PUPPETS WITH A PURPOSE

TEAM VERSE

"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." Mark 16:15

MISSION STATEMENT

The Puppets with a Purpose puppet team is an ongoing, Christ-centered ministry that strives to encourage Christians in their faith and to share the gospel with non-Christians inviting them to accept God's gift of salvation.
The Puppets with a Purpose team strives to promote Christian growth in its membership through a continuing development of a stronger personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The Puppets with a Purpose team works primarily with regional churches and social organizations while remaining open and receptive to the leading of the Holy Spirit into other areas of service.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

Article1
We believe the Bible is verbally inspired by God, is inerrant in the original autographs, and is of supreme and final authority in faith and life.

Article 2
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Article 3
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and is true God, and true man.

Article 4
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned thus incurring not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in word, thought and deed.

Article 5
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins as a sinless representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified in the grounds of His shed blood.

Article 6
We believe in our Lord's resurrection, His ascension into Heaven, and His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate.

Article 7
We believe in the visible, personal return of Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom.

Article 8
We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, and that all who believe in the Lord Jesus by faith alone are born from above and thereby become children of God. We believe that saving faith in Christ results in a Holy Spirit-led life, and that faith without works is dead.

Article 9
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the judgement and everlasting happiness of the saved in a literal Heaven, and the Judgement and everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in a literal hell.

POLICY STATEMENT

The puppet team will meet for practice and devotions once per week. All puppeteers are required to be on time.

Any puppeteer who has to miss a rehearsal or performance for any reason must notify a puppet director in as far advance of any absence as possible. Habitual failure to notify a puppet director in advance of any absence may result in temporary suspension from the team.

Excessive absence from puppet practice will result in suspension from the team.

Puppeteers and parents will take an active role in deciding on where and how often the team will perform.

All puppeteers are responsible for the care and feeding of the puppets and equipment. All are expected to help with set-up and cleanup tasks.

All puppeteers are expected to attend church services, Sunday School or similar activities at least four times per month in addition to puppet rehearsals.

Puppeteers are expected to treat their directors and each other with respect at all times. They are to encourage and help each other during as well as outside of rehearsals and performances.

Puppeteers are to remember that they represent God, their church, CPCI, and Puppets with a Purpose to those outside of the puppet ministry and are expected to behave accordingly at all times.

Puppeteers are expected to pray for the puppet ministry and their role in it.

Puppeteers are required to sign the team's Statement of Faith (same as CPCI SOF).

Puppeteers are required to review and accept the team's Mission and Policy Statements on a yearly basis.

Puppeteers may not bring visitors to rehearsals without prior permission of a director.

Puppeteers may not bring radios, electronic games, tape and CD players or other distractions to rehearsals or performances.

Only Christian music will be allowed on trips, and use may be limited at the discretion of the Directors.

The minimum age of a puppeteer is anyone entering the 7^th grade (younger team members may be allowed if a parent is a full-time director).