From the Pageant

Excerpts from Today's Pageant...

Prologue

Narrator: The nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, based on the Gospel writings of St. Luke and St. Matthew. But before we tell the story, we need to remind ourselves:

Before the universe existed, there was God. There was no time and no space, but there was God. Then God spoke and Creation came to be. One of the things God created was freedom, which was the ability to say “yes” or “no” of your own free will and not be compelled to answer one way or the other. God yearned with all of God’s heart that the Creation God made would say “yes” to a deep relationship with God its creator. But more often than not, parts of that Creation said, “No.” People said, “No.” We said, “No.”

Saying “No” to relationship with God led people down some dark paths. They ruled each other instead of serving each other in love. Fear controlled the day. And yet God did not give up. God decided to send God’s own Son into this wayward Creation to show us the path back to the God who never broke the relationship like we had done. All God needed was someone to say, “Yes.”

Epilogue

Narrator: And so God sent God’s only Son to teach people to use their freedom to remain open to God, to say “Yes” to that deep relationship. A few decades later, he would die for his convictions. But then he rose again to show that nothing, not even death, can separate us from God’s love.

All the Cast (on Poster board) Speak:
So when you are searching for God…
now that God is always with you…
And when the Prince of Peace calls to you…
Say “Yes!”

 
Arranged in 2013 by the Rev. Matthew Kozlowski for St. Mary’s in Stuart, FL; additional parts in 2014 by The Rev. Adam Thomas of St. Mark’s in Mystic, CT. Adapted, etc. by Rev. Kurt – 12/2015 for St. Peter's, Monroe.