Puppets

Conventions

Fellowship of Christian Magicians International Conference -week-long, annually
in July, includes puppet track of daily workshops
        F.C.M. Area Conferences - through the U.S. & various parts of the world

International Festival of Christian Puppetry and Ventriloquism - An  action-packed
week on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University on Kankakee, Illinois featuring
three courses of study: Puppetry, Ventriloquism, and Puppet Team Leadership.
Over the past three years, over 2300 people have attended I-Fest from the United States, Canada,
England, Malaysia, New Zealand, Finland, Poland, Sweden, South Africa, South Korea, Trinidad,
Australia, Kenya, Faroe Islands, Bahamas, and Colombia..

Jim Wideman Ministries - Puppeteer training tapes, Puppet Trax...Music for the
Ministry, Children's  Ministry Leadership Club.

Maher Ventriloquism Studios - home study course, figures, vent dolls, puppets,
dialogues, etc.

One Way Street - puppets, scripts, stages, equipment, etc.

Puppet Productions - puppets, scripts, tapes, radio controlled costumes, Creative Ministries
Workshop, video training

The Son Shine Puppet Company, P. O. Box 6203, Rockford IL  61125
    info 815-965-8080; orders 800-257-8773; fax 815-965-0003; email  SPuppetCo1@aol.com
    Puppets,  full-body costumes, script books, Son Shine Puppet Buyers Club.

VeggieTales Puppets!®

Easy to Make Puppets and How to Use Them. Fran Rottman. Gospel Light, 1994,
192 pages. Paperback. ISBN: 0830716793. Early childhood, children & youth. Instructions,
patterns, and rhymes. Includes various puppet styles such as finger, hand, moving mouth, marionette,
shadow, rod. Amazon Books

Puppet Director's Notebook. Jim Scott, Dale VonSeggen. One Way Street, Inc.,
1998, 61 pages. Spiral-bound. ISBN: 1583020659.  For puppet ministry team directors -
full of how-to pages for preparing, organizing, recruiting, rehearsing, and planning puppet team
performances. It includes reproducible forms such as medical consent, commitment contracts,
attendance records, performance checklists, and many more!  One Way Street   &  Amazon Books

Developing Excellence in Puppet Manipulation - Axtell Expressions

CHRISTPUP: Christian Puppetry Mailing List - a mailing list offered to puppeteers who
are using puppetry in some of Christian ministry.

The Puppetry Home Page
    The Classified                                   Puppetry Traditions Around the World
    Puppetry Organizations                  Puppetry Schools, Workshops, & Internships
    Puppetry Festivals                           Puppetry Exhibits & Museums
    Puppet Theaters                               Puppet Building
    Puppetry Definitions                      Puppet Builders & Sellers
    Using Puppetry

Ring of Puppeteers for Christ -   22 sites

Christian Puppet Scripts Webring - 17 sites

52 Quality Puppet Scripts. One Way Street, 1992, 75 pages. Quality puppet
scripts written for use in the church or other Christian environment. Each script is two to five minutes
long and most scripts use only two or three characters. A variety of Bible-based topics are included,
as well as a section of Bible-story scripts. Topics include: honesty, kindness, the great commission,
Bible memory, tithing, salvation, anti-smoking, the armor of God, Adam and Eve, Jonah, Moses,
Noah, and more!     One Way Street    &   Amazon Books

52 Seasonal Puppet Scripts. One Way Street, 1992, 67 pages. Quality puppet scripts
written for use in the church or other Christian environment. Each script is three to seven minutes long
and most scripts use only two or three characters. A variety of Bible-based topics are included for
New Year's, Valentine's, Easter, Mother's/Father's Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving,
and Christmas.    One Way Street    &   Amazon Books

Louise Ferry's Puppetscripts - Subscribe to Christian Puppet Scripts

Puppet Scripts for Sunday Mornings. Joan M. Serci, 192 pages. 52 seasonally based scripts.
Use all scripts as ventriloquist dialogues and/or puppets plays. Maher Ventriloquism Studios &
Amazon Books

Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!
~Skits - Puppet, Ventriloquist, Drama skits, and the Tent Series. By several authors.
        30 skits now and more to come.
~Puppet Teaching - instructions in puppeteering.
~Simple Puppet - A simple puppet design.
~Stage Plans - information on building a puppet stage. (still to come)

Children's Church Discipline Early Childhood Evangelizing & Nurturing Faith Graphics & Publication Aids Kids' Kollection Library - Training & Support Miscellaneous Music Organizations & Networking Periodicals Scripture Memory Service  & Outreach SURVEY: "Getting to Know Me" Training/Conventions VBS

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