Local church youth show dramatic flair

This was in the paper today :-)
Which there is a part that i told her to put in witch she didnt. She is giving me full credit for my story, which really i should not recieve since La helped me with it...


The hard work of some local youth paid off recently at the national Fine Arts Festival for Assemblies of God Youth Ministries.
A drama group of 10, as well as two short story writers ages 12 to 18, from First Assembly of God in San Angelo were selected to advance to a national competition for their efforts. The youngsters traveled to Indianapolis for the festival this month.
Youth pastor John Sullivan said he was pleased with the competition results. Although they did not win, his teams placed in the top 50 of about 400 altogether. This is the third year the youths have attended the national festival.
However, Sullivan said this year was their best yet.
“If you’re in a competition, you’d like to win, but I was proud of the kids because I thought that they did their best,” Sullivan said. “The production they ended up turning out was very powerful.”
A group of 10 competed in the drama portion titled “The Human Video.” They were judged based on their ability to put storylines to music and act them out. Sullivan noted that preparation for the competition began in January, and his charges worked long hours preparing for a district competition that led them to the nationals.
“The kids spent a lot of time on it,” Sullivan said.
Also competing this year was Melissa Boyle, 16. Her short story “The Death that Saved” received a superior score. Boyle said she spent at least four months putting together her submission, which had to convey the theme — sacrifice — in less than 1,200 words.
“I worked on it briefly, whenever I got the chance to,” Boyle said.
Boyle said her favorite part of the competition was getting to meet new people at the national festival, which Sullivan estimated drew 30,000 people.
Although she will continue to write on her own, Boyle said she hopes to compete in the photography and short sermon portions of the event next year. She credits the San Angelo team’s success to the efforts of Sullivan.
“He takes time out of his family life to spend time with his youth kids,” she said. “He’s just an amazing guy.”