Cushing United Methodist Church will host an outdoor Easter drama called
Grace on April 10th and April 11th at 8:00 p.m. both nights.
Our church is at 9th and Little. From our church, you drive 4.7 miles south on Little.
Our church van will leave our church parking lot at 7:00 both nights. Please call the church 225-5683 (225-LOVE) if you need a ride.
Doug Withiam wrote the drama and provided this description and synopsis.
“GRACE”
A modern application of the New Testament attesting to the grace provided to all by God through the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Synopsis:
The play “Grace” is not a pageant. It is not presented by actors in
elaborate costumes or period makeup, nor does it employ vivid scenery,
staging,or props. Such other presentations may result in a historical
account of the story of Christ, important and moving to the audience. Yet
God’s real message to us can easily be overshadowed by the pageantry of the
moment.
As its name implies, our play focuses on the grace that we all have been
given by God through the life, death, and resurrection of his son, Jesus.
“Grace” takes exact dialogue and scenes from the scriptures and presents
them in ways the modern world can relate to. Actors wear normal, modern
clothing, without costumes of any kind, making the presentation less of a
theatrical pageant, and allowing the audience to relate with the characters
and God’s message of grace. Actors sit among the audience waiting for their
cues, and go unnoticed because they are dressed like everyone else. They
enter into the scenes from out of the audience, to interact with Christ,
just as we still can do today. Truly, Christ is among us, even today, and
God’s grace is here for us now. The story of Christ and the grace he
exemplified is not part of our
historical past. Christ and the grace of God are ours today.
Check out the Cushing United Methodist Church’s website at www.fumccushing.org
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