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Fine Arts
At Presence Church, we believe great theatre opens the door to share God’s love with our community.
Our goal is to equip students to perform an incredible show in six weeks time while building character, confidence, lasting friendships, and most importantly sharing the love of Christ by example and short show-based biblical devotions. We want students to know there is a God who loves them and made them for a purpose.
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Productions
Our shows have included Disney Lion King Kids and Jr., Disney Aladdin Kids and Jr., Disney Beauty & the Beast Jr., Disney Frozen Jr., Dreamworks Shrek the Musical Jr., Disney Peter Pan Jr., Disney Little Mermaid Jr., and counting!
How Presence Fine Arts BEGAN
Starting as the brainchild of Executive Producer Pastor Jay Walden of Purpose Church Pomona California, alongside the creative genius of Christa Percival, also of Pomona, Fine Arts has become an annually loved Broadway Jr. camp experience in Kalispell, Mt., run locally by Producer/Director Rheannon MacFarland. Jay worked with Rheannon, training her to take over the directorship of the camp and continues to come to Montana each summer, as does Christa with her family, to oversee, encourage and further equip students during tech week. Jay makes breakfast for the students each morning, which is a tradition loved by all. Christa’s family covers costume oversight, choreography, makeup, hair and more, bringing expertise and craftsmanship to our productions.
OUR TEAM
While incredibly talented teams rotate each year, Rheannon’s core began with former Pastor Mary Todd, Pastor Jay Walden, the Percival family, Chelsie Schnetter, Travis and Michele Taylor, Amanda Cardin, local para educator Renee Sievers along with her husband Ed, music teacher Zach Maurer, Paula and Kimber Nielsen, Nikki Shows, Atlas Jaques, Crystal Clark, Jade Carpenter, Joan Shouler and Jamie and Amanda Taylor.
Community Support
Presence Church is extremely thankful for our community businesses who have sponsored, donated and served, making camps possible.
Paper Chase Copy Center, Ridgeline Cleaning, Cobra Trucking, Rivercross Window Cleaning, Insty-Prints, Home Depot, Costco, Homeschool Theatre Co., Thrive Family Medicine, John Shaw, Wrangler Construction Group and the generous members of Presence Church (formerly Purpose Church Kalispell) alike share in the success story of our program and students.
Our Heart for the Next Generation
Through God’s love and community theatre, we believe in the next generation’s call to become great leaders able to conquer whatever life brings their way.
We continue to encourage and equip students through Youth Group, Youth Worship, VBS and more throughout the year.
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Your Next Step
Click the link below to support Presence Fine Arts! Scroll down to ‘Give Now,’ then click the drop down menu and select ‘Give to Presence Fine Arts’ to get started. THANK YOU!
