Noah's Call brings faith, theater and testimony to FreedomGRC
The Thursday morning BT Experience filled the ballroom with an ark, a procession of animals and personal reflections on what it means to be called by God.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL. A strip of tape running through the hotel corridor became a gangway Thursday morning, leading FreedomGRC guests toward a ballroom transformed into Noah’s ark.
Costumed greeters called boarding numbers near a sign marked “All Aboard.” Inside, Rev. Jonathan Mitchell waited as Noah in a blue robe and white beard. The setting offered the first clue that this would not be a conventional workshop.
The presentation, titled Noah’s Call: The Called and The Chosen, was the convention’s 2026 BT Experience. It used theater, participation and testimony to explore a personal question: What does it mean to believe that God has called and chosen someone?
The ark comes to life
The ballroom doors opened during the program and a procession of animals entered two by two. A tiger, elephant, flamingo, rooster, donkey and other creatures moved down the aisles before gathering across the front of the room. Members of the youth track performed in many of the costumes.
The surprise changed the energy in the room. Children called out as the animals passed their tables, while adults turned in their seats to follow the procession. The young performers brought humor and movement to a biblical account familiar to several generations in the audience.
Pastor Abraham Mitchell and Minister Ledalis Mitchell served as announcers, helping guide the audience through the experience. The theatrical presentation created a welcoming entry into the more reflective part of the morning.
A roll call becomes testimony
After the animals reached the ark, the focus shifted from spectacle to the people seated in the ballroom. Guests were called by boarding number and invited to stand and share why they believed God had called them.
The answers varied in length and tone. Some spoke about ministry, others about family, survival or a responsibility they had once resisted. As each person spoke, the room listened. The format allowed individual voices to become part of the larger presentation rather than treating the audience as observers.
That exchange gave Noah’s Call its emotional center. The ark and animal procession made the story visible, but the roll call connected it to the lives of those in the room.
A production shared across generations
Young people, ministers and adult participants all had roles in the experience. Their collaboration reflected a wider pattern at FreedomGRC 2026, where youth programming ran alongside the adult schedule and regularly returned young people to the center of convention life.
By the end of the morning, the taped gangway in the corridor had served its purpose. Guests had entered through a familiar Bible story and left after hearing how people around them understood calling in their own lives.
Read the FreedomGRC 2026 convention report · See the 2026 youth track