A Christmas message in celebration of a significant anniversary milestone in an individual church’s life. This easily staged readers drama contrasts the happenings surrounding the birth of Jesus with the beginnings and history of an individual church. Cast: 6 readers (could be more or less) Song: “The Church’s One Foundation” By Samuel Stone and Samuel Wesley 1866 Costumes: likely standard although you may want to dress Readers 1, 2 and 3 in traditional costuming Special Instructions: Adjust…

Mom struggles through the shopping to find what is really important at Christmas, amid the buying, the giving, and getting. Very well written by Brenda Tymecki. Cast:    1 Bible Reference:  Set:      bare Lighting:        standard   Sound:     wireless mics if available Song:     none [icon name="volume-up" style="solid" class=""…

This drama uses two actresses to portray Mary, the mother of Jesus. Cast Child Mary is intended to be about 15 years old and portrays the time of Jesus' birth. Adult Mary is early middle age and portrays Mary after the crucifixion. Narrator off stage, good expressive, deep voice. Staging Young Mary stands on a small, (3' X 4'), stage unit immediately in front of the audience, (at downstage left position). Adult Mary stands on a similar…

Mary and Joseph deal with their roles, and try to stay calm in the advice of "do not be afraid" This is a drama portraying Mary, the mother of Jesus and her husband Joseph. Cast • Mary is intended to be 12 to 15 years of age • Joseph is intended to be young adult male • Narrator off stage, good expressive, deep voice Costumes The costumes should be a dull, drab color, likely brown. For Mary…

Bartimaeus and his friend Simon wait for Jesus to pass by Cast: 3 (including offstage voice of Jesus) Set: blank Sample of script: Bartimaeus is sitting on stage, Simon comes on stage Simon: Hello Bartimaeus Bartimaeus: Hello. Simon: It’s Simon here Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus: Simon, you’ve been dropping by at this street corner every day for the last hundred years seems like! Likely I know by now that it’s you, alright? Simon: Well, it’s just you being blind…

A short drama dealing with the question of suffering and faith, and the difficulty in seeing God’s presence in the midst of hardship.  The play was written for a church that was starting a Stephen Ministry initiative, in order to introduce the congregation to the program, but it can be utilized to represent any church/ministry which provides Christian counseling.   Cast:  Two adult males, ages 30-50: Set:  A hospital waiting room: plastic chairs, small table, “Intensive Care”…

Satan's attacks A comedy about demons plotting to take the joy out of life and make things miserable for the pastor and his flock. CAST - Head demon and various demons 4 Sample of script (all demons enter acting demon-like, hunched back walking and moving around) HD: Well you know why were here, these people at (church name) have too much joy. Their contagious joy is infecting others and this must be stopped. Your job is simple…

How do we handle our finances and our allocation of our time, and what becomes most important in our lives. financial bondage, money, position, power, sport, release Costumes: Have Car, Holiday, House and Clothing actors dressed in black, Jesus actor in white. All others in various colors. Sample of script Group of actors hurry into the sanctuary from back doors, praising God. IMPORTANT – in this first section all actors are looking at each other as they…

First in a five part drama with a military boot camp theme, excellent for VBS. Camp Follow-You is underway and everything had better be just right! . . Except that there is a new recruit named Chester Romeo Hunkalunk from Goose Feathers, Iowa who is, well, different. In this first segment we find out how this . . group . . will show their love and support for each other. (John 13:35) In the second segment we…

Fourth in a five part drama with a military boot camp theme, excellent for VBS. Camp Follow-You is underway and everything had better be just right! . . Except that there is a new recruit named Chester Romeo Hunkalunk from Goose Feathers, Iowa who is, well, different. In the first segment we find out how this . . group . . will show their love and support for each other. (John 13:35) In the second segment we…