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The Parable of the Lost Chicken Highlight of Outreach Event
HARBERT, MI (July 15, 2005) - Lost chickens and cars helped bring Jesus's
parables alive this week for members of the Harbert Covenant Church and
their community.
Three of Jesus's stories - the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Parable of
the Seeds, and Parable of the Lost Sheep - were dramatized on July 14 as
part of the church's Thursday Night Connection. The lost sheep became
lost chickens when one of the church members re-enacted the parable with
fowl. Children acted out the seeds parable as an adult read the story.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan was dramatized by having a church
member lay along the side of the church's parking lot. Three cars drove
by, with the driver of each stopping and getting out to see what had
happened. The drivers represented a priest, worship leader and "someone
beyond our borders of respectability," says Pastor Joel Kruggel, who
developed the idea.
Initial plans called for the dramas to be held in a forest preserve
behind the church. "(But) there was poison ivy everywhere," says Pastor
Joel A. Kruggel, which forced the performances onto the church property.
Following the drama, a botanist in the church led members on an
informational walk through the woods-steering clear of the poison ivy.
The dramas were the third in a series of Thursday evening events
designed to help church members connect with one another and the
community, Kruggel says. The events help new members meet others as well
as help re-connect members who leave the area for the winter and return
for the summer as well.
The evenings begin with a potluck dinner followed by an activity. One
evening, members helped scrub 150 desks at a local school. "We asked how
we can help," Kruggel says. Scrubbing the desks freed school staff to
get other work done, he adds.
Another evening included 20 members displaying their hobbies and
collections, which ranged from knitting to Indian artifacts.
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