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Michael Fess lives in Barrie Ontaio Canada with his beautiful wife Laura where he is the Media and Artistic Director at Mapleview Community Church and operates the Maxxwell Creative Group and business Maxxwell Productions. Michael is a passionate and experienced voice in the world of Creative Direction and Creative Church Leadership.
March 6th, 2012
We are starting to put together some of the key details for our Easter services @mapleviewcc this coming April. As I am working on some creative concepts and starting to piece together the overall design scheme, one thing seems to be running through my mind… “Have I done the image of Christ and the depth [...]
September 3rd, 2011
So on July 26th, 2011 I started an experiment of sorts, I, Michael Fess, would not shave his beard until there was a gap of 72hours between someone commenting on it
May 17th, 2011
I had an incredible opportunity to work with a team from across Ontario, writing, directing and producing a combination video series and live show for Overflow Youth Conference: Revealed. I thought I would make a post about the creative process and how the one and Zesty came to be! The story was about a misguided CEO using eHarmony to find fresh and zesty talent capable of MCing the live pre-show events before the main conference sessions at Overflow.
April 29th, 2011
You know when you are working on a project and you have completed your piece of the puzzle? You pass on the buck to the next guy and wait! This part of consulting work has taken a while to get used to for me! I am used to starting and finishing projects on my own [...]
April 17th, 2011
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis
March 13th, 2011
I don’t pretend to know it all, or much of anything for that matter, however what I do know is that the power of creative minds collaborating is exponential.