EASTER 2008 Preparation work for what was to take place at Easter began right from the turn of the year. Ideas were churning in the minds of all who were involved as they brainstormed over cups of coffee. Recruitment for the cast and crew started, with auditions taking place in early February. The Children’s and Chinese ministries were also hard at work planning for Twist, an exciting game show, and Life’s Tic-Tac-Toe, a Chinese Easter evangelistic
As we examined each A
event, respectively.
p piece of evidence, we w were brought back to
While rehearsals were taking place, Trinitarians
tthe scene where it all
embarked on the very essence and atmosphere that
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would sustain and bring to fruition all the hard work
ccompelling drama,
put in by the production team – prayer. Trinitarians
i songs and d an array off multi-media effects, moving
engaged in prayer individually, in their carecells,
we revisited the lives of Jesus and His disciples. All
during pre-service prayer, and Church Prayer
the evidence pointed to the fact that Jesus was
Meeting. We brought the names of our friends and
guilty. Yet what was He guilty of? Guilty of healing
loved ones before the Lord and prayed that they
the lame on the Sabbath. Guilty of loving and
would get connected to the love of God during
befriending the outcasts. Guilty of forgiving those of
Easter. This culminated with a 3-day Fast.
ill repute. Guilty of being the Son of God. Guilty of loving us.
The weekend of God encounters started on Maundy Thursday, where we commemorated the Last Supper
As the Holy Spirit moved powerfully in our midst,
at our touchstone Communion Service, which is a
individuals and whole families made decisions
Trinitarian tradition. GUILTY! took place on Friday
for Christ. Trinitarians were overjoyed for their
and Saturday, concurrently at Trinity@Adam and
family members and loved ones as they shared in
Trinity@Paya Lebar, with two separate casts and crew.
the moment of decision with them. That was not
It was the same creative production, yet unique in
all. Easter Sunday was a wonderful celebration
presentation. Over at Trinity@Adam, Pastor Dominic
across the different ministries and congregations
Yeo and his “forensic team” set about examining
– children and adults; English, Chinese and other
the evidence that condemned Jesus as guilty,
language ministries.
while at Trinity@Paya Lebar, Pastor Beatrice was the Prosecutor showing us all the compelling evidence
In total, we had close to 500 first-time visitors and
before us proving that Jesus was guilty…but wait a
more than 200 decisions made for Jesus throughout
minute…was she instead speaking in His defence?
Easter. What an amazing weekend!
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