About The Company

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Deborah M. Pair Chandler
Executive Director/Founder

Primary Designer

Our Executive Director, a retiree from an administrative position, and soon to be from public school teaching, has enjoyed a life-long enthusiasm for board games.  For over sixty years, Deborah’s creativity with games has crossed over from her home and family into her workplaces and ministries at offices, schools, churches and nursing homes.

Guy Colston
Operations Director

After twenty years of service, our Operations Director resigned his position as a contract specialist for both the DC Lottery and the Maryland State Lottery. He is a retired realtor and bass guitar player emeritus. A self proclaimed imaginaut, Guy is a triple-threat creative. He is a writer, musician & artist who has a passion for comic-book superheroes, science fiction movies and 80’s music. For over thirty years he has dedicated his free time to helping seniors and adults with disabilities.

H. Eugene Pair
Financial Director

MISSION

• Our mission is fruitful family fun, faith, and fellowship.
• Our motivation is to bring joy, vitality, and resilience to relationships.
• Our methods provide a unique opportunity to experience the scriptural truth of God’s Word.
• Our mixture of chance and strategy stimulates minds, hearts, and attitudes.
• Our niche is to nurture a community of diverse players who welcome friendly competition.
• Our goal is to encourage and empower players toward building bridges to better relationships in all communities.

PRODUCTS

From The Scroll develops spiritually enriching entertainment. Our inspiring and challenging products include a mixture of board games and card games for playing on table tops, digital platforms and online in apps. Our line currently includes mixtures of chance (randomly selected from a card deck), match, roll & move, strategy, competitive, cooperative, and trivia games.

PASSION

The Word of God, which was first written on scrolls, remains the source of our passion for establishing From The Scroll Games. Ministering God’s Word is the main reason for these games. The scrolls (Scriptures) are the main attraction; no Scriptures, no games. By presenting Scripture in an inviting package that is engaging, mind stirring and heart piercing, the Holy Spirit is allowed to impress them upon our hearts and minds.

RECEPTION

Prototypes of games created at home were taken to church to play during youth activities and multi-generational fellowships. They were also played at special gatherings such as baby showers and birthdays. The games were always well received. After years of dreaming about going into business, in 2015 From The Scroll became a limited liability corporation. Over the years God abundantly graced us with creativity. We now have over 20 games, in various forms of development, being shared with family, friends, churches, youth ministries and senior facilities.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Our target for From The Scroll is fun seeking players who desire to create a hunger and thirst for righteousness within their relationships. They value quality time with those they love and are willing to spend money on products that help to impact their family, friends, and communities with faith-based values. Our customers want to focus on building a knowledge of and a love for the Bible even while joyfully connecting through challenging social amusement and entertainment. Fruitful family fun, faith and fellowship is had by all.

Therefore, there are five groups our company plans to target. We will market to children from as young as 8 years. They want to play for fun, for escape, for thrills, for enjoyment, for the challenge. Their parents (ages 25-45), those of young preteens, want to establish cherished family time and traditions. Many of them crave the entertainment of game playing. Grandparents (ages 60-75) also want to be entertained and bond with grandchildren, promoting family traditions and reunions. They are also couples who seek connections with one another after their nests are empty. Our targeted audience also includes churches (Sunday schools, youth groups, retreats, vacation bible school (VBS)) and Christian schools. This would also include from day-cares, to summer camps, to college common rooms, to YMCA’s, to community centers. Since children aren’t the only age group that find learning easier when mixed with fun and games, senior care facilities are also part of our demographics. From The Scroll games will generate conversations of memories and shared experiences.

COMPANY FEATURES

FROM THE SCROLL has the following advantages:

• Our games are challenging yet easily played.
• We provide unique, brightly colored, eye-catching designs.
• Our games focus on fellowship. We specialize in fruitful family fun that stirs the faith and refreshes the hearts of all people.
• We encourage face-to-face interaction among players at small and large group presentations.
• All Scriptures presented in our games come from the following sources: The English Standard Bible, The Holman Christian Standard Bible, The New American Standard Bible, The New International Bible & The New King James Bible.

GROWTH STRATEGY

Within our ‘niche’ of the board game market, we will set ourselves apart through production quality, and satisfying the specific needs of our demographics

To grow the company, From The Scroll will do the following:

• Sell products at craft fairs in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
• As business grows, advertise in target markets, especially in advance of the holiday season.
• Open relationships with organizations that specialize in providing meaningful activities and community engagement services to people with developmental disabilities & seniors; including faith-based assemblies, private companies, local, state & federal agencies