Whit's End announces Imagination Station programs
By Dale Jacobs |
Times Editor
John Avery Whittaker announced that for the
entire month of the December, the Imagination Station at Whit's End will be
programmed with all the Christmas adventures from the past years. "The
Christmas programs usually prove to be among our most popular," said
Whittaker. "I hope that the kids will be able to experience a Christmas
adventure for the first time or go back to one of the programs they enjoyed
before."
Whittaker named four programs that will be available. The first is the "Back
to Bethlehem" program that allows the user to experience the first
Christmas, including the story of the birth of the baby Jesus and the visit
of the shepherds. The second program is "The Star," which is the "sequel" to
the original Christmas program. "That's a pretty unique program," said
Whittaker. "It's the only time we've ever done a direct sequel to an
Imagination Station program. The original program proved so popular that we
wanted a way for users to experience more of the Christmas story with the
same characters, including the fictional ones we had added to our version of
the Christmas story."
The other two programs, "A Time for Christmas" and "Christmas Around the
World" do not deal directly with the Christmas story, but deal with
Christmas throughout history and Christmas as it is celebrated in other
cultures. "I remember we first programmed 'Christmas Around the World',"
said Whittaker. "I think that we tested the limits of the Station by putting
four people in there at the same time. Eugene, Tom, Sam, and Erica all
went."
The Imagination Station is the most popular attraction at Whit's End and has
seen hundreds of users over the years. "I feel that God has really blessed
us here at Whit's End," said Whittaker. "We've been able to show kids, and
even some adults, Biblical truth through many ways. And the primary reason
we do what we do is because the Bible is so important to our lives as
Christians, both for kids and adults."
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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