Have you ever heard of enacted prayer? My friend Gordon, who is suffering from cancer just got back from an arts conference where they prayed for him, but they enacted the prayer. One person played the cancer, one person played Gordon, and one person played Jesus who expelled the cancer. He said it was very moving and powerful. I've attached a link to a video from Northwestern College that explains the concept.

A new way to expose your congregation to Scripture

So, you want to start a drama ministry at your church? What do you need? First, you need a buy in from your senior pastor. If he isn't onboard with adding drama to the worship service, it's going to go nowhere fast. You'll also need to discuss the effect adding a three or four-minute sketch to the worship service will have on the total time of the service. On the Sundays you have a sketch, you may need to have one less song than normal, or take out another element of the service, such as the children's message or the "greet your neighbor" time. Or have you pastor commit to preaching 3 minutes less than he normally does!

Is your church still following a 19th century model in designing its worship service?