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Visitors had the chance to explore a ancient Jerusalem-style marketplace staffed by volunteer students and church members. Ekenna Nwankwo, senior, played the role of Jesus in the first and last English versions of the drama on Sabbath. Eddie Camacho, Class of 2020, played the role of Jesus for two versions in Spanish and one in English. Campion Academy, Campion Church and HMS Richards School worked together to produce the annual Easter pageant, “Journey to the Cross”. The interactive event drew over 800 visitors and had more than 100 volunteers for the five different showings in both English and Spanish on Sabbath, March 30.
The audience started the program at the church watching a skit entitled, “Call the Man”, in which each actor demonstrated different problems in the world such as: abuse, war, violence, political strife, teen pregnancy, suicide, and death. In the end, Jesus is depicted comforting and helping each person. Lillian Resz, a drama student in the skit, shared, “We can try to solve the problems of the world, but we can’t do it alone. We must call on Jesus to help us and that's exactly what the presentation was about. Jesus came to solve each and every problem and make peace. This can happen in our everyday life as well.” Then the group was led to the HMS gymnasium which was set up as a market during Jesus’ era. People received a few coins that could be used to buy goods at the village. Students from Campion Academy helped in the village with their Bible classes. The next event was the disciples calling everybody to follow them in Jesus’ triumphal entry, ending at the Campion gymnasium where the audience watched an emotional act about the final events of Jesus’s life here on Earth. The play depicted the last supper, Gethsemane, the trial, death, and finally the resurrection of Jesus. Ekenna Nwankwo, senior, who played the role of Jesus, commented, “It was a really great experience, especially getting to do it twice last year and this year. It opened my eyes to what Jesus really went through.” Eddie Camacho, alumni from 2020 portrayed Jesus during the Spanish versions of the play, and many bilingual Campion students also switched roles for this version. “It is important to have this option because there are several communities in the area of Spanish-speaking families,” explained Pastor Leandro Bizama, “We hope to help grow and reach their communities and having Spanish events in our programs provides a great way to do that.” The ultimate goal of the event was to help people remember Jesus’ sacrifice and understand his love for us. The interactive program was able to impact people’s lives in a meaningful way. Daneil Camas, senior, expressed, “I felt so overwhelmed with emotions that I ended up watching the play three times. I would have to say that this year’s (Journey to the Cross) was the best representation of Jesus’ sacrifice that I’ve seen.” Julia Santiago, Student News Team
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Campion students took a day off from school to work around Loveland, helping neighbors and local organizations last Friday. Every semester the students take a day off for community service, sharing God’s character through acts of kindness to their neighbors. Students participated in projects including picking up trash on the highways, sorting donations at Habitat for Humanity, promoting Eden Valley’s new store, cleaning the lodge at Glacier View Ranch, and working at other on-campus projects. The students that stayed on campus, worked on cleaning and maintenance projects at our school, the church, and HMS Richards School. Lucas Ramos, junior, explained, “Even though we stayed here and worked, I always enjoy working maintenance and helping Mr. Kluchesky fix stuff to help our school.” One of the groups went to Habitat for Humanity to help them to organize clothes and complete other tasks that they needed at the thrift store. Rodolfo Segawa, junior, shared that he enjoyed the day, saying, “Being able to help them organize their store made me feel good, and I am glad that I could help.” Eriane Saraiva commented, “As my first community service day, I really enjoyed taking a day off from school and helping people that needed me. Doing those different things made my day better.” Pedro Vieira Student News Team The Junior Bible class took their biannual field trip down to HMS Elementary to study the Bible with the younger students. The Junior Bible students reinforced their lessons with fun activities like a blind fold to emphasize the need for help from others, legos to build Neiamiah’s wall, and playdough snowmen to illustrate the Trinity.
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