{"id":7043,"date":"2016-03-22T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7043"},"modified":"2016-05-02T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:18:21","slug":"jennifer-wilder-morgans-come-to-the-garden-to-become-one-night-event-cinema-event-on-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/03\/jennifer-wilder-morgans-come-to-the-garden-to-become-one-night-event-cinema-event-on-may-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Wilder Morgan&#8217;s &#8220;Come to the Garden&#8221; to become one-night event cinema event on May 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Come to the Garden Official Fathom Event Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDkGWbgZ5Vw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fathom Events and Eakin Films are bringing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/event\/easter-mysteries\"><em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3912\">Come to the Garden \u2013 On Stage!<\/span><\/em><\/a> to select U.S. cinemas for one night on Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. local time. This exclusive event includes a post-event discussion with special guest and New York Times best-selling author of <i id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3971\">The Shack<\/i>, Wm Paul Young. <\/strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3967\">Tickets can be purchased online\u00a0by going to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/event\/easter-mysteries\">website<\/a>\u00a0or at more than 400 participating theaters.\u00a0<span class=\"yiv6961255069apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"toolbar\" class=\"glass fresh-toolbar vp\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3903\">Jennifer Wilder Morgan\u00a0will <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3903\">take to the stage with animated characters and scenery from\u00a0her new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cometothegardenbook.com\/\"><i>Come to the Garden<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0 The author\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3922\">share her story, exploring her deepest fears and most life-changing discoveries in\u00a0a production that\u00a0recreates the private garden where she first opened her heart to The Divine. With guidance from her humorous guardian angel, Morgan journeys through a human understanding of the unknown, and renders it ultimately knowable through the inspired inner voices she believes are available to us all.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3800\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3799\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3798\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv6961255069\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3797\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3796\" class=\"yiv6961255069WordSection1\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3926\" class=\"yiv6961255069MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3925\">Featuring character voiceover performances from Emmy-winner and <em>Today Show<\/em> host Kathie Lee Gifford, Academy Award-winner Louis Gossett, Jr., and popular faith comedienne Chonda Pierce (as Morgan&#8217;s guardian angel), this feature-length professional stage show will use groundbreaking three-dimensional projection technology to fuse live-action and animation, creating a unique and immersive experience on the big screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6961255069MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3919\">\u201cI am very excited to be a part of this special event,\u201d Pierce says, adding\u00a0 \u201cJennifer\u2019s story will truly captivate audiences, as viewers will feel like they are a part of the story while they go on this journey with the characters.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3929\" class=\"yiv6961255069MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3928\">\u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Eakin Films to bring Jennifer\u2019s work to the big screen. With such a talented cast, this event is sure to entertain on a variety of emotional levels,\u201d says Fathom Events Vice President of Programming Kymberli Frueh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3933\" class=\"yiv6961255069MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3932\">Frank Eakin, president of Eakin Films,\u00a0adds <b>\u201c<\/b>Working with Fathom to present the first-ever cinema event of its kind through on-stage light projection technology has been exhilarating. Jennifer\u2019s authenticity and insights into the hope and healing that result from Divine encounters, together with the stage experience created by our 3D projection mapping pioneers, deliver a unique and moving experience for faith audiences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458646257456_3938\" class=\"yiv6961255069MsoNormal\"><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Fathom Events and Eakin Films are bringing Come to the Garden \u2013 On Stage! to select U.S. cinemas for one night on Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. local time. This exclusive event includes a post-event discussion with special guest and New York Times&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,13,1085,7192,1591,14,22,24,4206,32,1],"tags":[8996,5716,8993,7845,8995,8997,8994,8901],"class_list":["post-7043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-forgiveness","category-freedom","category-good-works","category-gratitude","category-media","category-movies","category-power-of-prayer","category-theater","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-award-winner-louis-gossett","tag-chonda-pierce","tag-eakin-films","tag-fathom-events","tag-fathom-events-vice-president-of-programming-kymberli-frueh","tag-frank-eakin","tag-jennifer-wilder-morgans-come-to-the-garden","tag-today-show-host-kathie-lee-gifford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jennifer Wilder Morgan&#039;s &quot;Come to the Garden&quot; to become one-night event cinema event on May 3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/03\/jennifer-wilder-morgans-come-to-the-garden-to-become-one-night-event-cinema-event-on-may-3.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jennifer Wilder Morgan&#039;s &quot;Come to the Garden&quot; to become one-night event cinema event on May 3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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