Every Thursday, the Bridgton, Maine community center hosts a free lunch.  It is usually attended by retirees, some people with special needs, and a handful of younger folks.  A few times a year I go and provide lunch time entertainment, and yesterday was one of those times.  Almost every seat in the dining room was filled, and this is the set list of what I did:

"Crown Him With Many Crowns":  Hat jugging to this familiar hymn.  Recently I've been includung a kick up not to my own head, but - after a few fails to my head - to a maniquin head held in my left hand.

"The Lost Coin":  A series of sleights with a borrowed $20 bill that retells Jesus story of the woman who searched everywhere for her lost silver coin.  A reminder that our eternal souls are even more valuable to God than mere cash is to us.

"Hand Guillotine":  Just as the name implies, a blade passes through my hand without harm while cutting a carrot below.

"Father and Daughter":   Usually the song for my club routine, but, due to limited space, it was a mix of rings, clubs and machetes.

"OCC":  While speaking about our visit to an Ecuadorian Compassion International site, where kids opened their Operation Christmas Child gifts, I produce a jumbo cross out of a gift bag, reminding everyone of the ultimate Christmas gift.

And the coolest thing was, after the show, a lady came up to me to share that her nephew, a missions major at a mid-western college, was doing his intership in Ecuador this summer.  And I was even ging to do that routine, much less close with it, until the last minute.