennings had an epiphany
while driving to acting class. During his senior year at IUPUI, Jennings spent the days
as a student and his evenings writing the script. He then emptied his entire
savings account to buy camera equipment and fund Strayland, which premiered at Harbor Shores Jennings
said. “We shot sixty-two scenes in thirty-eight days, and I lost fifteen pounds
doing it. It was the coolest summer of my life.”
On his website, www.claytonjennings.com, Jennings has posted twenty-five short films
about skits and spoken-word poems, in addition to information about his novels and
Strayland.
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2014 Schedule
December 16 - Tricia
Goyer, Cara Putman, and Sarah Sundin, Christmas Authors
December 22 – Speak
UP Best of Christmas Special
December 30 – Speak
UP Best of 2014
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