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No need to call me doctor (it was the only domain left). I'm associate professor of New Testament at Knox Theological Seminary and Assistant Pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I've been married for twenty-four years to Cindy, with whom I have two children, Charity and Josiah. Photo of Sam Lamerson

New Alien Puppet

Posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm

As some of you might know I am the resident magician/juggler/magician at Coral Ridge Presbyterian.  I have been plying my trade in this area for a long time and payed my way through school by doing birthday parties, corporate gigs, comedy nights, and just about anything else I could get to make a few bucks.  I’ve been a chicken outside of a chicken wing restaurant as well as the old Mac Tonight when he was a McDonalds character.  I have performed (with my very good friend and partner Dave; I should say juggling partner, what with all that “partner” implies these days) all over the US and a few times in Canada.  We can still be caught on Nickelodeon re-runs with our old “Zucchini Brothers” act.

All of that to say that I have been doing CRPCs Vacation Bible School for the last 13 years and have done a lot of the same stuff with a lot of the same puppets for all of that time.  Many of the older kids know my stuff as well as I do. This years theme is outer space and I will be “Space Man Sam” (not an entirely bad title for me I am told by some).  I decided since this year’s theme is outer space that I would get an alien puppet.  I actually waited until the last minute, but I bought one today from EBay.  I don’t want to spoil the whole surprise, but here is a shot of his face.

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Let me know what you think.  I don’t have him yet, but I’ll let you know how he acts, sounds, and what his personality is like once he arrives.  If you are around Ft. Lauderdale in a few weeks and would like to help out or just stop by for VBS, call Coral Ridge at 954 771-8840 for more details.  I remember VBS as one of the great times of my life as a child and I want to pass that on to the kids at Coral Ridge.  I want them to leave thinking, this is a great place to be; I really like coming to church.  I’ll let you know how that turns out.

DrSamLam
AKA “The Space Man”

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