On Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, team Alpha held a car wash at Clark’s Garage in Adamstown to support a friend of DRAMA who has cancer. It was a very chilly day! Everyone on the team did a great job washing the cars. In all they washed 16 cars and received donations from everyone who stopped by to get their car washed. To God be the Glory!
On Saturday, October 5th, Alpha had an outreach at Autumn Hope 2013 Fall Festival by Joshua’s Hands in Waterford, VA. As usual, we road together in the van to the outreach. After about 10 minutes on the road Tim decided to stop at a gas station to fuel up, unfortunately, when he tried to start the van, we found out that the battery died. So we had to call Mrs. High (a parent of two of the members) to bring her car to help us jump the battery. After trying for a while they finally were able to charge the battery enough to get the van started.
We arrived later than we wanted, so we quickly hopped out and started putting paint on our faces, using the van windows as mirrors. It was around 80 degrees when we grabbed our props and headed onto the stage. During a few of the songs some of the props were misplaced, which gave us some confusion. The whole time we were presenting, the sun beat down on us, making a few of the members feel faint and by the end we were all dripping with sweat. When we were finished, we picked up our props and walked over to another stage, waited for about 15 minutes, and performed the same songs there. This second stage, which was thankfully in the shade, was however, very rickety and during some of the songs we could feel the stage bouncing underneath our feet!
We then ate lunch and stroll mimed for an hour or so, than we helped run the kids games. This was difficult at times to explain how to play them, without talking. A lot of the games were in the sun, so our assistant directors walked around and gave us water and made sure we stayed hydrated.
When we were finished, we all packed up and headed home. Thankfully we didn’t have any problems with the van driving back. On the ride home we received many funny looks and stares, because we still had our paint on.
Over all, it was a very good outreach! Both the kids and the parents responded very well! Even a few though of the members weren’t feeling good, we had some prop/stage difficulties, and it was very hot out, we were still able to share the gospel and be a light to everyone who was there. To God Be The Glory!
Hey Folks!
We’re having a send off for our Intern, Hannah Poch, this Sunday. I know many of you, at various times, got to hang out with her and encourage her while she stayed with us. Well, her Pa time is almost ended and soon she’ll be shoveling snow back in Wyoming. If you’d like a chance to drop in and say “bye” before she leaves, here is your chance.
Where: King’s House, 241 Blimline Rd., Mohnton, PA 19540
When: This Sunday, Oct. 13. We’ll do this drop-in style from 3:30pm on into the evening. There is one interruption, though – from 6-7pm we’ll be over at Mohn’s Hill E. C. Church sharing about DRAMA’s recent trip to Scotland. You are all welcome to come to that as well.
What: If you can, bring some snacks or a drink to share. If you’re super nice, you could even e-mail Tim (tim@dramateam.org) and tell him you’re coming and what you’re bringing. That’d definitely be cool.
Hello Friends,
Just another quick update with a host of pictures attached. Our presentations on Sunday went very well and the preaching was well received. Since then we’ve spent our mornings helping with the Burntisland Holiday Club (VBS). Our afternoons doing outdoor events for teenagers alternately in Burntisland and Kinghorn from one day to the next. Our evenings, however, have varied. Yesterday (Wednesday) we were able to travel to a church group outside of Perth and give a presentation and workshop. You can be praying that the youth there will decide to continue with what we taught them and perhaps pull together some presentations of their own. Tonight we will have our big event for the local teenagers including a bonfire on the beach if the weather permits. Please be praying that the Lord would draw the the right youth out to this event and use it for His purposes. The next night we’ll be helping with the Holiday Club’s family night.
Here are some photos from the past few days:
Well Friends, there’s not a lot to be said about the last few days. We’ve been working hard at learning all the mime routines that we might use over the next few days. The team has handled the time transition quite well. We’re glad to finally have the full team together – all UK and US members accounted for. They’ve all been getting along well. I’ve already begun to forget that we’ve not all been on a team together before.
Continue to pray that we would be unified as a team going forward. Also, tomorrow (Sunday) we will be presenting at three different church gatherings and I (Tim) will share a message on discipleship at one of them. These will be the first presentations for our team, so pray that God would encourage them and give them boldness. The first two will be at the same time in different churches, so pray also for the team that will have to present without my help.
Alright, enough talk. Here are some pictures:
Hello Friends,
Just a quick note to say that the team arrived safely in Scotland with all luggage and no complications. By now, they’re all asleep at their host homes and I’ll do the same shortly. Thanks for your prayers!
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On Saturday, May 18th, we went back to Carlos and Migdalia’s community center, this time to give a presentation.
When we arrived, we immediately began practicing. Since we had a two hour presentation, we did things a little differently for this outreach. Instead of just miming, we also did three skits, so we had to go over those as well as some of the nine songs we were presenting. Also, instead of just the leaders doing the speaking, three of our members spoke, too.
When we were finally done practicing, we spent some time praying for the outreach. Then we split into two groups, grabbed some flyers, and headed off down the street, going door to door and inviting people to our presentation. Once we were out of time, we headed back to the community center and greeted people.
In the first half of the presentation, the skits, speaking, and songs all went very well. There were no major glitches or mistakes. We had a short intermission and were able to eat and talk with the audience. The last half of the presentation also went well. There were a few mistakes in two of the songs, but other that that it was just as well as the first one. After we were done onstage, we had a short worship time and then the presentation was over.
Afterwards, we talked with the audience again for a little while. Then we had supper, which was provided by Migdalia, before heading home.
This outreach went really well. The presentation went smoothly, we were able to talk with the audience a lot, and we had great team time to and from the outreach. This was our last outreach of the session, and I think it definitely was a great finish. So we praise God for another great outreach and session!
On Sunday, May 5th, Beta had an outreach at Trinity E.C. church in Boyerstown. As usual, we met and rode together to the outreach. The church has three services and we presented for two of them. We arrived at the church during their first service, so we had plenty of time to put on our mime paint, pray for the outreach, and hang out in the church’s fellowship hall and lobby. We had fun stroll miming and entertaining people. 🙂
Soon it was time to present and we walked single file up the aisle and onto the stage. Our three songs went very well, with no major mistakes and no problem with the sound. The speaking also went very well. Almost before we knew it, we filed back down the aisle.
We spent the time between presentations in the church’s youth room, hanging out and talking about our first presentation. Then we headed back for our second one, which went just as well as the first, if not better! It was neat to see some of the youth, who had seen us stroll miming, come in just to watch our presentation. Afterwards, we sat in the back of the sanctuary and listened to the sermon.
When it was over we (very gladly) took off our face paint and ate lunch, which was provided by the church. Then we headed home.
Overall, it was a great outreach! We were able to interact with a lot of people, had fun stroll miming, and laughed at a large number of things! Also, every single one of our members was able to be there, which was a first for this session. So we praise and thank God for an awesome outreach!
