Community Christmas Performance for 2009

Back To Bethlehem Our annual Community Christmas performance for 2009 will to be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at First Lutheran Church, 1401 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, PA. The evening's performance begins at 6:30 PM. Please join us! Click for map/directions.

Star A diner in 1950s Bethlehem (USA), a blizzard on Christmas Eve, stranded travelers, some wandering sheep, and one unruly donkey make for a night to remember in the original puppet script from the Zeek and Friends Christian Puppet Ministry. Enjoy some favorite Christmas carols with a '50s' sound as our cast of puppets reflect on that 'first Christmas' in the original Bethlehem, where God the Son came down as an infant and visited His people. We will celebrate Emmanuel, "God with us", as we look at what God has done for His people through the one true Savior and King, Jesus Christ the Lord.

Welcome to Zeek and Friends Online

Zeek and Friends at Johnstown in 2007 (click for a larger version - 210512 bytes)Welcome to Zeek and Friends Online, the official outreach website of the Zeek and Friends Christian Puppet Ministry, from Altoona, PA, USA. We are a Christian puppet team, based in Southwest-Central Pennsylvania, with a mission to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the medium of puppets, storytelling, and theatrical staging, using our God-given gifts of performance, creativity, and technical design, all to the greater glory of God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Our Current Programs

Back to Bethlehem

Village Our old friend, Leon P. Fussbudget, III (from our 2005 and 2008 Christmas shows) shares memories of a special Christmas Eve from 1958, complete with 50s- and 60s-style Christmas carols. The 2009 Christmas Program from Zeek and Friends, Back to Bethlehem, takes the audience to a diner in the late 50s, in Bethlehem, USA, where a group of travelers get stuck in a snow blizzard on Chistmas Eve, and there they learn that the season of Christmas shows us God's greatest gift, given freely to His people, in the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Even though the blizzard may have interfered with their plans, the travelers will all come to see God's wisdom in using the event to bring them all closer to Jesus, who is called Emmanuel, which means "God with us".

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 ESV)

Please check our schedule section below for current bookings where you might be able to see one of our Christmas performances. You may also check out our contact information below for more information on requesting Zeek and Friends to perform at your church or event.

Our Christmas Performance Schedule

December 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Annual performance Saturday morning at Bethany Lutheran Church, Altoona, PA during Breakfast with Santa Claus

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Invitation to Fourth Lutheran, Altoona, PA, for God's Lambs Christmas Dinner; 2:15 PM

Sunday, December 20, 2009 (Rain Date due to weather)

Annual Sunday morning Christmas worship service with guests Zeek and Friends at 18th Street Community Church, Altoona, PA; 11:00 AM

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Annual Community Christmas performance for 2009, to be held at First Lutheran Church, 1401 Twelfth Avenue, Altoona, PA. Show begins at 6:30 PM. Please join us! Click for map/directions.

Contact Us

To contact Zeek and Friends for more information or to book a performance, visit our Contact Page.

Zeek and Friends does not charge a fee to do a performance, but will accept any donations offered. You may also make donations to the ministry online.