The young people are upset that they can’t have a part in the church Christmas skit so they decide to create their own Christmas presentation, with songs and an acrostic presentation. Cast: 7 (children, m or f, ages below approximate) Wyatt - 7 year old male David - 7 year old male Dylan - 7 year old male Lucas - 4 year old male Patrick- 4 year old male Jill - 4 year old female Andrew -…

In this monologue we follow the career of a Roman soldier who is on duty during Herod’s massacre of the boy babies in Bethlehem, has a servant healed by Jesus in Capernum, and was at the cross when Jesus was crucified. Costumes: Roman soldier costume Sample of script: actor is on stage with his back to the audience, looking upward Leave him be, can’t you see, he’s dead. (listens to unseen persons) Yes, it is finished indeed!…

Charlie Brown may not be great at selecting a Christmas tree but he does develop a solid fix on the meaning of advent, and ideas about how we should treat advent today. An easily staged comedy, useful for sermon starter. Bible Reference:     Philippians 1:6 and Luke 15:1-10   Cast:        2 (made to appear children, male and female) Charlie Brown Lucy   Set:         blank set   Lighting, Sound:      standard   Costumes:   costumes making the actors appear as…

A series of five easily staged advent presentations to be given by children on the 4 Sundays preceding Christmas and on Christmas Eve.Tells of the significance of the advent season, and of the advent wreath. Cast: 5 (m or f) Although written for 5, this could be done by any number of actors. Set, lighting, sound, costumes: standard Special instructions: Depending on the children’s ages you may want to have an adult light the candles. We suggest…

An easily staged Sunday School Christmas concert reading for children, who hold up letters and explain the meaning behind the letters: WISEMEN. Children may read or memorize lines. Cast: 28 possible, can be easily modified Sound: standing mics with music stands would be useful Sample of script: NOTE: If fewer children are available parts can be combined so that, as an example, child 2 may be responsible for all the secondary lines, (those shown as child 2,…

Theme:       Youth are required to create and perform in Christmas Eve program in church. In spite of early concerns they find out a lot about advent and the birth of Jesus. Uses advent wreath and nativity scene. Bible Reference:     Matthew 1-2   Cast:         10 (m or f, youth age)   Set, Sound:   standard   Lighting:     spot on the nativity scene   Costumes:    costumes for Mary, Joseph angels, kings, shepherds   Props:        food, notepad, advent wreath and candles…

Post-Civil War time frame. Three women who have lost everything in the war travel on Christmas Eve to pick up the last remaining male member of their family from an army hospital. Cast:    4 teen pregnant woman – MaryJane May mother – Rebecca mother-in-law – Elizabeth Innkeeper – Esther Bible Reference:    Luke 2 Set:      a minimal backdrop showing a…

Let's see, how does the old song go? . . . . . Oh, yea . . . . "Baby, have you ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me?" Well, and you hear it here first . . . The wild and wacky world of WKRP in Cincinnati is back, but this time the radio station is going Christian format. All the characters, (Johnny Fever, Mr. Carlson, Les Nessman, Jennifer Marlowe, Herb Tarlack, Bailey Quarters, and all…

Christmas program becomes an inconvenience. The coach of the school basketball team is not impressed! The theme of the church Christmas program is "believing." Individual segments speak of how for centuries people firmly believed that a Messiah would come, another shows the strong belief that Jesus would rise from the dead, and another showed the faith of Mary and Joseph who believed the message of the angel. The final segment is a human video, (mime to music), of…

Children are searching for the best good, big, cheap, genuine Christian Christmas gift for the pastor, and they find that what the pastor really wanted was for them to step out and show Christian love to those who needed it most by building bridges Is set up in four scenes in order to insert some Sunday school or musical presentations, but could be run as one continuous drama. Cast: 8 m or f, likely young or pre-teen…