About Us
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You Connection is a 501(c)(3) donation-based nonprofit company reaching the Arts and Culture marketplace with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through professional film, theatre, and other creative ministry venues.
You Connection has been a marketplace ministry for 13 years, reaching the DFW metroplex through innovative live theatre shows, and reaching the global community daily through YC Web, a Christian streaming site with films, webisodes, podcasts, and mp3 collections for all ages; the content is exclusively produced by Matt Kramer and You Connection and features a unique, one-of-a-kind fusion of creativity, deep theology, and the evangelistic Gospel message, with a creative aesthetic that is geared for viewers who might not ordinarily watch Christian content.
You Connection is entirely donation-based, and is one of the most prolific independent Christian organizations of its kind due to its production of both live performance and streaming content, Director Matt Kramer’s vast experience in a wide variety of filmmaking, performing arts, writing, acting, songwriting, and creative abilities, as well as a successful ability to produce modest-budget but high quality indie content that is creatively satisfying yet overtly rooted in the unchanging Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Find out about YC Founder/Director Matt Kramer and the YC vision HERE
If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 4:11)
Founder/Writer/Director
Matt Kramer
Assistant Manager
TBA!
PR/Promotion Team
Mitzi Holdren, Tirza Sims
Volunteer Services
Debby Kramer
YC Prayer Team
Debby Kramer, Nickie Creutzmann, Natalie Chapman, Gayle Spence, Gilbert Montes, Chris Montes
Core Values
We adhere to the traditional Christian faith, according to the Bible and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You Connection refers to James 4:8, "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." You connect to Him, He connects to you! There is no watering down, no "political correctness", no universalism or "progressive Christianity" in You Connection. We believe:
- in the Triune (Trinity) nature of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and that these three are one (I John 5:7, John 1:1-5)
- in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the one and only way to eternal salvation and redemption; that He died on the cross as a sacrifice for human sin and was resurrected and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God (Philippians 2:5-11, John 3:16-18, John 14:6)
- in repentance and faith, that the only way to receive forgiveness of sins is through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ (John 14:6, I Timothy 2:5)
- in the reality of sin, the devil, and hell- that there is eternal consequence for those who do not accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and that we are born into sin and require salvation (II Thessalonians 1:3-10, II Peter 2:4-11, Matthew 13:47-50, Romans 3:23-26, Jude 1:6-7, John 3:16-18, John 3:36, Matthew 7:21-23, Hebrews 10:26-31)
- in the demonstration of a redeemed life; that being "born again" in Christ requires us to live differently than before (Romans 12:2, I Peter 1:22-23, John 3:1-21)
- in the empowering of the Holy Spirit and the reality of the spiritual war between God and the devil (John 15:26, Ephesians 6:10-13, Acts 1:7-8)
- that the Bible is the true, accurate, and unchanging Word of God (Hebrews 13:8, II Timothy 3:16)
- that the followers of Christ are commissioned to "go into all the world and preach the Gospel" so that all may come to repentance (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-18)
2025-2026 Performance Team
You Connection is a professional marketplace ministry, not a church ministry. Though the majority of our performance team are Christian, we do not require performers to be born-again Christians (under certain guidelines and parameters), ensuring we can present the highest quality talent as possible.
Performers are not involved in the creation of content or ministry aspects of You Connection; these areas are managed exclusively by Matt Kramer and his core team, all of whom are required to be born-again, Bible-believing Christians.
Interested in joining the YC Performance Team? Click here for more info
You Connection in Action
Screening of Megsie: A Pilgrim's Progress (2025) at the historic Texas Theatre in Downtown Dallas.
YC cast and crew at Texas Theatre.
A Christmas performance at Cox Playhouse in Plano, Texas, December 2025.
In-character interactions with the audience at one of our smaller, immersive theatre presentations.
Performing Wonderland Theatre, a Gospel variation of Alice in Wonderland.
Two of the longest-running YC performers, Catelyn Lawrence and Ashley Tone, at a 2021 theatre presentation.
You Connection getting some Sunday morning publicity at Sojourn Church, Carrollton, Texas.
Matt Kramer with Christian filmmaker Cary Solomon (God's Not Dead, Unplanned, Believe Entertainment).
Moving day, August 2025, with YC performer Ryn Unterbug, Jeff Unterbug, and Paul and Debby Kramer (longtime YC supporters and, of course, Matt's folks, as well!)
Open house and screening event to inaugurate our new production facilities, October 2025.
Filming The Princess and the Goblin, early 2026.
Matt Kramer directing YC performers Ryn Unterbug and Hannah Black in The Princess and the Goblin.