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2351. YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? (Alternate to

Drama

Angela Akers

"CLEANING IT ALL OUT") SUBJECT: Resolutions, New Years, January 1 CHARACTERS: Mother, Daughter, teen or pre-teen, Son, six to eight years old PROPS: A box of odds and ends, including some shiny, worthless stuff SETTING: Not particular Mother: "How did we collect this much junk in one year? We''re human beings, not pack rats! (Holding up something shiny and ...

2352. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas, unexpected, gifts CHARACTERS: Mother, Son (10 to 14 years old) PROPS: None SETTING: Home (Mother walks in on moping son) Mother: Hi, sweetie. What''s the matter? Son: Nothing Mother: Is all this Christmas cheer just too much? You want to balance it with a good old-fashioned gripe session? Son: I don'' ...

2353. CLUELESS FOR CHRISTMAS

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Homeless, True meaning of Christmas CHARACTERS: Detective, Clyde, his partner, Homeless people carrying plates of food (optional) PROPS: Trenchcoat and hat for Detective, Magnifying glass for Clyde (optional), Plates and food for homeless people (optional) SETTING: Detective''s office Detective: "We were hired to do a job, see, but my partner and me weren''t having ...

2354. WHAT'S ON YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas, greed, materialism CHARACTERS: Father, Daughter, Young son, Angel PROPS: A desk with a chair, Two pieces of paper and a pen, A wastepaper basket SETTING: In the living room Father: "Hey, you two, only three more days ''til Christmas! Are you getting excited?" Daughter: "Yeah!" Father: "Have you finished writing your Christmas lists ...

2355. JUST ANOTHER BABY, JUST ANOTHER DAY

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas, insignificance CHARACTERS: Joseph, Mary, Head nurse, Other nurse PROPS: Hospital type clothing (white jackets, etc), stack of papers to represent forms (Might want Mary and Joseph to dress in ancient Hebrew-type garb) SETTING: In a large hospital Joseph: "Excuse me, ma''am, my wife is having a baby. Do you have ...

2356. THE SAVIOR HAS COME?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas, Simeon, Lord’s Coming CHARACTERS: Simeon, a shepherd, Nathan, a shepherd, Bartender PROPS: two chairs for the shepherds to sit in, two wine goblets, or fancy glasses that represent wine goblets SETTING: an inn in Jericho Simeon: "Wine, my good man. Wine for the thirsty traveler." (Bartender brings him some wine.) Nathan: "Well, if it ...

2357. TREES, TRINKETS, AND TRIFLES

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas, angels CHARACTERS: Angel 1 and Angel 2 PROPS: None SETTING: In Heaven Angel 1: "It''s time." Angel 2: "Now?" Angel 1: "Yes. Just what all the other angels have been talking about. The human beings'' preparation for Christmas." Angel 2: "Have you ever seen it before?" Angel 1: "No, this is ...

2358. EXALTED ANNUAL TURKEY DAY

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Thanksgiving CHARACTERS: Turkey (extremely arrogant, but trying to appear modest) PROPS: Turkey costume (could wear drab brown clothing and pin paper feathers to your tail) SETTING: Not particular Good morning. I''m glad to see all of you here on this great day of celebration. It''s so important that we all ...

2359. REMEMBER THE BLESSINGS

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Thanksgiving, gratitude, thankfulness CHARACTERS: Mother, Shaundra, her teenage daughter, James, Shaundra''s boyfriend PROPS: Card table and chairs they can sit in, Stack of Thanksgiving lists SETTING: Kitchen table Shaundra: "Hey, Mom. What are you doing?" Mother: "Oh, hey, guys. I was going through our insurance papers and came across all our old Thanksgiving ...

2360. CLEANING IT ALL OUT

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: New Year, January 1, resolutions CHARACTERS: Wife, husband PROPS: A box of odds and ends, including some tapes, an iron, a picture album, a magazine or brochure, and a Thighmaster SETTING: Not particular Wife: "Are you ready?" Husband: "Am I ever? Bring it on anyway." Wife: "Okay, these are all the boxes I dragged up from ...

2361. DO WE REALLY MEAN IT?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Easter, resurrection CHARACTERS: One man or woman, dressed in a style characteristic of that time period. SETTING: The road on which Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: Road sign with an arrow saying, “Jerusalem.” "It was not long ago. He came down this very road on which I stand. I wonder ...

2362. FOR WHOM DO WE WORK?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Labor Day, business, work CHARACTERS: Businessman, Other''s Expectations (represented by an older man or woman), Colleague''s Approval (represented by a few people dressed in business clothes), Lifestyle (represented by a woman, richly and audily dressed), Status (represented by a pompous man in very elegant clothes) SETTING: An office PROPS: A stack of papers ( ...

