Everything
If you attended the You & Your Girl event in Katy, Texas, you may remember a powerful skit that some of the students (including my son) from my home church (Austin) performed. Many of you have asked when it would be available to watch online. Unfortunately, the quality of that taping was insufficient to do the skit justice. However, the students recently performed the skit during the Sunday morning services at my church and I was able to capture it in a little bit better quality.
The skit offers a great visual the temptations many teens face today in the quest to fit in, whether it be in regard to relationships, materialism, drinking, or the quest for beauty. It is a beautiful picture of the role Christ plays to rescue us from the emptiness that results from chasing after the world's pleasures.
The students who performed the skit above:
Jesus: Tanner Dixon
Main girl: Courtney Anthony
Boyfriend: Parker Andrews
Teen symbolizing temptation of money/materialism: Jared Maddox
Teens symbolizing temptation to drink: Hayden Courtney and Matt Holeman
Teen symbolizing quest for beauty: Taylor Watson
Satan: Ashley Samuelson
Words cannot express how proud I am of the students in my youth group who traveled to Katy, Texas to perform the skit back in March. Who knows...I just may take them on the road with me! They also performed the skit at a large FCA gathering just prior to the You & Your Girl event where over 100 middle-school students went to the front at the conclusion in tears and in need of prayer. There is rarely a dry eye in the house when the skit is performed. The original version of this skit (performed by another group) has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. The song is "Everything" by Lifehouse. Enjoy!
14 comments:
Vicki,
I am so glad you posted this! I have been wanting others to see it. It was incredible and very moving. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I saw it that morning.
Thanks,
Pat S.
Lago Vista, TX
Vicki,
I have a dvd of youth performing this at our church, the night that my son brought the message. They called it "Dancing with Jesus". Thank you so much for sharing!
This is absolutely fabulous, and I like it better than the youtube version. I just wish it was larger...are you able to post it in a larger format, or give us the option of enlarging it somehow?
Awesome skit and well delivered! And I agree it's better than the you tube version....talented kiddos! What a powerful tool...
That was incredible!
Thanks for posting this. I was so proud of the kids in Katy and when they did it here at the church. It gives me chills every time I watch it. What an impactful and powerful presentation.
This gets me everytime! I love it! BIG TEARS!
Great job to your youth group!
Thank you for sharing...
Praise HIM! I am so thankful He does not give up on me!
That is my all time favorite skit and they totally nailed it. What a great job!
You showed a clip at Me and My Girl in Lexington last fall and I can't find it on You Tube or anywhere. Could you post that again? The main premise was a guy whose watch was a symbolizism for his sin and he hung it on the cross...or something like that. My daughter wanted to share it with her friends, but I've never seen it anywhere else.
Thanks again for that great skit,
Traci
http://tmcdavid.blogspot.com/
P.S. Almost everytime I have tried to leave a comment on your blog I get a message that "your request could not be processed. please try again." I never get this with any other blog. Have you heard that before or is it me??
There are many different versions of this skit available on youtube and on Godtube (now known as Tangle). Some of them have really neat variations incorporated.
I had seen this skit performed in our church about 2 years ago. It is very powerful! Wish all teens could see it.
Unbelievable...thank you for sharing, thank you to the group for doing this skit. I couldn't make it through the whole thing without dry eyes. That was me as a young adult... Praise God. He rescues us, covers us, never leaves us, never gives up on us, waits patiently, loves us with the purest love...true love.
-April
Students from the Christian school where I teach performed this skit while on mission in Kenya. When they performed it at a high school, over 300 students came to know Christ. Yes, the Gospel still has power even today!!
You know why I loved this one better than the YouTube versions? I love the way at the end, the girl just runs on Jesus with love. It's awesome.
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