Try This: Children’s Theater

“We host a drama group for first- through sixth-graders who spend three to four months rehearsing for a musical,” says Pastor Bob Cowman of Columbus Road Baptist Church in Quincy, Ill. “We invite their friends, family and teachers to the performance. We’ve seen many unchurched kids join the group, and we’ve had between 300 and 400 people attend.”

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