Più Forti Project
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Believe it or not: Italian kids ministry songs...Sunday school lessons...Scripture in song form...very little exists in Italy. Add on "free," "Biblically solid" and "less than 20 years old" and if you find any, let me know!
Giving to this project, you'd not only be giving us the ability to create and distribute this content for free, but we pray you'll be helping a shift happen in Italian Christian perspective and even raising up the next generation by getting the word planted in their heart as kids. And if only 110 people give $100, we'll have reached that goal!
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“Più Forti,” in English: “We Are Stronger,” is a project by Denae Downs and Mick Taras.
The project started as a way to help kids at Calvary Torino learn their memory verses. Denae wrote a song for each verse and soon after we thought, "Why not make a CD so others can use and enjoy as well!?"
When Mick, an Italian national who produced music in LA for 30+ years moved back to Italy, reached out to Denae about helping with the project, it launched it all forward into what it is now.
Our hearts for this project are threefold:
-To create excellent, Biblically solid, FREE content for kids ages 4-13 that even parents don’t mind listening to. The desire is to put this album on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes etc so that kids, parents and churches can access it with ease. So that parents can know that for 45 minutes, their toddler can have solid, Biblical entertainment. So that preteens can have something they understand (in Italian), that is God glorifying and that they enjoy listening to.
-To be a blessing and encouragement to the Italian church at large. We plan to make physical and digital copies of the music, downloadable PDFs of the lyrics/chords and YouTube dance videos Kids Worship Album available, ALL FOR FREE, as a resource churches and kids ministries can use for Scripture memorization, kids worship and outreaches. We hope this will also encourage the Italian churches to be more generous with their own resources.
-To break down the barriers between and foster unity amongst the different Christian denominations here in Italy. The mentality here is very territorial and exclusive even though resources are scarce. Churches don't do things with other churches even though believers are scarce. We want to encourage the body of Christ, by our own example, to be known by love for one another so that we glorify and others come to know Jesus. We are proud to share that kids from 4 different Italian churches have participated in this project and become friends as a consequence. We hope to have a CD release party with the parents and children who have participated and pray that the same thing happens amongst the adults.
Below is a breakdown of the needs:
(We've converted the cost from Euros to dollars)
-Album printing: 4,500 CD’s - $3,700
-Distribution (iTunes, Spotify, physical copies to churches etc.) - $3,000
-Music video preparation/production/studio time/editing: 10 videos - $12,000
-Website creation/maintenance with free downloadable content - $300
-Photos/artwork/graphic design for the CD - $500
-Travel costs for volunteers: $800
-Thank you for the dozens who donated their time/talent/resources to see this vision completed. (recording studio time, editing, mixing, mastering, musicians, production, dancers/videographer for youtube videos etc) - $2,300
Giving to this project, you'd not only be giving us the ability to create and distribute this content for free, but we pray you'll be helping a shift happen in Italian Christian perspective and even raising up the next generation by getting the word planted in their heart as kids. And if only 110 people give $100, we'll have reached that goal!
- - - - - - - - - -
“Più Forti,” in English: “We Are Stronger,” is a project by Denae Downs and Mick Taras.
The project started as a way to help kids at Calvary Torino learn their memory verses. Denae wrote a song for each verse and soon after we thought, "Why not make a CD so others can use and enjoy as well!?"
When Mick, an Italian national who produced music in LA for 30+ years moved back to Italy, reached out to Denae about helping with the project, it launched it all forward into what it is now. Our hearts for this project are threefold:
-To create excellent, Biblically solid, FREE content for kids ages 4-13 that even parents don’t mind listening to. The desire is to put this album on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes etc so that kids, parents and churches can access it with ease. So that parents can know that for 45 minutes, their toddler can have solid, Biblical entertainment. So that preteens can have something they understand (in Italian), that is God glorifying and that they enjoy listening to.
-To be a blessing and encouragement to the Italian church at large. We plan to make physical and digital copies of the music, downloadable PDFs of the lyrics/chords and YouTube dance videos Kids Worship Album available, ALL FOR FREE, as a resource churches and kids ministries can use for Scripture memorization, kids worship and outreaches. We hope this will also encourage the Italian churches to be more generous with their own resources.
-To break down the barriers between and foster unity amongst the different Christian denominations here in Italy. The mentality here is very territorial and exclusive even though resources are scarce. Churches don't do things with other churches even though believers are scarce. We want to encourage the body of Christ, by our own example, to be known by love for one another so that we glorify and others come to know Jesus. We are proud to share that kids from 4 different Italian churches have participated in this project and become friends as a consequence. We hope to have a CD release party with the parents and children who have participated and pray that the same thing happens amongst the adults.
Below is a breakdown of the needs:
(We've converted the cost from Euros to dollars)
-Album printing: 4,500 CD’s - $3,700
-Distribution (iTunes, Spotify, physical copies to churches etc.) - $3,000
-Music video preparation/production/studio time/editing: 10 videos - $12,000
-Website creation/maintenance with free downloadable content - $300
-Photos/artwork/graphic design for the CD - $500
-Travel costs for volunteers: $800
-Thank you for the dozens who donated their time/talent/resources to see this vision completed. (recording studio time, editing, mixing, mastering, musicians, production, dancers/videographer for youtube videos etc) - $2,300
Organizer
Denae Downs
Organizer
Chandler, AZ
