I have just recently completed a three session confirmation class of ninth graders where I used the Back to Mayberry Bible Study. It was a very interesting experience as many of the kids in attendance had never seen or heard of The Andy Griffith Show. They were wondering why it was in black and white and why everything was old. So I had do to a rather impromptu explanation of the history of the show. It was very interesting how our discussions usually led back to the days when I was growing up along with TAGS. If fact I was the very age of the confirmand students when TAGS first aired in 1960. They thought that was really cool. We had good discussions on how values have changed over the years and how many more problems young people have today. They had a difficult time grasping how simple and innocent and safe my young years were growing up in a very small town similar to Mayberry. Eau Claire has 60,000 people and is growing rapidly.
I am also currently teaching the study to a group of about 20 senior citizens at a retirement community in Eau Claire. It is proving to be just a delightful experience. They all just love the videos and are so eager to share memories of their younger years. We gather for goodies and coffee after each class and it is so much fun to listen to the various discussion at the tables. They continue to talk about the video we used and love to share experiences that are very similar. One little elderly lady approached me after class this past week and thanked me for bringing back so many wonderful memories. She had tears in her eyes as she recalled some of the events of her young life. I was called by a member of another church in a neighboring town who wants me to teach the series at a Sunday afternoon family activity in their church. So I have invited his family to join my wife and me for an evening of Mayberry so we can work out the details of what I will be doing. One has to understand that up here in the north country, TAGS is not as well known as it is in the south. But I am trying my hardest to spread the good news of St. Andrew and St. Bernard. And it is slowly but surely catching on. Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 715-839-8470 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
