We got to take “Dr. Newhart” on the road yesterday.

That is the Christmas musical/play that our kids learned.  It’s a really cute story about kids who have the “Christmas Day Dumps”….they’ve gotten all the toys they wanted, but they realized that toys don’t fill the empty hole in their heart.  So they go to see Dr. Newhart to see what can be done and they learn that if they will say a prayer, they can invite Jesus to live in their heart and fill the hole up with love!

The kids did such a great job on Sunday morning.  The characters in the play are fun to see….characters like the “pink ladies”, the “DIS-orderlies” and the interns…Frick and Frack.  Then there was Dr. Newhart, Nurse Philpot and the waiting room full of kids that needed help.  It’s always fun to see what kind of “hams” there are in the childrens group….it always comes out the morning of the play!  I think we have quite a few hams in our church.  One particular one is a young boy, Christopher.  I think he is four…..he was one of the dis-orderlies and he had the sunglasses and the attitude to match!  And of course there was Paige who enjoyed leading the congo line a little too much!  Where does she get that from?

After the performance on Sunday morning, the kids had a quick bite to eat and it was time to load up the vans to go to Griffin, GA.  We were taking the show on the road to Pastor Jeff’s church!  He was our children’s pastor that left just a few months ago to become Senior Pastor at Griffin.  It was about a three hour drive.  It was great to pull up to the church and see all the kids run and hug Pastor Jeff.  He is still missed…a lot!

The kids did a great job.  They did as good, if not better, than they did this morning.  Maybe it was because they were relaxed and just ready to have a good time.  But they seem to really jump right into character and do a great job.  Even on a strange platform and with no rehearsal, they acted it out just like pros! 

It was so fun to watch them again.  I start thinking about all the Christmas plays I was in as a kid.  Those were such fun days.  I remember memorizing lines and learning songs and loving every minute…..especially when the curtain went up!  I hope the kids will remember this experience and how much fun they had.  We took lots of pictures so we can look back and remember all the crazy characters and especially see who all the hams were!!