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An Act of Ministry:
What Do I Do Now?
by Kim Schilz (Kim's bio)
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You have the permission of the church council to form a drama troupe. The creative ideas are filling your head with excitement and grand possibilities. You see the potential for a dynamic dramatic ministry. Every aspect of the church will benefit from your drama skills. Sunday School lessons will come alive for children; Adult Sunday School openings will have new life breathed into it as fresh and talented actors entertain and prepare them for morning bible study; exciting skits will be performed in the worship service that will tie into the pastor's message or promote some upcoming event; Christmas and Easter will glow with each telling of the gospel and many people who only venture into the church on those two days will be drawn to know more. Every person will take something from a dramatic performance that otherwise may have never been realized. The imagination will take your drama troupe to places unknown while enriching their own personal walk with the Lord. The sky is the limit!
So without further delay, you announce in the church bulletin that a drama troupe is being formed and give your name and number. With confidence, you sit back and wait for the phone to ring. And you wait, and you wait, and you become nervous with each passing day with a not a nibble on your drama fishing line. Why is the phone not ringing? Your excitement begins to diminish as the doubts set in. Here is where you have to be careful. Once again, your dreams of a drama ministry waver and the Satan can gain a foothold. Being aware is half the battle and taking positive decisive action will banish him for a time.
First, you must understand that nothing comes to those who wait. Action is the key! Like a business you must advertise the benefits of what you are offering. Actively seek potential actors by talking with everyone you met in the church. Be excited about what you are wanting to accomplish and show that excitement in everything you do. Like selling a product, you must make it desirable.
So what are the benefits and how do you convey those to the church?
1. Drama is fun! It is entertaining while teaching valuable lessons.
2. Drama will reach more people for Christ.
3. Drama gives all those involved the blessing of knowing that we are actively doing something for the Great Commission.
4. It touches us deeply within our lives.
5. It gives us an avenue to express our feelings and use our talents or spiritual gifts.
6. Participation, whether in acting, set design, make-up, sound or lighting, gives us another form of fellowship with believers. It will serve to bond us more closely with other Christians therefore giving us a stronger link with our faith and with that strength, we will become warriors against the temptations of the world.
7. Lastly, it is just plain fun! We can show all who receive the gift of our talents that Christians can have fun, laugh, cry and be on fire for the Lord.
Now, with those benefits in mind, develop an advertising campaign that would make any business jealous. Use every form of communication that are at your fingertips. Alone or with just one other person, you can perform a few skits, put up lively colorful posters, talk with teachers and leaders of the children's ministry and offer to help present the lesson, give short presentations to the adult classes, enlist the support of the youth ministry and recruit enthusiastic teenagers that will bring energy and vitality to the troupe, form a bond with your pastor to get his support and his speaking ability to enlist members, work with the choir director to offer drama with the songs they perform for the service and keep talking, talking, talking about it with everyone. You can start a successful drama troupe with two people. Those two people can do more for advertising the benefits than a hundred posters ever could. Keep the doubts and worry at bay with constant prayer, allowing God to be the leader in everything you do. With patience and perseverance, you will build an Act of Ministry that will cause a ripple-effect for Christ more profound than you ever imagined. Not for the glory of the director and members, but for God's glory alone!
If you have any great ideas for recruiting members, please contact me at kimandfriends@yahoo.com. I may include your idea in the column. God bless and be creative!
Copyright 2002, Kim Schilz. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.
| About Kim Schilz: Hello, fellow creative Christians! I am Kim Baker Schilz of Idaho. Being the mother of five children and running my own business keeps me pretty busy yet I always find time for using the creative gifts that God gave me. My church is a small Southern Baptist congregation of about 150. I have served in many areas including children's sunday school, Awana groups, youth leader, ladies sunday school leader, choir, and drama troupe. |
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