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^•^he 1980-81 edition ofthe Kings

Players presented three productions at LBC, and also traveled to churches onweekends to present gospel-centered drama

The first of the three productions presented on campus, "Which Way," was an interpretive-type play thatdepicted what life after death wasall about

"Once toDie"was the second inthe series presented by the players It's plot revolved around the variety of personalities aboard a plane flight— both Christians and non-Christians. The plane crashed in the final moments of theplay and those persons who had accepted Christ were called to heaven while therest were leftin total darkness.

"The Robe" told thestory ofa Roman centurion whogained possession of Christ's robe after his crucifixion and howthe robe was instrumentalin his coming to the realization ofhis need forsalvation

Allthreeplays dealtwith the area of one's need to accept Jesus Christ as Savior

/n rAe production of "Which Way," GinaBarrett convicts Laddie Howard fornot telling her aboutChrist. The play, like all those produced by Kings Players, had agospelmessage to it.

B team: (front row) Sandy Thomas, Connie Allison, BarbSeuss, Cathy Rawlings, (second row) John Garner, Phyllis Brown, Deborah Saunders, Julie Trautloff, Cindy Reed,Laura Oberg,Jon Griffiths, (backrow) David Jobe, Dean Schriber, SteveAlexander, Rory Olsen, Aubry Wooten,Albert Carter.

"Ou r plays are all centered around spiritual matters," one team membe r said, "because w e perform the m in churches as an evangelistic outreach."

All plays presented by the groups were effective in the area of decisionmaking

"W e visited many , man y churches over the school year and sa w numerous people saved," one actor said "It mad e all the weekend traveling seem worthwhile."

Th e Kings Players consisted of tw o different teams during the 1980-81 year: the A team, directed by Mrs Helen Lloyd, and the B team, under the direction of Mr David Allison

Both teams traveled to churches in the eastern United States o n weekends and toured other areas of the country during vacations.

-Sherri Popovitch •

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