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Many Cornwall children may never see Jerusalem, so the First Baptist Church on York Street has brought it to them to highlight its connection to Christianity.
Church volunteers have recreated a bustling city block of the holy city right inside First Baptist for a week-long bible camp. It's complete with a dreidel workshop, a temple, a marketplace, a prison, a water well and many other elements to help transport the kids, who are even divided into actual Jewish tribes and dressed in period clothing.
"The roots of the Christian faith are in the Jewish faith," said church volunteer Mike Van Dyke. "It was the time Jesus was brought into. For them to understand this is important to their Christian faith."
While Van Dyke speaks, children of all ages practise writing Hebrew words into what appears to be coloured modelling clay. They write "Hear", as in "Hear O Israel", which is part of a prayer, explained 12-year-old Sara Wood.
"We had to write part of the Sh'ma," she said. "It's so that they remember that the Lord is one."
Across from the writing children, church volunteer John Bulloch is dressed as an authoritative guard. He asks simply "who wants to be tortured?" and is greeted with a chorus of "meeeeee!".
The children do pushups to atone for their crimes. Some raise a flag above their heads 100 times.
Bulloch also recently played Judas in another church production. A trend is brewing.
"Maybe it's because he looks mean," piped nine-year-old Rachel Barnes.
First Baptist's assistant minister Stephen Neil is dressed as a rabbi this week. He crushes olives with the children and teaches them about what it feels like to be crushed emotionally.
"Jesus want us to learn to pray when we feel pressure," Neil told the children.