Gabriel Costa – Loveland, Colorado … Over 1,000 visitors came to watch the depiction of the life of Jesus at the annual Journey to the Cross Easter pageant on the Campion campus, April 19. Throughout the day, five shows were put on by more than 200 volunteers in a collaboration between Campion Academy, Campion Seventh-day Adventist Church, and HMS Richards Adventist School in Loveland, Colorado.
The audience started the program in the church with an explanation of the Great Controversy between God and Satan and why the plan of salvation was necessary. This year’s drama featured the story from the eyes of the angel Gabriel, who served as the narrator. Starting in the throne room of heaven, the actors depicted how evil began and Lucifer gained the trust of the other angels. This affected Adam and Eve and the entire human race after both disobeyed God.
Moving to the HMS Richards School gymnasium, visitors experienced a mini-Jerusalem village and witnessed scenes of Jesus healing lepers, the blind, and even raising the dead. Next, student actors portraying the disciples led the crowd in hosannas and followed Jesus riding horse-back to the next scenes in the Campion gymnasium.
The final scenes included the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus’ death on the cross, and finally His resurrection after defeating Satan and overcoming evil.
Journey to the Cross has grown in scope each year and this year reached the goal of having 1,000 visitors to experience the story of salvation. The quality of the production from sound, acting, and costumes represented countless hours of preparation by the coordinators, Natalie Barton, Erin Johnson, and Leandro Bizama as well as the actors and other volunteers.
—Gabriel Costa, Campion Academy Student News Team. Photos supplied.
