Vision Stone Stoves – A Family Business Warming Hearts and Homes
VisionStone Stoves was born 5 years ago as a supplement to the rental business that my husband Bob and I have in a small Pennsylvania town. We were getting more and more disturbed at the high cost of fuel oil to heat our 3 story 150 year old Federal home. My husband began to research wood stoves in order to figure out what we might want to buy to supplement our heating system. That project grew into the vision for VisionStone Stoves.
What Every Family Should Know About Starting Their Own Business – Part 1
Stephen Beck covered a lot of ground in his breakout session at the 2011 Family Economics Conference called “What Every Family Should Know About Starting Their Own Business”, which is why this will be a multi-part series. Part one will cover the advantages of disadvantages of having a family business. “[The corporate economy] needs worker bees. They’ve got round holes and you’re a square peg, and they don’t care how hard they have to beat on you, you’re going to get in that round hole.” “I’d like to try to help you think outside the box”
Why We Started CHI
As many of you know, we went on a national tour last year with our family bluegrass band. While we were on this tour, we met many families who had home based businesses making products like soap, lotion, dress patterns, etc. Many of them were taking advantage of modern technology to build sources of income within their families, and were making progress in Coming Home for Work. We also noticed that their client base was very limited, mostly to their friends and family, with only a few having outside product placement like a spot in a local boutique or a farmer’s market.
Report on the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and Christian Filmmakers Academy
We just finished attending the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) and Christian Filmmakers Academy. It was a great time of inspiration and fellowship for aspiring filmmakers and their families. The film festival was great as well. We saw some great movies and met some wonderful people. It was especially encouraging to meet so many enthusiastic young people who have been guided by their parents to pursue excellence in the arts through filmmaking and to seek to take “every frame captive� to Christ.
