Nancy's Hands Puppet Ministry is an outreach ministry of Ebenezer United Methodist Church.  We are a team of Christian puppeteers from several different churches who love to perform for children of all ages.   

Our slogan is "Raising Hands For God".  As Christian puppeteers, we put puppets on our hands and raise them to the Glory and Honor of God.   Through our performances, our intent is to encourage others to raise  their hands to God as well, to praise Him, and to  accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.      

In the Fall of 2000, Dave Collins saw the Christian puppet team, His Hands (Dean and Suzi Grady) perform at the Joshua's Hands Fall Festival in Waterford, Virginia.   On that day, God planted a seed.  Several months later, the puppet team, God's Kids  (Linda Hackney), of Hamilton Baptist Church, performed at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.  The seed was watered.   For the next 10 months,  the seed swelled until in December, 2001,  it sprouted, and a bunch of PVC pipe and connectors started forming a puppet stage.     Blue polyester fabric was hemmed and 3 puppets were purchased with a Christmas skit on cd.  A childs cd player was dusted off, and the first puppet performance was for one child behind that home made puppet stage.   One child sat spellbound as she heard about the birth of Christ through those puppets' foam and cloth mouths.    

Nancy Pearson used her clown ministry in Ebenezer United Methodist Church.  I can still remember  the children lined up on the front pew for Children's Time as she would tell a Bible story in mime.  She would wear her clown outfit, face paint and white gloves. With props, and using her hands and body language, she would tell the story. The children would sit in quiet wonder, as they absorbed it all.