Southeast Easter Pageant

At first I thought I wouldn't enjoy the new pageant as much as the old, then it began.

We sat in the seats directly next to the large screen on the left hand side of the sanctuary. For the first few moments I thought oh no, I can't take this the whole two hours, but I slowly realized that the screens were there to put you into the scene. The two different screens on the right and left showed different images at the same time. You could catch bits and pieces of each at the same time, but couldn't focus on one or the other. The screens did not tell the story. They probably weren't supposed to. They did do something that actors on a stage cannot do with props. They put me into the scenes. I was in Jerusalem. I was walking in the garden with Jesus. I was there while he was nailed to the cross and while he walked across fields with the disciples. The images on the screens captured my imagination and put my there. I quickly got over the close proximity to the screen. There was a great balance of back and forth from real live actors to film break aways.

Sure I missed a few old scenes and a few old songs, but that's always the case when holding onto the past- isn't it? Sometimes you have to let go.

I loved the rotating walk on the stage and the incorporation of props via the walk. Great stuff.

For those who have never seen the story- it ended the same way it always does- with a perfect God coming to earth in the form of his son Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect life and died an antoning death. He died for us while we were still sinners and he offers us forgiveness on earth and eternal life through his grace. Oh yeah and the reason why he can offer this life is because his tomb is empty. He has risen. Know any other religions who worship a God that conquered death? Me neither.