Tulsa Christian Fellowship
Training and Releasing Laborers into the Harvest

Puppets of Praise Ministry

The POPs puppet team is a ministry of Tulsa Christian Fellowship that provides an opportunity for young people to be trained in service and outreach using puppetry and performance arts. POPs’ goal is to share the good news of the love of God and the gift of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ, and to encourage believers in their Christian faith.


Outreach

POPs does outreach and street ministry at orphanages, children’s shelters, nursing homes, schools, churches and more. POPs provides training for churches desiring to begin a puppet ministry. (See POPs history.)

Team Members


POPs is led by Patty Eland, TCF’s children’s ministry director, and Sarah Wright.

Dawn Ferrill helps at ministry events.

They are assisted by student leaders Brian Beck and Nathan Sheppard. Other team members are:

Trey Burgard, Anna Clutter, Michele Ferrill, Micah Morris, Mandy Miller, Grace McEndarfer, Rachel Sheppard, and Nicholas Woodard. (POPs is still blessed by help from Ethan McEndarfer and Jonathan Beck who are trying to retire from POPs!)


Back L to R - Patty Eland, Nathan Sheppard, Micah Morris, Grace McEndarfer, Brian Beck, Rachel Sheppard, Mandy Miller, and Sarah Wright. Front L to R - Nicholas Woodard, Anna Clutter, Trey Burgard, and Michele Ferrill.






POPs Current Calendar:

* March 12-13 Attending and competing in One Way Street Puppet Festival at Evangel Temple, Kansas City, MO.

* March 24-25 Ministering in the Children’s Bible Hour, The Tulsa Workshop (Churches of Christ) Tulsa Fairgrounds

* March 28 Hosting a visiting team from Ozark Adventist Academy


For more information on scheduling POPs for your next event, contact Patty Eland by email or call TCF at 918-587-2400.

To see pictures of POPs in actions follow the links below:

Trip to Kakamega, Kenya

Trip to San Pedro Sula, Honduras

POPs History Highlights:

1999 God birthed POPs in the hearts of Patty Eland and Sarah Wright and ten young people (ages twelve to fifteen). Though the group has changed members over the years as youth mature and move to college and other ministries, POPs members continue to share God’s love wherever He opens the doors.

2001 San Pedro Sula, Honduras POPs traveled to Honduras where they ministered in orphanages, churches and in street ministry.

2003 San Pedro Sula, Honduras POPs again traveled at the invitation of host church, Amor Viviente, to train their young people in puppetry and drama. The Honduran puppet team established at that time, La Visión, continues the ministry there.

(Note: Sarah Wright lived in San Pedro Sula, Honduras for two years, from 2004-2006, perfecting her Spanish and teaching. She also served as a missionary in the Amor Viviente church and lead their puppet team during that time, as well as trained other teams in puppetry.)

2003 Featured performers at One Way Street Puppet festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma

2004 Presented a demonstration workshop at the International Puppetry Festival in Kankakee, Illinois sponsored by One Way Street.

2006 Featured performers at One Way Street Festival in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2009 Kakamega, Kenya POPs was part of TCF’s mission to Kenya. The POPs team trained over thirty members from AFCEA Ministries in puppetry and ministered in many outreaches to schools and on the street. The new Kenya POPs team is continuing to use the puppets in evangelistic outreaches.









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