Golden Age Banquet

This is the week of the Golden Age Banquet. There is no way to calculate how many hours of script writing, revising, rewriting, practices, planning and preparation that have gone into what will take place Saturday night for our Livewires!. Mary Poppins was a big box office hit years ago, and there is no doubt […]

This is the week of the Golden Age Banquet. There is no way to calculate how many hours of script writing, revising, rewriting, practices, planning and preparation that have gone into what will take place Saturday night for our Livewires!. Mary Poppins was a big box office hit years ago, and there is no doubt that our directors, Dee Sandlin and Janie Slaughter, have once again exceeded all expectations for another incredible performance.

Each year, I get excited as everything always finds a way to come together. The talents and abilities of each teen and adult actors are a joy to experience. If you have not signed up, please go by the Livewires! bulletin board and make sure your name is on the list on Wednesday night. We have a wonderful meal planned, and dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m.

Livewires!, we can not thank you enough for your constant support, and I know that you will do what you do best… give your love to each person that is giving every bit of effort and energy to make this night so special for you.

Our church family continues to inspire me as we share times like this together. The laughter, bond, memories, joy and love are a constant reminder of what makes this life worth living. Thank you for allowing our youth to be a part of your lives and the many ways that you invest your lives and hearts into them. They thoroughly enjoy performing on stage for you, but what I thoroughly enjoy is the connection so many of you have chosen to make with them.

If you will, please take some time this week to pray for our teens as they finish another school year. Please take some time to share your time with them and encourage them and give them a big Livewire hug.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday night at the banquet. Doors open will open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. Performance will begin between 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

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