“Jesus You’re My Superhero” performed at Nazareth in Standard

Times Contributor

 

Tis’ the season for many a Sunday school concerts and renditions of the Nativity in many Churches across Wheatland County, across the nation and around the world. Standard’s Nazareth Lutheran Church was no different, or was it?

This year the two directors of Sunday school came together on the much-admired theme of “superheroes” by the young kids of their Sunday school. During the fall they discussed many attributes of superheroes: their strength, their brains, their gadgets, and of course their mighty powers. It then dawned on Sonya Elias and Jen Jensen, the Superintendents of the Sunday school, who better than Jesus as the ultimate superhero.

The kids certainly got behind the whole concept and came up with costumes (aka Halloween costumes and homemade attire). They decorated the Church with drawings and paintings of favorite heroes. The door leading to the inside of the sanctuary had a drawing of The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and Captain America having a discussion with Jesus. The play was mostly written by Elias and Jensen incorporating the local Church and Pastor in the kids’ hunt for Jesus.

Not necessarily a traditional pageant but the story came across loud and clear to anyone who paid attention. In a society where Christ is being taken out of Christmas it was a great reminder of the true meaning of the season.

After the performance the Church held a potluck where everyone was welcome.