Thinking back...
So yay! I have an order to fill from my Shop!! Which is great, because I worry so much that I'm not doing enough advertising, etc.
Anyway, the other day I happened upon an Australian puppet ministry group, and it makes me wonder: is there really a puppetry ministry scene in this country? I don't know, because I'm Jewish - and we really don't present puppetry in our synagogues... or at least the ones I've been to.
Thinking back, it occured to me that I have been to a puppet ministry show. My friend Jeany one year invited me to see her perform in her church's show. She's a very experienced puppeteer and she took on the main organising role for the event. I can't actually remember the show much now - it was several years ago - but it was an enjoyable new experience.
And a strange one. I've been in churches before, having been to a Methodist school for much of my education. So it's not a new thing... what was new, was attending a very large church for Christian Koreans. It really does make you feel like the odd one out when the whole event takes place in a language you don't know (I'm by no means fluent in Hebrew, but as I'm used to synagogues more than I am any other religious experience, well, you get the idea)...
I wish I could remember more about the actual performance. Anyway, it does make me wonder - just how much puppet ministry is in this country. It doesn't seem to be promoted in the same way it is in the US.
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In Taiwan, the traditional glove puppet shows can be seen at religious festivals, but they have nothing to do with teaching religion. The puppet shows are usually out-doors and considered entertainment for the gods (well, not quite like the Christian God, this is more like local deities and heroes from myths). And they are what they are: entertainment. There's no attempt to really teach anything, though there's usually the good trimphing over the evil theme.
Anyway, you're right, in that I think a lot of the 'puppet ministry' over east is more about entertainment than about preaching or teaching. At least, from what little I know about it :)
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