The tour of Jelly continues with a stop at Biola University in Southern California this weekend.  Tomorrow I'm speaking to a group of students at the college about the state of the biz (plus a sneak peek at JellyTelly), and then Saturday is the annual Biola Media Conference, which has grown into the leading get-together for Christians in the film business.  If you're in the neighborhood, swing by and check it out!  (After meeting on the Biola campus for the last 10 or so years, this year's conference has moved to the CBS Studios lot in Studio City.  It will feel more "Hollywoody."  More "backloty."  I'm making up new words today.  That's a good thing to do when you don't quite have your money together to launch your new kids network.  Make up new words.  It doesn't cost a penny.)

I first attended the Biola conference 7-8 years ago, when there were only about 100 attendees.  Last year I believe there were more than 700 – a pretty good indicator of the growth in interest in Christian film.

If you missed the Willow Creek conference last week, here's a pic for you…

That's Agnes on the left, and Winnifred on the right, sitting in the big auditorium at Willow Creek.  In the world of JellyTelly, Agnes and Winnie are our "Waldorf and Statler."  They don't particularly like any of the shows we air.  We decided it would be fun if they attended the children's ministry conference along with the other 3200 children's ministry workers, and broadcast their running commentary from the Jumbotrons.  (Although Winnie, on the right, mistakenly believed she was attending "Hannah Montana on Ice."  She was a bit disappointed to find out she had just driven 3400 miles in a church van to attend a children's ministry conference.)

Anyway, they're just two of a whole mess of new characters we'll be rolling out on JellyTelly.  It's gonna be fun…

For those of you praying for our funding to come through so we can get this ship out of port, we had a very good week on that front.  No final news yet, but God is clearly at work.  Things are falling into place.  Stay tuned for more updates, and a much bigger peak at new characters after I get back from LA next week…

(If you don't know what JellyTelly is, start reading from the beginning.)