Attic World Ministry Fair

TAFF announces “Attic World Ministry Fair”

Ministry Fair will run from 10AM-2PM on Saturday, March 31st.

This year we are delighted to include the ATTIC WORLD MINISTRY FAIR as part of our 2012 festival. AWMF is a small ministry fair highlighting some of the Austin area ministries that serve a variety of people groups throughout the world. Please visit with these fine folks and learn about how they are helping to provide necessities, fund educational programs, serve the AIDS infected areas of the world, and fund several small village economies.

Additionally, TAFF will include films to help educate FILM FEST goers of the plight of these sweet and precious people groups and the challenges they face daily. We strongly encourage you to attend.

Participating Ministries in Attic World Ministry Fair

Grow Together www.grow-together.org
The garden is a place where we meet people and grow relationships. The garden also provides participants with a basic purpose “to tend the garden” Gen 2:15. For those who are either seeking support through community or trying to provide food for their families the garden is a basic tool God has provided to meet our basic needs.
The ROHI Foundation www.rohifoundation.org
The ROHI Foundation is a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to present the opportunity for individuals and families to participate in a variety of service related missions activities that speak God’s love into the lives of those in need, having faith that they may come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Living Springs Arts www.facebook.com/livingsprings
Our vision is to unite, develop and train performing artists to bring messages of hope and inspiration. We engage in community outreach projects, mentoring programs, teach life skills, address youth and family issues through our artistic performances, productions and community arts workshops. Our team is comprised of dancers , mimes, artists, actors, poets, singers and musicians of various ethnicities.
LDI (Leadership Development International) ldius.org/index.php
LDi helps people succeed – both personally and professionally – with education and training programs that combine innovative learning techniques with the principles of character and truth.
We believe in leadership from the inside out, so we focus on internal change as a way for people to meet their goals. By developing this inner awareness, students and professionals find that they are better able to overcome the external challenges they face.
Caleb Foundation www.thecalebfoundation.org/
Caleb owns and operates affordable housing, from elderly complexes to low-to-moderate income multi-family projects. The Board of Directors and Staff bring experience in the development and management of affordable housing, ministry to the poor, land-use planning, finance, construction and fundraising. The strong commitment to freeing the human spirit through the provision of safe, decent affordable housing and supportive services is what makes Caleb unique.
Mission: Possible! www.mpaustin.org/
Our Vision: To provide the opportunity for every member of the body of Christ in Austin to have a life-on-life relationship with an individual in our urban community.

Our Mission: We seek to glorify God by connecting the body of Christ with Austin’s urban communities to foster Christ-life transformation through life-on-life relationships.
JET Baseball www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-JET-Baseball/103330003035406?sk=info
JET Baseball – was started in 2005 by Bart Bratcher as a highly competitive summer team for high school athletes in the Austin, TX area.
Compassion International www.compassion.com/
Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training.
Global Short Film Network www.globalshortfilmnetwork.com
Global Short Film Network (part of the Jesus Film Project and Campus Crusade for Christ) is a compilation of short films that will motivate, inspire and challenge you. These short films are a platform to spur deeper conversations about significant things that matter.
Imagine Art imagineart.net/wordpress/
Imagine Art is a Christian community birthed from Isaiah 61. God has called us to proclaim liberty to the captives, establishing them as people the Lord has blessed! Our strategy is to set the artist F.R.E.E. We find artists willing to engage in authentic community. We join God to restore artists to abundant living from places of devastation. We equip artists to professionally access the arts, using their God given talents. We establish artists to be contributing members of community.
True Vineyard Ministries www.truevineyard.org
True Vineyard Ministries envisions entire communities freed from poverty. We pursue this by reaching out to the most vulnerable people in Rwanda and creating environments where they are empowered to live out their full potential at work, home and in their spiritual lives.
World Vision www.worldvision.org
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Working in nearly 100 countries around the world, World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
Congo Blessings http://www.congoblessings.org
Eastern Congo is a place of great contrast. On the one hand, it is incredibly beautiful and rich in natural resources. On the other hand, it is unbelievably broken – ongoing war, savage rape used as a weapon of war, terrible roads, a subsistence economy, decades of exploitation, unimaginable corruption, unreliable water and electric utilities — the list goes on.
How Can I help? Come and find out!
Hope In Ethiopia: Zewey www.hopeinethiopia.org/
This non profit is a community to community ministry with churches in Austin, TX and Zewey caring and sharing for households who are headed by orphans due to the devastating AIDS virus, other diseases, and violence. HIE provides, funds, food, basic necessities, and education for these devastated households.
Caritas of Austin www.caritasofaustin.org
Caritas envisions a community where there is respect for all individuals, hope for those experiencing poverty and opportunities for self-reliance. Caritas provides a service continuum for those experiencing poverty that begins with a safety net and links them to resources to achieve self-sufficiency.

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS AWMF-2012?

AWMF -2012 is a ministry fair highlighting the ministries that serve the world for Christ. We are looking specifically for ministries that use Visual and Performance Art as a means to help raise awareness, educate, or fund their ministries. At AWMF 2012, your ministry will have the opportunity to set up a display table or booth to help educate, inspire and to secure funding for your ministry.

WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT BE HELD?

AWMF-2012 will be held in conjunction with The ATTIC FILM FEST 2012 (TAFF) on MARCH 31, 2012 at For The City Center, 500 E St Johns in Austin, TX 78752.

HOW WILL THIS DUAL EVENT BE ORGANIZED?

TAFF 2012 will screen films in the Auditorium at the For the City Center. AWMF 2012 will be in the lobbies and hallways on the way to these rooms. The crowd will pass by your display table to and from the screenings. We ask that you have your display/booth manned at all times to be able to answer any questions regarding your ministry. We also ask that you do your best to artfully display your information.

TAFF will also screen several films highlighting the challenges of people groups all over the world. Some of these films are remarkable. Some are very difficult to watch and deal with the rampant evil and darkness that plagues these people groups. It is hoped that these films will shed light into the dark realities of these sweet precious people and thereby help draw support for the ministries represented.

I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ATTIC WORLD. WHAT DO I DO?

If your ministry would like to participate in ATTIC WORLD MINISTRY FAIR and you have any questions, please call the TAFF office at 512.458.6872 or email us at info@atticfilmfest.org.

Deadline for Applications is 2/1/2012

Required Application Materials

Complete the AWMF Application Form (click here)
Complete the AWMF Participation Contract (click here)
$5.00 application fee.

Make checks made payable to ‘The Attic Film Fest’ or Pay online by clicking here.

Mail your materials to:

The Attic Film Fest
4301 Palladio Dr
Austin Tx 78731

WHAT DO I BRING TO THE FEST?

  • Literature about your ministry
  • Enough representatives of your ministry to have the table manned at all times.
  • A secure way to collect funds
  • Receipts for donations
  • Small treats to attract attention
  • Any and all visual and/or performance art that can highlight your ministry.

WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE?

AWMF 2012

Saturday March 31

  • Doors open at 9:45am
  • TAFF/AWMF 2012 Screenings and Fair Begins 10:00am
  • AWMF ends 2:00pm
  • TAFF 2012 Competition films begin 2:00pm
  • TAFF 2012 Awards 9:30pm
  • Take down at 10:15pm