Introducing "Acts for Christ".

Introduction:

As this web site has a focus on the live performing arts, I would like to introduce you to a wife-and-husband team, Sheila and John Patterson. I am sorry to say that I have never asked where they live and work, other than I know that it is somewhere in the USA. What I am sure is that this place is blessed to have people like this in the area.

As they don't have their own web-site, I would like to take the opportunity (with their permission) to give their work some world-wide publicity.

Douglas Brown.

A letter from Sheila Patterson

Thank you for all your help and time you are giving on the request to use the play.

We do not have a web page, yet you are welcome to pass on info about us. We are called Acts For Christ. The name is from that all we do everyday is and should be for Christ. We are a small team with BIG hearts. We do drama for our church, but the focus is outside the walls. It is now and always will be an outreach ministry.

So I am constantly looking for materials that leave a deep impact and have a strong message. I look also for a mix of humor in them. I asked for the play you spoke of because I am looking now for Christmas material to use for "our shelters."

There are 12 of them that we are involved in. We load up the backdrop, the props, costumes and everything needed and go to them. The Christmas is VERY dear to me and special to us because that's when they come to our church as our guests and we do an evening of drama and we feed them lots of good food and treats.

On the shelters budget, most of them don't get a lot. So I get excited and we make big banners and posters and just a big deal. The kids are from ages 11-18. The stories they tell are often heartbreaking. We let them know they are SPECIAL and about how much JESUS loves them. The response to the "altar call" for salvation, to know Him as a friend and Lord and Savior is always overwhelming to me and each time I stand even more amazed at God than I already am. And then He strengthens our faith for when it becomes weak. We go back and visit with no drama to spend time with them. We are doing some skits on March 27 in a neighborhood on a ladies deck to try and reach some. They have regular shootings and beatings there.

If you would, keep us in prayer. Also pray for our drama van. It needs a new engine and we can't use it now. So we have to use more cars. The van is great to seat 12 and to hold all our things. My husband's hours have been cut and we are going to pay for the van repairs somehow. we just don't know how yet, so keep that in prayer if you would.

Doug, I have to go now. If I have rambled on, I'm sorry. We had a problem with the heating and all our walls, ceilings, curtains, and everything is black. It's a light black, yet still black. So we're painting and hope to be done Tuesday night.