"i know what you did last Friday night"

I too need weekends to recover from my weekends.


We had a fun time doing the cell group (CG) promotion in church. Rather than doing the usual slideshow or church members coming up to share testimonies on how CG changed their lives, we tried something different this year.

Our initial plan was to do an Oprah Talk Show, but couldn't find an "Oprah" in the church. So we settled for a "Jason Lo" and came up with "Latte @ 10" instead. Our tagline was "I know what you did last Friday night!"

We had an MC guiding the audience with cue cards on when they should cheer and when they should clap and applause. To make it more realistic, there were also props people arranging Coffee Bean-style table and chairs on stage, make up crew putting last minute touch ups to our talk show host's face and musicians livening up the show with some light tunes.

As the MC counted down the seconds left to the show, the musicians played the opening theme for the show, and the lights came on, camera trained on the talk show host. He had the dry humour of both Jason Lo and David Letterman combined. After interviewing the cell pastor, he called up some guests to share about their CG experiences.

We even had "Peter", all dressed up in traditional costume running up the stage, happily addresing everyone with greetings of shalom. Peter had his first sip of modern coffee, complete with an actual Starbucks foam cup. The host took a jibe at him by commenting how in the olden days, the disciples only had water and wine. He went a step further by poking fun at Peter's denial of Jesus.

Peter was gracious enough to acknowledge that, and added that CG was for everyone, regardless of who they are. That's where everyone should feel welcomed and belonged, even with their flaws and weaknesses. And eventually, where cell members feel comfortable enough to share their spiritual journeys with those around them.

We ended the show by having the host walk down to where the audience was sitting, and picking someone out to tell of his CG story. But of course, we had already "planted" a cell goer somewhere in the first few rows and the host had to act as if it was random.

As the host reminded the audience to catch his show the next week, the ending music came on, lights dimmed, props people hurried to remove the furniture from the stage. It was a good effort, everyone liked the skit and enjoyed themselves. Backstage, we congratulated each other for the job well done. All glory to God. :)

p/s : a note of thanks to superchow for his jazzy jingle.