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“Set Me Free” skit a powerful message for teens
By Kalista King

As you heard me say last week, a revival in today’s teenage generation has broken out in Darke County, as more and more teens join our Youth for Christ’s Friend2Friend program, Saturday Night Prayer, and other events hosted through F2F.

This week, I would like to share about the “Set Me Free” skit that has evolved through Greenville’s EUM youth group (also known as The CornerShack). This skit has reached many people and will continue to reach others as we perform it at a variety of places throughout the next few months.

It came about as a few teens from The CornerShack and our youth group leader, Marty McCabe, got together and contemplated on how to do a skit for the youth group on Wednesday night. It was suggested that we do the skit to Casting Crown’s song, “Set Me Free”, which a few of us had seen before. We started out with about 10 students in the skit and performed it for the other teens in the youth group the following Wednesday. The skit was so powerful that many of the teens were moved to tears, and almost all of them said they got “chills” from watching it.

Because it went so well for the youth group, we decided to perform it at the Greenville High School talent show in February. We scheduled practices 3 times a week for a whole month and even added a few other people who were interested in joining. By the time of the talent show, we had about 15 students participating in the skit who had all been praying that God would use us to move in the hearts of those who came to watch the talent show that night.

Though we knew the skit was very powerful and were certain that it would touch a numerous amount of people who came, I don’t think any of us were prepared for the audience’s reaction once the skit was over. Everyone stood to their feet and gave us a standing ovation as whistles and cheers rung out throughout the entire gym. None of us were too concerned of the fact that we got a standing ovation, we were just thrilled that God had given us the opportunity to share the skit with most of our student body and the others who came to watch the talent show that night.

What was even more exciting, was that once the talent show was over, they announced the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, and when they announced EUM youth group for the 1st place prize of $100, we were more than grateful that God had been glorified through it all!

Needless to say that after the talent show, many people asked us to perform the skit elsewhere. Of course, we took the opportunities because it is a privilege to be able to share this powerful skit with everyone we can, not for our own glory, but for the One who is worthy of all praise.

Last Monday, we had the privilege of performing it at Youth for Christ’s Campus Life in Arcanum. This night was so incredibly powerful that we had approximately 4 people who decided to become Christ-followers for the first time and many students who recommitted their lives to following Christ.

As you can see, this skit has had an outstanding impact on those who have seen it and even we who participate in it. We look forward to performing it on May 20th at First UMC in Greenville, and on June 3rd at both Coletown Congregational Church (just before the Coletown curve), and Teegarden Congregational Church in Ansonia.

Come see for yourself!

Editor: Kalista King is a sophomore at Greenville High School. I first met her at Kiwanis a couple of weeks ago. While I was familiar with the Youth for Christ movement (I was told it started in California with its home base not far from where I lived), I didn’t realize it was a growing movement in our community. The presence and self-confidence of this young lady was so impressive I asked her to provide our readers with an uplifting message every Sunday. This is the second of her offerings to CNO readers, young and old alike. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


 
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