Hope to See You Tomorrow Night!

Just a reminder of our Sept. meeting tomorrow night in the Heir Force Room. The dates were announced at the picnic and posted in the forms on basecamp and the blog, but it's been a while, so I wanted to send you a helpful reminder. Since we have so many kids and teens on the team, they will be meeting separately from 6-7pm. Adults, I'll see you tomorrow night Sept. 22nd from 7-9pm!


Here are the rest of the dates to get on your calendar from the form that was passed out:

"When will we have drama team meetings?
-adult drama team meetings are the fourth Monday of each month from 7-9pm
-kids and teens drama team meetings will be the fourth Monday of each month from 6-7pm
-Dates: Sept. 22nd, Oct. 27th, Nov. 24th, Dec. 15th (Drama team Christmas Party, all ages 6-8pm), Jan. 26th, Feb. 23rd, March 23rd, April 27th, May 25th"

Another Great Weekend!

Another awesome weekend of performances by the drama team! Jon Crutchfield and Aaron Preston (welcome back, Aaron!)did an excellent job in their drama on the mainstage, illustrating the sticky reality of foggy betrayals that we might encounter in our lives. (I love that we didn't do the stock idea of adultery, but stretched ourselves outside the cliches to more open ended authenticity. Yay, writing team.) The tension and natural relationship between the two of them combined with extremely tricky props and set were a winning combination to set up Dr. Bob's amazing message on forgiveness and God's love.


Meanwhile, downstairs in the Penguin room, Sierra and John, directed by Dalene were entertaining my little girl and her peers in a way that only "Professor Wonder" can! Great job, everyone!

Wish You Were Here!

Hello, Awesome Team! Howdy from our Innovate Conference. Since all of you have busy lives and couldn't make it to our conference, I thought I'd bring a taste of it to you! We had some cool moments from our team. Here's a few glimpses:


We opened the conference with a crazy fun dance element with black lights that told the story of a team that pitched their "ideas" (different dance styles) and fought to win, but ended up coming together when they took some time to listen for God's guidance. It was crazy and fun and full of talented people. Amy Franklin did an amazing job choreographing and selling her mad tapping skills. DC and Brooke Curry brought some amazing athleticism and dance moves only they could. Ted Bryant played our boss and, for a professor of Psychology, homeboy knows how to shake what his mama gave him (so to speak). Our own Seth Bible added some tremendous energy with his back flips, hard work, and actually jumped over DC's head from a standing position! It was an incredible way to open the conference and get people fired up! They were amazing.







Then, thanks to our fearless leaders knack for comedic timing and writing, we had a hilarious drama about a board meeting where one of the pastors comes in to report that the church is on fire, but the board is too busy with parliamentary procedures to actually take time to rescue themselves and anyone else in the building. This was a tight fit with our theme for this year which was "Stop Talking; Start Doing". As you can see form the pics, even though Butch is our leader, he's not afraid to get down in the dirt, or in this case, the ash. My sides still hurt from laughing at his commitment to the panic of the church on fire. Mark Meyer was hilarious as the staunch chairman who led the meeting with a dry pace that made Butch's situation even more ridiculous. Shelley played "Miss Becky" and was hysterical with her facial expressions and characterization of a typical "church lady". Brad Miller, Brian Davis, and Tom Templin also had me laughing with their commitments to their characters, hilarious expressions and death scenes. Great job, team!

Children's Dramas Continue to Rock!

Awesome job to the cast of the Heir Force Room drama this past weekend-Brad Miller, Levi Riggenbach, Hannah Brooks, Aleyna Speicher, directed by Janell Martin. This was Janell's directing debut for the Heir Force room even though she has had plenty of experience with the All Stars turning point dramas. Aleyna did a great job as the bully who intimidated the always hilarious Brad as Vinny. Levi has played Tyler quite a few times now and always does a great job, Special thanks to Hannah who had to fill in at the last minute when Julia's soccer tournament created a conflict. She stepped in with poise and tremendous talent. Great job, everyone! If you want to see how awesome they were, just look at the staring faces of the kids in the pictures! Awesome job, everyone!

"Train a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

What a weekend!

What a great weekend! Sammy, Becky, and Mark rocked the main stage while John M. and Sierra Arredondo entertained the troups downstairs in the Penguin room. Besides amazing drama on the stages, there were also some cool stories and moments from the stones in the baskets and the pools out on the lawn. 427 people came forward in just the last service alone! I had a blast seeing Dan baptize his two girls. It was an unforgettable weekend! Great job, everyone!

CONGRATS to Sammy and Sierra on two amazing first serving experiences! The future of the drama team is in good hands!

First Wednesday

Join me in applauding the first wednesday team of actors in a great performance tonight in the very first First Wednesday!

Butch, Shelley, Amy, and Tom did a great job with their monologs, adding four excellent storytelling illustrations that gave us all permission to be honest with God about our own issues, prompting us a take a step closer. And Special Thanks to Sarah Rulli and Butch for helping write the script. Great job, everyone!