{"id":15444,"date":"2013-03-26T09:48:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T14:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=15444"},"modified":"2013-03-27T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T14:21:59","slug":"the-passion-play-returns-to-temple-baptist-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=15444","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Passion Play,&#8221; Returns To Temple Baptist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jesuscross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15445\" title=\"JesuscrossTHUMB\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jesuscross.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) Temple Baptist Church in Jamestown will present &#8220;The Passion Play,&#8221; written by Debbie Kercher, in 2000, with performances March 28-March 31,2013, at 7-p.m., nightly, with the church located at 1200 12<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue, Northeast, near Jamestown High School.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Passion Play,&#8221; is a musical drama depicting the last week of Jesus&#8217; life.<\/p>\n<p>The play is a mix of drama and contemporary Christian music. Most of the dialogue comes directly from the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Randy Jaspers on Tuesday\u2019s (Mar 26, 2013) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, said, the play has 8 different scenes\u2026 13 songs\u2026 and about 80 cast members.<\/p>\n<p>He added, at the new church location the audience will be close to the stage, to &#8220;See, Feel, and hear the Good News of God\u2019s greatest gift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seating is expanded, but limited to 400.<br \/>\nThere is no charge for the performance and no reserved seating.<\/p>\n<p>The play runs about an hour and 45 minutes, and may be too intense for very young children, as the crucifixion is intensely portrayed, with the role of Jesus played again by Chirs Hoak.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 7th time the church has offered the play, the first in its new facility.<\/p>\n<p>The first time the play was offered was in 2001 at TBC&#8217;s former home on 4th Avenue NW.<\/p>\n<p>The last time TBC offered the Passion Play was in 2009, prior to the construction of its present facility in NE Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>He said the response was overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>Since that initial performance the church has offered the play three times at the Reiland Fine Arts Center and twice at the Jamestown High School Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years he said, the play has remained much the same, with some adjustments in music and enhanced scenery.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change is in the personnel, most of whom call TBC their home, with about a third to one half of the cast and crew new to the production this year.<\/p>\n<p>There is no admission charge, and those planning to attend should arrive at the church a half hour before the play starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) Temple Baptist Church in Jamestown will present &#8220;The Passion Play,&#8221; written by Debbie Kercher, in 2000, with performances March 28-March 31,2013, at 7-p.m., nightly, with the church located at 1200 12th Avenue, Northeast, near Jamestown High School. &#8220;The Passion Play,&#8221; is a musical drama depicting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15515,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444\/revisions\/15515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}