What are live shows?
Silver Ring Thing’s 2.5 hour stage performance incorporates high energy music, special effects, fast-paced video, personal testimonies, and comedy all delivered in a concert-style approach with which teenagers can respond and relate. The program also conveys God’s evangelistic message of forgiveness and new beginnings with an opportunity to embrace a “second virginity.” Students who make a commitment to abstinence may purchase a silver ring as a symbol and reminder of their decision. To be encouraged and equipped in their commitment students can link up with others through the local Silver Ring Thing Africa Facebook Group. This event is targeted at middle/high school students (ages 12-18) but is also relevant to college and young adult ages.
Humour and technology are the two main vehicles used for communicating the message. Humour is used to get everyone comfortable about being there and talking about sex. Humour is also used to make a point. Comedy skits explore the ways teens relate to each other and the careless way they make decisions about their lives and their sexuality. The young people may be laughing but they get the message that there has to be a better way.
In addition, a vast array of technical equipment is used to present the program. The speakers and actors are supported by special effects, lights, cameras and televisions. Teens are drawn to this “cool” club-like atmosphere which they associate with the types of activities they normally enjoy. Our goal is to attract their attention by using comparable or even better equipment, and maintaining a high level of enjoyment while presenting the message of sexual abstinence and purity. The technical piece helps us “earn the right to be heard.”
The program is inspired by 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, which states that for us to live a life pleasing to God, we must be sanctified and avoid sexual immorality. This life is not natural, but something that can be ‘learned’ and accomplished through faith in Christ. The vision of Silver Ring Thing is for this young generation to capture the truth of these verses and model an uncompromising integrity that will transform culture.