A Lamb's Tale Pictures

Let Me Introduce You to the CastThe Program

Snowflake
(Played by Lauryn Lambertson)

Zeke
(Played by Isaiah Henderson)

Bully #1
(Played by Carter Anderson)

Bully #2
(Played by Alethia Henderson)
Bully #3
(Played by Jaron Lambertson)
Ruben (Zeke's Dad)
(Played by James Bruner)
Grandpa, Zeke, & Ruben
(Played by Isaiah Waite, Isaiah Henderson, & James Bruner)
Cool Grandpa, Zeke, & Ruben
Bullies Mom
(Played by Bella Blue)
Miss. Eunice
(Played by Marriah Jones)
Angel
(Played by Kaitlyn Leavins)
The Messenger
(Alyssa Weidman)
Addi Klaire Anderson
(Sheep #1)
The Kids Singing "You're Cool"
Mary & Joseph
(Played by Octavious Gonzalus & Sienna Connelly)

Our amazing Senior Pastor (Tyson Lambertson)

Kidz Rock 1st Annual Christmas Play

The whole cast besides the preschoolers I am so proud of them!!!

A LAMB'S TALE

In my last post I told you guys about the Christmas play that has consumed a lot of my time for the last 2 months!!! Well last night was the grand finale and the kids did amazing!!! We packed out the house and they all rocked the stage!!! I was so proud of them!!!

One of the girls who had a singing part and a speaking part arrived at 4:45 pm crying so hard because she was so nervous so I told her just to pretend that I was the only one out there!!! So she did and let me tell you she did awesome.

Grandpa Shepherd had the stomach flu on Saturday but still came to dress rehearsal and as soon as they got to the church he was in the bathroom throwing up poor guy. His mom told me she was just going to take him home which I totally understood then a few minutes later she came back and said that he told her that he prayed that God would help him feel better for practice and that he wanted to stay!! So she let him, well after the first song and about 3 lines into the first scene he got pale white again and ended up going home!!! Then came Sunday night and he was there ready to do his part still not feeling 100 percent!!! As we where getting ready to walk on stage he says I don't feel so good but still he wanted to do his part and he made it through the whole play!!! A few times I looked up and he was holding his tummy but he did so good and I was so proud of him for making it through!!! :)

Grandpa, Zeke, and Reuben (the Dad)

With only a few other glitches the night went off with a bang and I was so impressed with how the kids did!!! :) During the 2nd song tears filled my eyes because I was so proud of them and how well they where doing.

Snowflake

I thought you might enjoy a few picture!!! :) I will post more once I receive more but here are a few!!! ;)

Bella and Addi sing their solo in "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
The Manger Scene (we had the preschool kids be the animals in the stable)
Josie was a Donkey
We has so many kids they all couldn't fit on the two rows so we had to have a smaller row of sheep (Nolan, Addi, Gracie, Ashton, & Benny (who wanted to be called Jerry the Sheep)
Singing their little hearts out to "Where I Belong"
Karlee & Alethia singing their solo in "Where I Belong"

The Count Down Has Begun!!

This year is my first year ever directing a Kids Christmas Pageant and it is just another thing to add to my list of firsts over the past 6 months!!! I am so blessed to work with the kids I work with!! There are about 25 kids who have been to every practice for the past month and a half and they are doing amazing!!! We have practice Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights for an hour. The kids have continued to blow me away!! These parts are not small easy lines they are paragraphs on top of paragraphs and they have them all memorized!! It just blows my mind how amazing they are doing.

The play consists of 8 scenes and 8 songs and we have two more practices left until the big night!! One tomorrow night and then a dress rehearsal on Saturday morning!! :)

The play is about a young Shepard boy named Zeke who wants to be anything but a Shepard. It is narrated by Zeke's sheep named Snowflake. Zeke has decided that he will be anything besides a Shepard until one night he realizes just how special being a Shepard is. After being made fun of by his class mates and being told he will never be anything more then a shephard Zeke is approached by and angel who tells him "Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For until you is born this day in the city of David, a savior which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." Zeke then makes his way to the stable where the baby Jesus is born and he finally realizes that if he wasn't a shepard he wouldn't have seen an angel or the baby Jesus. God had something special in mind for Zeke and for all those who are in the right place at the right time.

One of the songs we sing is call "Where I Belong" and the chorus says...

When I'm where I belong God can use me, When I'm where I belong I won't fail. There's work to be done and I am the one so I'll stay right where I belong, right where I belong.

Over the past week God has been really using this song to speak to me. I have been beating myself up a lot lately saying that this play is going to turn out horrible and that I am going to look bad and the kids are going to look bad and what will people think of me then. But every time these thoughts come into my head this song comes to mind and God reminds me that I am where I belong and He won't allow me to fail.

Then the first verse says, "There's only one me unique as can be no ones else can do what I can. Whenever He calls I'll give Him my all I'm part of His wonderful play." This is what I say back to myself. It might not be easy and it might not be the best play or lesson or objective lesson but no one else can do what God has called me to do and I am part of His wonderful plan.

I praise God that even when we are in the midst of the buisness of the season that He takes the things that we are doing and teaches us something! :) How great is our God!! :)