[Faith-Talk] Church plays

[Ericka]

Oh yes, I was in drama. We were a small group both times I did something. First when I was high school age. We were called loaves and fishes, and one of the youths who was a budding screen. Writer wrote the Scripps. We practiced during Sunday school time. It was our way of not so much being entertainment as getting the gospel out a different way. Not everybody learns by hearing. Everybody processes things differently. It was a lot of fun and we did that in front of church or in front of the Sunday school classes.  Now our former script, writer is a newspaper reporter in Illinois! I was excepted just as anybody else. They made large print copies of the script for me. Everything was pretty hands on so it wasn’t a big deal. Then again when you’re amongst friends, it doesn’t feel weird if you screw up. 

The second time I did it I was in college. We were clowns that shared the message. We went to Sunday schools in the area and performed. We basically mind so it was more of a challenge but we practiced and we got it to work for all of us. We kind of got early and scanned out the room. We were performing in that way I could plan where I was going to be. We had a narrator of some sort, so I had verbal cues. That was also a blast. The name foolish wisdom was taken from a New Testament reading. For the life of me I can’t recall right now, but it’s the same one where we are called salt of the Earth I believe, and  I might be wrong but it’s probably in first Corinthians one. Otherwise it’s somewhere in Matthew five. Not quite sure. 

I don’t see it what’s wrong with a performance as long as it’s sharing the gospel or a biblical story. It keeps kids engaged, especially nowadays when they watch too many videos of this that the other thing. These please send a positive message. Anyhow, Jesus taught by parables and , and that’s basically what this is, a parable in action, so to speak, rather than someone just sitting under a tree, telling a story. 

Ericka Nelson


> On Jan 30, 2023, at 7:48 AM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> 
> No, Ashley is just wanting some discussion on the topic.
> 
> I don't recall being in dramas in church, mostly because the churches I have attended are more into worship than into entertainment. I was in something called Worship in Motion Choir, though. A song was played; instead of singing, we did motions while the artists sang the words. All the sighted members looked at me if they forgot what to do. LOL!
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Linda
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2023 11:29 PM, Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Was there an original to this message that I missed?
>> I was in musicals as a child and teen but had parts that did not require me to move much. I would truly like to see a church do well with this. A blind person who has time to get familiar with the stage can act well and get on and off stage safely.
>> 
>> I was active with worship team and choir until the start of the pandemic. I was at home due to autoimmune disease for three years and am now taking steps to become more active. My church is getting reacclimated to my activity and I am taking that opportunity to reeducate them to what I can do. Who knows what will happen... I am on the older side of the congregation so we will see how that impacts the attitudes. I am finding that younger people are much more open to ideas about me moving around. They don't tend to see me as someone who will fall down the steps, etc.
>> 
>> Sarah Blake LaRose, D.Min.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2023 11:02 PM
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>> Cc: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: [Faith-Talk] Church plays
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I think blind and low vision people can act well. But some people are not as open to our acting. Fortunately, I was able to participate as a child and teen in it.
>> 
>> My little church as a kid had little knowledge of visual impairments. But they were open to ideas.
>> 
>> Were you in a Christmas pageant or other play?
>> I was in several pageants. I was also in a mini play with my Sunday School class. Instead of a sermon that day, the children were asked to put on a drama to illustrate a certain bible passage.
>> 
>> I think I just memorized my lines. Someone guided me to the right place for the rehearsal and pageants. I don’t recall my disability being a big issue which was nice.
>> 
>> Take care all.
>> 
>> Ashley
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