About the Play
What
is the Moogerah Passion Play? The
Moogerah Passion Play uses up to 100 actors, technicians, backstage and
front-of-house helpers etc. Up to eleven denominations are involved in
this ecumenical event each year.
Performances
take place in an open-air auditorium on the shores of beautiful Lake
Moogerah, in South-East Queensland, Australia.
The
Moogerah Passion Play is a dramatic account of the Passion of Christ
(His life, death and resurrection). Such plays have been performed by
communities in Europe down through the ages, to teach others the central
truths of the Bible.
Statement
of Purpose Be
sure it is a labour of love, for months of preparation go into the
performances, many thousands of woman-and-man hours of work into
each scene, but it is far more than that.
Each
night that we celebrate the life and love of Jesus Christ is like
bringing a little gift to the altar of God. You see, we are very grateful
that God gave us the gift of Jesus Christ.
As
Christians we believe that Jesus Christ is the Incarnate Son of God,
that He came to teach us not only a way of life, about being caring and
compassionate to each other, but to teach us about God. And He came to
teach us about eternal life.
This
tremendous imbalance which is costing society dearly, is perhaps
costing you dearly.
Jesus
Christ is a personal saviour. He is alive in spirit form. He asks you to
come to Him.
As
Christians we believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for us. He
could have chosen not to die, as you will see in the play, but He chose
to do His Father's will.
Judged
only by human standards He is an amazing man, and there is no way a
Passion Play can do justice to Him. Apart from His extraordinary healing
power, which He always played down, and the charisma which drew
thousands to hear Him, His display of courage was sublime - for He knew
that as soon as He started His ministry (it lasted only four years) the
evil in men would kill Him.
And
dying, He forgave us all.
The
cross is central to Christian belief because in it God displayed how
love can transcend cruelty and violence. In addition, and more
importantly, without the cross there could have been no empty
tomb, and therefore no Resurrection.
And
it is the risen Christ that gives our story its happy-ever-after ending.
It is the risen Christ who demonstrated for the first time that
death has no sting, that it is possible to live a spiritual life
in the mystical arms of God, that we can actually approach eternity with
joy - if we believe.
Only
two things are necessary (it couldn't be simpler). The belief or faith
just mentioned and a sense of our own wrong-doing (sin). We can unload
the burden, and this is what Jesus Christ is all about. Some of us
carry around enormous burdens (e.g. anxiety, guilt, stress) quite
unnecessarily. Please know that Jesus Christ has asked us to come to
Him, please know that He is waiting for you to drop your burden at
His feet, please know that if you can do it you will grow ten feet tall,
please know that He will love you...
Why
are we staging a Passion Play?
Now
it seems to us, that these days more and more people are thinking
less and less about the spiritual life. More and more people are
concentrating on the physical side of their lives and forgetting the
spiritual side.
....And
you will have joy.
And
you will have joy.
And
peace
Kosti
Simons