Members of First United Methodist Church spent the weekend preparing for “His Last Days: The Passion Play.”
The late Rev. Charles Wiggers wrote the Passion Play and it is now in its 33rd year of production. The outdoor performance will be presented at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 29, 30 and 31. Admission is free and a nursery is provided for small children.
In the featured photo, Michael Cayson hams it up for the camera while his uncle Richard Carter, grandfather Rick Carter and director Cliff Davidson remove the sign before building the well for the children’s scene.
Lane Outlaw carries a cross to ready it for the crucifixion scene.
Director Art Cook and Lane Outlaw unload sets that are constructed on church grounds to transform them into Jerusalem, Gethsemane and Golgotha, circa A.D. 33.
Deidre Nelson and Ben Cayson begin the arduous task of untangling ropes for the backdrop. 
