2006 Miracle Yearbook

Touring Teams Cedarville's touring teams this year consisted of three Heartsong teams,the Lifeline Players, and two Master's Puppets teams. Touring in the summer and on weekends throughout the school year, the groups traveled to different areas of the country and focused on recruiting students by showing the love of Christ through their talents. For the drama team, Lifeline Players, several new responsibilities expanded and deepened the team's effect on tour and on campus. According to senior and student leader Josh Cobb, Lifeline worked in Junior Jam,completed the Worldview project, performed in chapel, and even wrote a new program. Senior Abbie McGaha, another team member, expressed what several other touring team members felt, saying, "Ministry is 10% on stage and 90% fellowshipping with believers in their homes and churches." Lauren McCotter, Megan Mertus, and Crystal Baldwin have opportunities to minister through Master's Puppets. As Crystal Baldwin related, "I enjoy having fun with the kids but also teaching them important lessons from the Bible." 'sr Heartsong loads into a van before taking off for another performance. Senior Jessica Joy Waggoner shared that once,"someone on our team got Scabies when it was going around, and we had to cancel one of our weekend tours!" Being on stage for numerous churches across the country was at times nerve-racking, but for sophomore Justin Myers, who was on a Heartsong team, performing taught him humility. "We get a lot of congratulatory and thankful comments after we do a service, and being on the team has taught me to handle those comments with grace and to redirect them to the One who really deserves them." While Lifeline and Heartsong were able to target a wide range of church members, the Master's Puppets carried with them the responsibility and privilege of ministering to a very special and often overlooked people group. Sophomore team leader James McClenahan said that he benefited the most from this unique audience, as it allowed their team to "interact with so many kids in such a big way. Everything that we did was really all about them and working to promote their own personal walk with Jesus." Both Master's Puppets teams grew very close over the course of the year. According to Alex Hollander,"We were strangers when we met, but by the time the tour was over, we were a family that could make each other laugh by a simple look or a single word." On their way to another performance, Justin Myers says "travelling is a tremendous opportunity to develop close relationships and this is probably what I love the most about Heartsong."