Darin Roberts
For the last couple of years, I have seen the amazing talent of the students attending TFAI, and am excited to share my experience in the use of puppets as another means of expression. Just like the STEM classes I teach, puppets can reach people of all ages, to ignite the spark of creativity and fun. Puppetry can engage young and old alike into interacting with them in ways few means of communication can.
Bio
I have spent forty years as a Children’s Pastor, striving to teach children to love and serve God. I started at sixteen in a Children’s Ministry, serving as a bus ministry worker, developing into a six year mentorship in a church with hundreds of students each weekend. I attended the University of New Mexico studying communication before attending Southeastern University (Lakeland Fl) studying Children’s Ministry and Theology.
In all, God has led me to serve at eight churches, across four decades. At each church, I would use music, skits, Gospel Magic Tricks, drama, object lesson items, costume characters, even science and chemistry, whatever I could find to excite the kids about the things of God. Puppets was one of my Go-To favorites. Each of the churches and ministries I served at, I would teach teens and adults to do puppets, creating teams that would do puppet songs, skits, memory verses, and Christmas Dramas, showing them how to make their own puppets from scratch, and develop specific characters for each one.
