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Faith

God speaks in mysterious ways: Pastor Ronnie Beaden serves Crestview church through puppet ministry

| Wendy Victora Rudman

Pastor Ronnie Bearden’s puppet ministry started with a soft, pastel-colored stuffed glow worm that he snatched off a crib in the church nursey on his way into preschool chapel.

It was the first day of school, the children were crying and whining, and he realized that what he had prepared wasn’t going to fly. So, he improvised, unzipping the toy’s back, ripping out the battery pack and naming him Eddie.

Pastor Ronnie Bearden leads the First United Methodist Church of Crestview, with the help of a few friends. When not in use, his dummies lay in his closet in a pile. Photo by Wendy Victora Rudman

 

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