Our prop department is overflowing with blessings and it's time to reorganize it from top to bottom. So the Director and I spend the day together redoing the entire room. Gathering props for various dramas and illustrated sermons has been a systematic machine in place. But once in a while, purging and decisions have to be made, do we really need this?
Every shelf and locker is all labeled and filled to the brim. What's in here? Puppets, hats, ropes, chains, props for any type of drama, make up, sound effect items, shoes, bible day type things, you name it.... I think it's here. There is even a giant lion up on top of one of the shelves.
We have a turning rack from a Cleaners that the costumes are hung from. Some 350+ costumes are at our fingertips at the touch of a switch. Angelic, western, wedding, middle eastern, demons, biblical, kings and queens.... all sorts are here ready for use by our teachers and pastors.
We laughed and laughed about this..... Shelby is standing on a coffin holding pairs of angel wings. She says, "I'm dancing on my coffin", and the way she said it was so funny. The paradox of life and death is apparent to both of us. Death has no sting when a person is a Christian! Jesus gives us wings..... above death. I think that is a sermon in it's self!
The large Kingly throne is used for many theatrical scenes in teaching Sunday school. It stays....
Shields are always useful and must be kept. Puppet stages, and clown things are stock around here.
Signs and ammo boxes....all get to stay.
Notice Goliath's foot above my head, hope he doesn't' 'step' on me!
Crosses, crowns, wigs, bags of 'vines' and foliage, wedding dresses, monkey suits, clown sets of costumes, full body suits, and many many other things get looked over and decided if they get to stay in the 'ministry' or need to go on to RMA.
It's been a full day - the room is complete and next week maybe I will tackle the next area that needs a Fall reorganizing effort with another Director.
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