Thank you for your interest in the Living Cross! Please read everything on this page before proceeding.

Please understand that participation in the Living Cross is a privilege reserved for active, regularly-attending members of the Church of the Open Door. For adults, that means weekly attendance of more than one service and regular attendance of a Sunday School class.

Participation requirements for children and teens are a little different.

Teen Participants (aged 13 through 17) must either:

• Be a member of Church of the Open Door AND have parent/guardian permission to participate, OR

• Have a parent or guardian that is a member AND the parent or guardian must be involved in some aspect of the Living Cross ministry.

Child Participants (12 years of age and under), regardless of membership status, must:

• Be registered by a parent/guardian who is a member of Church of the Open Door, AND

• Be accompanied by a parent/guardian or other approved adult at ALL practices and DURING ALL presentations.

Child Care

Child care WILL NOT be available during any rehearsals including Dress Rehearsals with the choir/orchestra.
Child care will be provided during the four presentation nights; however:
A parent/guardian or approved adult from each family must agree to help with child care at least one night during the presentation in order for your child to participate.
You are responsible for your child prior to each evening presentation to help them with their makeup and costume, and you or a responsible person you assigned are required to be at the cast meeting prior to each presentation.

REHEARSAL ATTENDANCE

Full cast attendance at rehearsals is essential to producing a well-prepared and SAFE presentation. This is true for those with speaking roles and for those in the crowd without lines. Some of the most difficult and important preparation for The Living Cross is the work done with crowd blocking and movement. Full attendance at all crowd rehearsals is essential not only for you to learn your role as a cast member—it helps the directors to accomplish their goals and it makes for smoother, quicker rehearsals. We will do our best to avoid scheduling conflicts, but you will be responsible to attend all scheduled rehearsals.

Full cast rehearsals will be on Saturday afternoons:

February 21 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
February 28 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
March 7 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
March 14 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
March 21 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (we will probably not need this date, but please keep it free just in cast)

Speaking Role Rehearsals:

Those with speaking roles should plan to rehearse in the Great Room on Sunday afternoons from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm between February 8 and March 22. You may not need to be present for all of the rehearsals, or for the full rehearsal, depending upon your role and which scenes are being rehearsed each Sunday.

Dress rehearsals

March 17 (Tuesday) 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
March 23 (Monday ) 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

If you are unsure you can meet the obligations of this schedule but would still like to participate, please speak with Pastor Jung before registering. We may still be able to work with you!

CONDUCT and TESTIMONY

The Living Cross is an opportunity for Christians to serve and grow together in the Lord. For that reason, all cast and crew are expected to conduct themselves with a Christ-like spirit of service. We are here to share the Gospel and to grow together in service to the Savior. Any instance of disrespectful or abusive behavior towards any person, or other behavior that undermines a nurturing Christian environment, constitutes grounds for removal from service in the presentation.

We must also recognize that we serve as a public testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ and for our church to the many visitors who will be present, to our church family watching from the pews, and to each other. We convey that testimony not only through the quality and zeal with which we perform, but also through our behavior and through our physical appearance. For that reason, it is important that all the cast and crew be good examples of the standards for which our church advocates and seeks to maintain. We must do this in all honesty and sincerity. The ultimate goal of the Living Cross is to sow the seed of the Word and to see it bear fruit. We will be looking to you to help us with this by carefully considering the choices you put into your clothing, hair length and style, and all the other standards you know we value, having been part of our church family and knowing well the testimony for the Lord we desire to present.

Luke 8:15 “But [the seed] on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”

Please help care for and love one another in the Lord!

Pastor Brian Jung

Living Cross 2026 - The Last Miracle