On February 14th during the 10:45 a.m. worship service, LOCC will welcome actor Chuck Neighbors of Master's Image. We will be privileged to experience his presentation of "In His Steps", an adaptation of Charles Sheldon's Christian classic that has inspired millions of readers and is one of the best selling books of all time! Set in the early 1900's, "What would Jesus do?" is the challenge offered by the humble "tramp" interrupting the worship service at First Church of Raymond. To follow "In His steps" is the Reverend Henry Maxwell's response as he and members of his congregation embark on a spiritual journey to do just that.
Chuck Neighbors has over 35 years of professional theatre experience as an actor, director, and writer. He has toured his one-man shows throughout North America as well as abroad. His most popular one-man drama, In His Steps, has been featured on radio and television and performed before hundreds of live audiences. Chuck has performed in theatres, churches, gymnasiums, airplane hangars and even on board a submarine. He has traveled by planes, trains and automobiles (and buses and boats) and even by helicopter to mountaintops in Korea, performing for U.S. military troops.
Chuck's published works include his bestselling Drama Now, Short Scenes For Worship, What Would Jesus Do?, The Comfort Zone, In the Moment (Lillenas Publishing), and Power Plays (Baker Books). He has also written numerous magazine articles on the arts and worship. Chuck is much in demand as a workshop/seminar leader for both large conferences and the local church. In addition, Chuck is also a World Vision Artist Associate working to bring help and hope to the world's poor through the child sponsorship program. Chuck and his family make their home in Salem, Oregon.
Why drama?
Shakespeare knew the power of the play to capture a conscience and even after four hundred years, things haven't changed much. Today, as it has been for centuries, it is the play, the movie, the story that entertains us, giving expression to our thoughts and feelings, and yes, capturing our conscience. Sometimes the story sends a message of hope and redemption to our troubled world--too often it does not.
Enter Master's Image Productions.
Performances that inspire and move people...
sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears...
but always toward the truth rooted
in the Gospel of Jesus Christ!