IcFEM Gap Volunteers

Setting up and running of drama clubs in Kimilili Division is a good way of bringing fellow Christians together at very important times of the year, particularly to celebrate the life of Jesus at Christmas and Easter. Within the Evangelism Department we want to encourage churches to bring children together of all ages within the Sunday Schools and teach them the life of Jesus in a lively way that can bring joy to themselves and others and at the same time contribute to the spreading of the Holy Word within their community. Having drama clubs makes it possible for the children to learn, meet new friends, broaden their understanding of the Bible and grow in confidence.  So our objective is to bring relevant Christian biblical drama within the church to help families come together, rejoice and develop the talents of their children. 

You will be given the opportunity to organise and run a drama club within a Sunday School attached to one of the many churches in Kimilili. The Gap Programme Administrator will take you to the Sunday School which you'll be working with. You'll be given the task of organising costumes for the play, coming up with a way of fundraising for the costumes, and then you'll help with the making of the costumes with the children, perhaps using the Tailoring shop. You'll also come up with the theme of the play and write a script for each of the children. You'll choose who plays what part in the drama and give the children advice and encouragement. The administrator will give you the date which the drama will take place and you’ll need to make sure that date will be met. Whether one play or a series of scenes, the key thing is to involve as many of the children as possible.

IcFEM has realised over the years that overseas visitors to the Mission have been warmly welcomed and greatly respected by the local community, including the children. So at the Mission we have been thinking how we could use this to our advantage and try to teach the community, especially the youngsters, about God's Word. We came up with the idea of you, the gap year student, influencing the children at Sunday school within the Kimilili Division. If we had overseas students giving testimonies, reading verses from the Bible and encouraging the youngsters, it would help the younger generation within the church to grow and to prosper. It would give them a tremendous amount of hope and have a positive impact on their faith.  

Every Sunday we want to give you the opportunity to spend time with one of the Sunday schools within Kimilili. There are over 80 Churches in Kimilili Town, so there are plenty of Churches where you can take part and build up a relationship with the church and have an impact on the church’s future generation. You can enjoy fellowship with the age group of your choice. They may produce visual aids, make things, learn memory verses, learn stories from the Bible - any way in which they are helped to broaden their minds and to learn of God from the Bible.