Your Instructor

John Falke is the Executive Director of Creative Arts at Fairfax Community Church, where he leads a team of 75+ worship & creative arts volunteers. John is an independent producer of thematic graphics for WorshipHouseMedia.com and designs graphics for churches across the country.

He is Founder and President of Johnny Flash Productions, a web and graphic design company. In 2008 he launched Open Resources, a website for churches worldwide to download and use an entire library of creative materials - absolutely free.

To date, John has personally taught thousands of Photoshop users from 45 different states. His techniques on creating digital composites by blending images together are thought to be the best in the industry and have made him the Photoshop instructor of choice for organizations, churches and ministries. He is author of the Photoshop For Ministry Seminar series and Photoshop For Ministry video training DVDs.

John is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS4 and is nationally recognized as an authority on graphics in ministry. He continues to be a featured speaker at conferences and events, including Youth Specialties’ National Youth Worker Conventions. He’s also written articles for Rev! magazine and Collide magazine.

John has a passion for training and equipping people in ministry to use Photoshop to draw in crowds, inspire attendees and maximize creative volunteers, all with the express purpose of bringing people to a commitment to Christ. You can view John's speaking schedule and training resources at www.PhotoshopForMinistry.com and follow him on Twitter @johnfalke. John is married to his beautiful wife Julie and they have three kids, Jeremiah, Elias and Alicia.

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"John is not boring! He teaches a lot of information at a good pace. Now I'm going to go home and experiment more with Photoshop. Thanks!"--Orether Thurman, Sherman St. Church of God, Anderson, IN

Your Instructor

John Falke is the Executive Director of Creative Arts for Fairfax Community Church. He is a featured speaker at conferences and events and founder of OpenResources.org. John is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS4 and has written articles for Rev! and Collide magazines. Follow John on Twitter.

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