August | 2024 | Cheryl McKay (Screenwriter/Book Author)

STARRING MADELINE CARROLL, KAREN ABERCROMBIE, CHARLENE AMOIA, RUSTY JOINER, AND CAMERON ARNETT

WITH RECURRING / GUEST STARS INCLUDING: ELIZABETH BECKA, DEXTER MASLAND, KATHERINE SHEPLER, ERIN BETHEA, DAVID DESANCTIS, DENISE GOSSETT, and MICAH LYNN HANSON.

STONE IMPACT MEDIA (in association with Argentum Entertainment) is excited to be partnering with

UP FAITH & FAMILY TO EXCLUSIVELY PREMIERE
THE ALL-NEW AWARD-WINNING
FAMILY DRAMA SERIES THESE STONES

UP Faith & Family, the leading streaming service for commercial-free faith and family movies and series, will be premiering the all-new award-winning family drama series These Stones. In These Stones, a grieving daughter (Madeline Carroll) finds herself drawn into the same supernatural program her late mother worked—matching undercover Bible characters with people facing challenges today. It’s all this stunned daughter can do to keep up normal appearances while seeking redemption for her past mistakes. Beginning Sept. 5, the service will add new episodes weekly. Season one is six episodes.

“I’m grateful to bring These Stones to the UP Faith & Family audience,” said These Stones Writer/Producer Cheryl McKay. “Viewers will relate to our heroine McKenna’s journey as she walks through some of the most difficult times in her life—alongside our notable cast of characters. Each one faces unique challenges, met with an undercover Bible character who speaks into their lives through trials they overcame in the past. The heart of every episode is to help every viewer know that no matter what they face in life, they are never alone.”

“We are thrilled to have this award-winning family series premiering on UP Faith & Family,” said Hector Campos, senior vice president, content strategy and programming at UP Entertainment. “It’s a fresh and modern way to seamlessly infuse Scripture into storytelling that is equally entertaining and inspiring for our viewers.”

Freshman series These Stones has already garnered 12 wins and 19 nominations at film festivals, including multiple Best TV Series awards and Best Actress awards for Madeline Carroll and Karen Abercrombie and three Best Actor nominations for Rusty Joiner. Also awarded Best Director for Susan Rohrer and Best Original Score for Daniel Butman. These Stones was also a finalist for Best Series and Best Evangelistic Production at the ICVM Crown Awards and just garnered 13 nominations at CONTENT Christian Media Conference 2024, including two episodes for Best TV Show, two for Best Scripts, and multiple actor nominations.

Also awarded Best Director for Susan Rohrer and Best Original Score for Daniel Butman. These Stones was also a finalist for Best Series and Best Evangelistic Production at the ICVM Crown Awards and garnered 13 nominations at CONTENT Christian Media Conference 2024, including two episodes for Best TV Show, two for Best Scripts, and multiple actor nominations.

The series stars Madeline Carroll (I Can Only Imagine, Swing Vote), Karen Abercrombie (War Room, The Forge, God’s Compass), Charlene Amoia (How I Met Your Mother, A Royal Christmas Holiday), Rusty Joiner (Voiceless), and notable guest stars such as Cameron Arnett (Overcomer, The Forge), Erin Bethea (Fireproof, New Life, Never Give Up), and Micah Lynn Hanson (Disciples in the Moonlight, Like Arrows).

Viewers can also dive deeper into themes of These Stones with a devotional Study Guide to season one—a personal and group roadmap to discuss episodes from the show. THESE STONES: Your Personal Devotional & Group Handbook for Season 1 by Cheryl McKay and Susan Rohrer will be available on Amazon beginning Sept. 1.

Our hope from the These Stones family is for those who go through the series and the accompanying devotional will participate in the Activation ideas in the book and then share with us what you choose to do to make an impact on your community. To pre-order or buy a copy of the devotional, you can click on the book cover below to go to Amazon’s product page.

Click the link here to go to Amazon’s product page here: https://amzn.to/3LYjv9y

(The Free Preview below will be available on Sept 1st as well.)

To learn more about THESE STONES: THE SERIES, please visit our official website or any of our social media sites linked through that page: http://www.stoneimpactmedia.com or the TV show page:

https://www.stoneimpactmedia.com/current-project/thesestones

STARRING MADELINE CARROLL, KAREN ABERCROMBIE, CHARLENE AMOIA, RUSTY JOINER, AND CAMERON ARNETT

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on this blog. I’ve been busy writing and producing a new TV series, coming out in Sept. 2024. I can’t wait for everyone to be able to watch our show. The heart of this show is to help viewers know that they are never alone, no matter what they are going through, in a series with a supernatural twist:

We filmed 6 episodes, the whole first season, in and around Woodstock, GA. This was the first chance I had to write and produce a project. I was surrounded by a tremendously talented group of people, cast and crew and lots of local support in Georgia. You can see the list of our entire cast and crew on imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17492344/

We’ve been on the film festival circuit for the past year or so and have won a lot of awards, including best series, and multiple wins for some of our actors.

One of the most meaningful days on set was filming at the Circle of Friends cafe, for our second episode. Here’s a few BTS (Behind-the-Scenes) photos from that day:

I’ll be sharing more in the days to come. In the meantime, please visit our official website and follow all of our pages on social media by visiting first:

https://www.stoneimpactmedia.com/current-project/thesestones (On our page, you can find all links for Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. We have a lot of fun content and lots of behind the scenes looks before the show premieres.)