2363. SOMEONE TO REMEMBER

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Memorial Day CHARACTERS: Mother, Daughter (13-15 years of age) SETTING: Sitting in the church pew PROPS: A couple of church bulletins Daughter: "Mom, have you read your bulletin yet?" Mother: "Yes." Daughter: "What are all these names for?" Mother: "Those are the names of people from this church who''ve served in ...

2364. THE HOPE HE LEFT BEHIND

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day CHARACTERS: Martin Luther King, Jr., Angel SETTING: On their way to Heaven PROPS: None (Martin walks into the area where the angel is. He is disoriented by the sight of the angel). Martin: "Wha....Where am I? Am I dead?" Angel: "Yes, Martin, you''re dead. It''s my job to ...

2365. RISK-FREE RESOLUTIONS

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: New Year''s CHARACTERS: TV news commentator (TV), Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson

2366. IN HONOR OF HIM

Luke 19:28-40

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Palm Sunday CHARACTERS: Wife, husband SETTING: A small house on the road on which Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: A potted plant (Woman is kneeling by the side of the road planting the plant) (Husband''s voice from off stage) "Wife, come in here. It''s time for the evening ...

2367. AN UNLIKELY KING

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Palm Sunday CHARACTERS: One businessman, dressed in the manner in which someone would have dressed in Jesus'' day. SETTING: The road upon which Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: Clothes and palm branches strewn on the floor (This is spoken to the congregation) "Look at this! Honest men can''t even ...

2368. WHY THEY MATTER TODAY

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Presidents'' Day CHARACTERS: Teacher, The students: Kim, Sammy, Jay, Julie SETTING: A classroom PROPS: A pile of test papers (Teacher is handing out test papers to the students) Teacher: "I''m handing back last week''s test on the Presidents. I gotta tell you, if bad grades were explosive, then you folks would ...

2369. AN ACT OF WILL

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Thanksgiving CHARACTERS: Maria, the mother, Mr. Ramos, an elderly man, Reba, the babysitter, The son, 6-8 years old SETTING: Maria''s apartment PROPS: Some dishes of food (don''t necessarily have to have food in them) Maria: "Reba, thank you so much for watching the kids this afternoon. I''ll be ...

2370. LOSING SIGHT OF THE CHRIST CHILD

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas CHARACTERS: Two clerks (1 and 2), A girl SETTING: The Lost and Found department at a mall. The clerks are talking. PROPS: An umbrella, a wallet, a handbag, a lunchbox, a tennis shoe, a blanket, some gloves and mittens, a pacifier, a date book, and a beeper. (If you would prefer, ...

2371. Father? Almighty?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... asked a Sunday School class, “Is there anything God cannot do?” One bright pupil replied, “Yes. He can’t please everybody!” That’s true. And there are other things God cannot do as well. God cannot stop being God. God cannot step out of character. God (we Christians believe) cannot ever be anything but Love. God’s Almightiness is limited by God’s Love. God has given us freedom, therefore, it is always possible that we may rebel against God and God’s plans for our lives. Parents understand ...

2372. To Hell and Back

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... in hell. He wrote: “There is a compliment in the very use of the word fire. Wood, hay, and stubble are destroyed by fire. Gold is refined by it. Since destruction cannot be God’s plan, his use of a discipline comparable with fire points to man’s character being of the nature of gold which benefits by it.” (p. 286) Perhaps there is hope, then, even in hell! I want to talk more about that later; but there are many of us who simply cannot conceive of the God of infinite love described by Jesus, in ...

2373. What the Heck Is Sin?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... (we would say humankind today, but we didn’t talk that way when I was in seminary,) Man is a slob...for whom Christ died. Do not forget either half of the sentence. III. WHAT DOES GOD DO ABOUT SIN? The Creed says that God forgives it. A character in a novel some years ago said: “The world is really admirably arranged. I like sinning. God likes forgiving. What could be better for both of us?” But God doesn’t like forgiving. It costs God something. God loves sinners, yes, but God doesn’t love sin.I ...

2374. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Just two chapters later He rebukes those who come to Him only for the miraculous signs, saying that "Unless you see signs you will not believe!" (John 4:48) For my part, I have no real problem with the miraculous element here. I find it perfectly in character that Jesus, who would not turn stones into bread for His own benefit, might very well turn water into wine in order to spare a poor family from embarrassment. Why should we doubt the miracle? Every Spring, in vineyards all over the world God does the ...

2375. Jesus and the Divorced Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... from a loving God. With Christ, each of us is called to live toward the future, not hampered by the past. “Live toward the future”...the phrase comes from Boris Pasternak’s novel, Doctor Zhivago. Before you are ten pages into the novel, one of the characters named Nikolai Nikolaivich says, “History as we know it began with Christ and...Christ’s Gospel is its foundation... It was not until the coming of Christ that time and man could breathe freely. It was not until after Him that men began to live ...

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