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A Shepherd
A Shepherd
CHOIR: “REJOICE”
SCENE 1
[LIGHTS OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT IN]
[MUSIC IN:__________)
(THE SHEPHERDS ARE SLEEPING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE)
SHEPHERD 1: (WAKE UP AND YAWN) OH, THERE’S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AROUND ME! HI EVERYONE!
WELCOME TO THE MOST AWAITED CANTATA NIGHT OF THE YEAR.
SHEPHERD 2: (EXCITED) YES! THE MOST WONDERFUL STORY EVER TOLD! HEY WAKE UP EVERYONE!
(THE FOUR SHEPHERDS WILL WAKE UP)
SHEPHERD 3: (YAWN) GOOD EVENING EVERYONE! OH, TODAY’S THE BIRTH OF BABY JESUS! THAT’S
WHY, WE, SIMPLE SHEPHERDS, WERE SO BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS STORY.
SHEPHERD 1&2: (THINKING) UHM… YES?
SHEPHERD 4: WOW! WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT WE, MERE KEEPERS OF SHEEP, WOULD
BE THE FIRST TO MEET THE GREATEST SHEPHERD OF ALL?
SHEPHERD 5: (EXCITED) BUT, AS AMAZING AS IT SEEM, WE WERE THE FIRST TO MEET HIM.
[MUSIC OUT]
[MUSIC IN:_____________)
SHEPHERD 6: IT ALL BEGAN IN ONE NIGHT. (LOOK AT ALL THE SHEPHERD) WE HAD ALL GATHERED
AROUND THIS CAMPFIRE AND WE WERE SETTLING DOWN TO GET SOME WELL NEEDED REST.
SHEPHERD 5: OKAY!
(ALL THE SHEPHERD EXCEPT NO.6 WILL CONTINUE TO SLEEP)
SHEPHERD 6: WAIT! REMEMBER THAT WE ARE SHEPHEREDS, WE NEVER LOST OUR SIGHT TO OUR
SHEEP. THAT’S WHY, WE STILL NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR OUR FLOCKS AT NIGHT.
SHEPHERD 5: AHHH... OKAY! GOOD NIGHT.
(ALL THE SHEPHERD WILL SLEEP)
[MUSIC OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT OUT]
[LIGHTS IN]
CHOIR: “ALL NIGHT ALL DAY”
SCENE 2
[LIGHTS OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT IN]
[MUSIC IN:__________]
SHEPHERD 1: (WAKE UP) SUDDENLY, JUST AS WE HAD FALLEN TO SLEEP, WE WERE AWAKED BY A
NOISE.
[MUSIC OUT:___________]
[MUSIC IN: ANGELIC CHOIR SFX]
(EVERYONE WILL WAKE UP WHEN HEARD THE MUSIC)
[MUSIC OUT: ANGELIC CHOIR SFX]
[MUSIC IN:__________]
SHEPHERD 1: IT WAS MUSIC! THE MOST BUETIFUL MUSIC WE HAD EVER HEARD.
SHEPHERD 2: AND THEN, A BRIGHT LIGHT APEAR ABOVE OUR HEADS.
[LIGHTS IN]
(THE ANGEL WILL APPEAR AND STAND IN FRONT OF THE STAGE)
SHEPHERD 3: LOOK! IT WAS AN ANGEL OF THE LORD! (THE SHEPHERD WILL POINT OUT TO THE ANGEL)
SHEPHERED 4: WE WERE TERRIFIED!
(SHEPHERDS WILL FELL TO THE GRUND)
SHEPHERD 5: WE FELL TO THE GROUND AND HID OUR FACES. THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND
US.
SHEPHERD 6: (STAND UP) WHAT COULD THIS MESSENGER FROM HEAVEN NEED WITH MERE
SHEPHERDS? THEN, WE HEARD THE ANGEL BEGIN TO SPEAK. (FELL AGAIN TO THE
GROUND).
[MUSIC OUT:___________]
[MUSIC IN: HEAVENLY SFX]
SCENE 3
ANGEL: DO NOT BE AFRAID, I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY THAT WILL BE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
TODAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOUR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU. HE IS CHRIST THE LORD.
THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO YOU. YOU WILL FIND THE BABY WRAPPED IN CLOTHS AND LYING IN A
MANGER.
[LIGHTS OUT]
[MUSIC OUT:___________]
SHEPHERD 4: JESUS! OUR SAVIOUR WAS BORN AND WAS LYING IN A MANGER IN NEARBY BETHLEHEM!
