Saturday, April 27, 2024
With Good Friday and Easter to soon be in our presence, Trinity Baptist Church will host Passion 2024: Thee Gift on Thursday, March 28, Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30.
This will be a free event and will give the community of Gatesville the chance to experience a live action story of Jesus’ life, with the trial, crucifixion, and the resurrection.
Preparations for the play first began in October of 2023, when Trinity Baptist Church member Jonathan Ford began writing the script.
“One hundred and sixty-eight friends have worked together since before Thanksgiving to offer a gift to our city that is already changing lives,” Ford said.
The play consists of 12 different scenes and will be told from the point of view of Grandfather John as he explains his experience with the last days of Jesus to his grandsons Elijah and Abel.
“It reminds them of the real reason for Easter,” Pastor Sam Crosby said. “Easter is not about easter eggs but about the resurrection of Jesus.”
The event will feature live performances, live actors, live animals, and live music as well as a walk through on the streets of Jerusalem.
“Passion 2024: "Thee Gift” is becoming so much more to me than just a story of the past,” Ford said. “Knowing first-hand the folks playing key roles such as Jesus, Peter, James & John, and Mary Magdalene, well, it's like time traveling from 35AD to 2024 in a millisecond.”
Crosby expressed that a lot of time has been put into this event, with 168 volunteers, the costume designers, and the set team has worked lots of hours to prepare.
Jerusalem will open at 6 p.m. each evening for the community to view and will be located behind the sanctuary of the church in a large tent.
The tent will be able to hold up to 1,000 people.
The office secretary of Trinity Baptist Church, Dena Bell, said, “We are just so excited to highlight this significant event in history.”
The play will begin at 7 p.m. each evening when the story of Jesus’ last week will be told.
Trinity Baptist Church has sent out 10,000 cards through the mail system within a 10-mile radius of Gatesville to invite the community to this event.
“We are praying for people to know that God loves them enough to send his son to save their soul, because that is what it is about,” Crosby said.
Trinity Baptist Church is located at 1506 West Main Street in Gatesville.
For further information, contact Trinity Baptist Church at 254-865-8495.
