The history and beginnings of Faces & Places Ministries was highlighted in a previous Daily Herald article, however, over the past six years, the group has continued to grow and now offers a variety of programs and performances throughout the area.
\nThere are also many plans for the future.
\nWith a growing number of programs and an ever increasing performance schedule, Faces & Places Ministries was in need of a permanent home.
\nMembers kept their eyes open, searching for a facility and finally, earlier this year, found a building to occupy. Located on Logan Avenue, directly behind Radio Shack, Drew Baker said, \u201cGod just laid this one in our laps.\u201d
\nHe said, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t even ready yet but we were able to get here before everyone else. \u201cNow we have a facility and it\u2019s opened up tremendous opportunities.\u201d
\nWith the new building, programs and plans for the future just keep expanding.
\nCurrently, Faces & Places is hosting Coffeehouses on the second Friday of each month from 6 to 9 p.m. which will include creative testimony sharing through Christian bands, speakers and ministers. Members hope this will provide a way to reach out and use local Christian talent to come together in a good Christian environment.
\nThe ministry will have food items for sale to help with the cost of the facility. A love offering will be taken for the musical groups performing each coffeehouse night. For more information or to minister at a coffeehouse event, call 932-4085.
\nThere are also plans for various fellowship groups which are currently being developed. Right now, a small prayer group meets each Monday morning at 9 a.m. at the new facility. Everyone is welcome to attend. In addition to Mondays prayer group, the ministry holds a weekly bible study on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.
\nThere are also activities for area children. On the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, kids ages six to 12 are invited to attend Trunk Monkees for Jesus.
\nTrunk Monkees for Jesus was a vision of Sue Hoover, a member of the ministry. Because of the new facility, she was able to team up with Faces & Places children\u2019s ministry and make that vision a reality.
\nHoover said the focus of the children\u2019s group is \u2018dream\u2019.
\n\u201cI really want to nurture that,\u201d said Hoover.
\nBaker said Trunk Monkees is a way to encourage a child\u2019s spiritual gifts and God-given talents creatively.
\nBoth agreed that in today\u2019s world, kids are so much into video games they don\u2019t get the socialization, which helps build healthy social relationships.
\nBesides spending time together and learning, the kids get to work with puppets, drama, dowel rod mime and human video presentations. As they put together a program, the group will be able to go out and minister to various area churches.
\nThere is even plans for a Trunk Monkees for Jesus camp this summer to be held July 9-12 and in the future, Faces & Places plans to put together a Biblical children\u2019s musical.
\nWhile currently for six to 12-year-olds, older teens also attend and the hope is that one day, as interest grows, the children\u2019s program will expand to include all ages through high school.
\nBut, children aren\u2019t the only ones having fun with Faces & Places Ministries.
\n\u201cWomen Around the Cross\u201d, a show cast featuring adult women, is currently traveling around the country.
\nThis is a show which began as a vision Baker had for an Easter production. The show, featuring 12 women, looks at the aspects of how their lives were changed through healing, forgiveness and loved ones interactions with Jesus Christ.
\nThe concept was eventually handed over to Mary Edna Lykens who then wrote and directed the program.
\nIt features 12 monologues and an original score by Jack Servello.
\nThe new facility has just opened up tremendous opportunities for Faces & Places Ministries.
\nCurrently, a section of the new building is fixed up to host events and conduct business. The other half of the building is being used as storage for the moment, however future plans include fixing the area up for rehearsals.
\nIt is also the hope of the group to use a part of the facility to provide dance, art, musical instrument and voice lessons.
\nAnother idea is to host movie nights. Baker said if movie nights are held at the facility, it will not interfere with current movie showings. He said it is likely they will host the movie events in the winter months.
\nBaker said the opportunities are endless, thanks to the new facility.
\n\u201cMost of our performances are based on love offerings, except for dinner theaters, when we have to charge for the meal,\u201d said Baker. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for support so we can keep working in the area,\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s our goal,\u201d he continued, \u201cto bring Christian theater to the area utilizing a small, professional facility.\u201d
\nFaces & Places has also felt the Lord leading them use a secular styled show to share the Gospel. For their upcoming season, they chose to include Steel Magnolias. A talented cast of six women will round out this show to bring forth the Gospel in the midst of a show that shares so much of the world. The show is set to be performed in August.
\nUpcoming auditions for Faces & Places Ministries productions include Narnia set for June 3 at 2:30 at the new building. The performance will be directed by Drew Baker, assisted by Erik Baker. Show dates are set for September and October.
\nFor more information, interested individuals can contact Faces & Places ministries by calling 932-4085 or 684-6069. Or visit them on the web at www.facesandplacesministries.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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