Attic World Ministry Fair

March 31, 2012

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.

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’

Mail your materials to:

The Attic Film Fest
4301 Palladio Dr
Austin Tx 78731

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?

Should you choose to participate in AWMF-2012 you will need to:

  • Fill out the Application Form
  • Include your $5.00 registration fee. Make checks payable to: The ATTIC FILM FEST.
  • Sign the Consent Form agreeing to the expectations and terms of the fair.
  • Return these to The Grace Arts Project NO LATER THAN 2/1/12. Please be aware that space is limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
  • Design an artfully interesting display
  • Schedule enough folks to man your display table for the entire schedule of TAFF 2011
  • Secure any artwork, performance, etc. needed to display, sell, or perform for the Fair.

(NOTE you MUST preview any kind of live performance with AWMF-2012 staff by 3/1/12. Call the staff office at 458-6872 to set up a preview.)

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

Participating Ministries in Last Year’s Ministry Fair

Libraries of Love

Website: www.librariesoflove.org
Libraries of Love collects books for school children in Uganda. The team prepares these books for library use by constructing spine labels, cards, and card pockets for each book. The books are then shipped to Uganda and a team travels to several village schools to build bookshelves, sort and arrange the books in the Dewey decimal order, and train students and staff in how to use these libraries.

Family Legacy

Website: www.familylegacy.com
This mission organization is dedicated to fostering dynamic relationships between families in America and orphans in Zambia. Each summer (and other times throughout the year) teams of Americans (many of whom are High School Students from the Austin area) travel to Zambia for two weeks to minister to these orphans. Many of the teens return each year. The mission does not pay for their trip and so each FL member must raise their own funds to participate.

Free Wheelchair Mission

Website: www.freewheelchairmission.org
This 10 year old non-profit organization provides specially designed wheelchairs to those who otherwise would have to crawl or be carried. These wheelchairs are specially designed for rural lifestyles providing dignity, mobility, and independence. Free Wheelchair Mission, a non-profit organization based in California, has distributed over 500,000 wheelchairs to needy people in 72 countries since 2001. Austin resident and Free Wheelchair Mission advocate, Lynne Dobson and her Ugandan friend Helen, recently gave out 550 uniquely designed wheelchairs to disabled people in impoverished East Uganda.

Gazelle Foundation

Website: www.gazellefoundation.com
The Gazelle Foundation helps people in Burundi, Africa and gives back to Central Texas Youth. In Burundi we currently focus on clean water projects and in Central Texas we underwrite entry costs for Kid`s K and 5K events.
The Gazelle Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public charitable organization formed in August, 2006 in Austin, Texas. The Foundation`s current efforts cover two areas. The first is to provide relief to the people of Burundi with an initial focus on clean water projects. This work is unifying and non tribe-specific. The Foundation realizes its efforts by funding specific projects coordinated through local charitable relief non-governmental organizations (NGOs).The Gazelle Foundation implements charitable efforts to improve life for people in Burundi and offers assistance to children of our community. The Foundation was founded by runners and friends seeking to encourage the entire community to support victims of adversity and local youth through running-related programs.The Foundation`s efforts are unifying and non tribe-specific. In Burundi the Foundation will focus on providing shoes, potable water sources, timely access to medical care, and housing for displaced residents. In Central Texas, the Foundation gives back to its community by providing enriching opportunities to actively engage youth in physically fit, healthful lifestyles through awareness, education and participation.

Penda Project

Website: www.kiberapendaproject.com
Manna Worldwide provides Feeding Centers for children all over the world but has many Centers in Africa-including Kenya and Uganda.
The Penda Project raises money for High School student`s educational fees in Kibera, Kenya. Kibera is one of the more challenging slums in Kenya and one of the worst in Africa.

Noonday Collection

Website: www.noondaycollection.com
Noonday is a company that sells handmade items that help to create a pathway out of poverty for Artisans in Uganda. These distinct accessories make it possible for these Ugandans to receive a living wage and provide for their families. One of the product lines directly benefits a Ugandan woman who is able to minister to and employ Muslims. And additional product line is made from former weapons in Ethiopia.

Water to Thrive

Website: www.watertothrive.org
Water To Thrive is a faith based non-profit transforming communities in rural Africa through clean water projects and creating water wells. Water borne disease and the lack of water is at crisis levels as thousands die of disease or the lack of water.

Step Into Africa / World Vision

Website: www.worldvisionexperience.org/austin
Bethany United Methodist Church, in NW Austin, is forming a long-term relationship with the rural community of Matete, Kenya, near the western border. We`re doing this through a partnership with World Vision, a Christian humanitarian and development organization. Our goal is to help the community of Matete move from a life of impoverishment to a life of self-sufficiency through access to clean water & healthcare, improved agricultural opportunities, education, and economic development. We plan to also involve as much of the Austin community as possible.We will kickoff the relationship in September, 2011 with a museum-quality exhibit called Step into Africa (SIA), provided by World Vision. SIA realistically depicts the lives of 4 real children, telling the stories of their struggles with HIV/AIDS and poverty, with the goal of moving visitors to take action to make a difference in the world. As participants exit the exhibit, they`ll have an opportunity see pictures and read the stories of individual children in Matete, and be invited to sponsor those children. Sponsorship involves a monthly donation which fuels the community development, but also includes forming personal relationships with the sponsored children. SIA will be open for 8 continuous days from Sept 11-18. We are also planning special events throughout the week to draw the community to our campus and then encourage them to tour the exhibit.

Hope in Ethiopia - Zeway

Website: www.zewayupdate.blogspot.com
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

Website: 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.

Villages of Hope

Website: www.vohafrica.com
VOH-A provides food, education and healthcare to children in need. We also provide housing for children who have no place to live. Our mission is to bring lasting hope to children at risk so they can embrace adulthood as independent and contributing members of society.Villages of Hope – Africa (VOH-A) began in 1999 in Kitwe, Zambia and we now have locations in (Bujumbura) Burundi, (Kisumu) Kenya, (Lilongwe) Malawi, (Kitwe, Mongu and Chongwe) Zambia and (Harare) Zimbabwe.Through ChildCare Plus you can sponsor a Village of Hope child and help us provide them with education, health care, and other basic needs.