Copyright 2020 Serene Productions
The Producers
THE MCCARTHY FAMILY consists of Kari from
Norway, Brendan from South Africa and their
three daughters Celina, Alena and Alisa born
in Norway and Switzerland.
Kari and Brendan met in Norway in the year
1993 and were married after two years. Kari
is a singer and is educated as a music and
drama teacher. Brendan is a guitarist,
multinstrumentalist and a singer. Together
with their daughters they produce shows,
songs, instrumentals, videos and other forms
of multimedia. Their home is in Switzerland
and for many years they have performed
around Switzerland and Europe in churches
concerts, restaurants hotels etc. Kari is also a
music and drama teacher in the local schools
in the area in which they live.
In 2008 Brendan met with ex Hope
Channel president Brad Thorp in Romania
to discuss the possibility of producing the
childrens series Lutti and Tutti and the go
ahead was given to produce 24 programs.
Another meeting with Hope Channel in Geneve
The three daughters are all talented and
had a tremendous amount to do with
regards to the production of this mammoth
work and it took almost 12 years to
complete. It took many years because it was
impossible to work full time on the project
and a living had to be made during the
same period.
Celina was born in 1996. She did her first
performance when she was three years old
in Zermatt. Since then she has frequently
sung with the family on different occasions.
She is a great singer and decorates songs
with her beautiful harmonys. She also plays
the Irish whistle and loves music and is very
talented in arranging songs.
She is presently studying to be a midwife
Alena was born in1998 and loves to
compose songs on the piano. She, like
her sisters, is very musical and has a
lovely singing voice. She is an important
part of the McCarthy family singers. She
is also talented in graphics,
photography, videography and does the
websites and promotion. for the
McCarthy’s. She is studying to be a
Multimedia design artist
Alisa was born in 2007. She is a strong
addition to the McCarthy family with her
violin, dancing , singing, composing and
acting. She is hoping to make a profession
in this field and composes and arranges
her own songs for You tube.
We are all rather happy that the Lord has
used the talents he gave us to write,
produce, film a project that can help our
children realize how Jesus is our friend and
is there if we call out to him. There is far to
much artificial magic in the childrens shows
of today and the idea was to help them see
that a strong belief in a living God is far
more important than fantasy and magic
which surrounds us everywhere.
Many thanks to Hope Channel for trusting in
us to produce these programs and most of all
to Our Heavenly Father for using us to
spread his eternal word. May God bless and
keep all the little ones who watch these
programs.