[SPOTLIGHT OUT]
[LIGHTS IN]
CHOIR: “AWAY IN A MANGER”
SCENE 4
[LIGHTS OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT IN]
[MUSIC IN:__________]
(SHEPHERDS ARE SEATING)
SHEPHERD 1: (STAND UP) SUDDENLY, A GREAT COMPANY OF THE HEAVENLY HOST APPEARED WITH
THE ANGELS…
SHEPHERD 2: (STAND UP) … PRAISING GOD AND SAYING.
SHEPHERED 3: (STAND UP) “GLOY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST…”
SHEPHERD 4: (STAND UP) “… AND ON EARTH PEACE TO MEN ON WHOM HIS FAVOR REST.”
SHEPHERD 5: (STAND UP) THE ANGELS SANG BEAUTIFUL PRAISES TO GOD.
SHEPHERD 6: (STAND UP) THIS MUSIC FROM HEAVEN WAS GLORIOUS!
[MUSIC OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT OUT]
[LIGHTS IN]
CHOIR: “ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH”
SCENE 5
[LIGHTS OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT IN]
[MUSIC IN:__________]
SHEPHERD 1: WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT US AND HAD GONE BACK TO HEAVEN, SAID TO ONE ANOTHER,
SHEPHERD 2: COME ON, LET’S GO TO BETHLEHEM (START WALKING) AND SEE THIS THING THAT HAS
HAPPENED, WHICH THE LORD HAS TOLD US ABOUT.
[LIGHTS IN]
SHEPHERD 3: OKAY! LET’S GET HURRY!
(SHEPHERDS WILL WALK AROUD THE AUDI AND INVITE THE AUDIENCE “COME, THE CHILD IS BORN”)
SHEPHERD 4: I COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE OR NEWBORN KING!
SHEPHERD 5: I COULD NOT WAIT TO WORSHIP HIM!
SHEPHERD 6: I COULD NOT WAIT TO MEET HIM!
(THE SHEPHERD WILL GO UP TO THE STAGE)
[MUSIC OUT]
[SPOTLIGHT OUT]
CHOIR: “O COME LET US ADORE HIM”
SCENE 6
[MUSIC IN]
SHEPHERD 1: FINALLY, WE’RE HERE!
SHEPHERD 2: THERE’S MARY AND JOSEPH…
SHEPHERD 3: …AND THERE’S THE BABY, WHO WAS LYING IN THE MANGER! COME! LET US GO NEAR
AND WORSHIP HIM.
(THE SHEPHERDS WILL COME NEAR TO THE BABY)
SHEPHERD 4: WE KNEW THAT MOMENT WE MET JESUS THAT HE WAS SPECIAL.
SHEPHERD 5: HE WAS VERY SPECIAL! WE KNEW HE WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD.
SHEPHERD 6: WE BOWED AND WORSHIPPED HIM.
[MUSIC OUT]
CHOIR: “ALLELUIA, COME ADORE HIM”
SCENE 7
[MUSIC IN]
SHEPHERD 1: AFTER WE HAD SEEN HIM, WE KNEW WE HAD TO SPREAD THE NEWS.
SHEPHERD 2: WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A SPECIAL CHILD AND WE ALSO KNEW THAT OTHERS SHOULD
KNOW HIM TOO!
SHEPHERED 3: WE GAVE GOD THE GLORY FOR WE ALL WE HAD SEEN.
SHEPHERD 4: AND WE PRAISED GOD FOR ALL WE HAD HEARD.
SHEPHERD 5: WE WERE AMAZED THAT ALL THAT THE ANGELS HAD TOLD US WAS TRUE
SHEPHERD 6: WE JUST MET JESUS AND JOY WAS NOW ON EARTH.
[MUSIC OUT]
(THE SHEPHERDS WILL RETURN TO THE CAMPFIRE)
CHOIR: “I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY”
SCENE 8
[MUSIC IN]
[SPOTLIGHT IN]
(THE SHEPHERDS ARE SLEEPING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE)
SHEPHERD 1: (WAKE UP AND YAWN) OH, YOU’RE ALL STILL THERE. WHAT A GREAT STORY WE HAVE
SHARED WITH YOU. HEY EVERYONE! WAKE UP.
SHEPHERD 2: (WAKE UP AND STAND UP) HE CHANGED US FOREVER!
SHEPHERED 3: DO YOU KNOW JESUS? DOES HE LIVE IN YOUR HEART?
SHEPHERD 4: IF YOU HAVE NEVER MET OUR KING, WHY DON’T YOU DO IT KNOW. JUST OPEN YOUR
HEART AND HE WILL COME IN.
SHEPHERD 5: AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE BRAND NEW JUST LIKE HE DID TO US.
SHEPHERD 6: THIS CHRISMAS, REMEMBER OUT SGEPHERDS’ STORY AND OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE
BEST GIFT YOU CAN EVER RECEIVE. JESUS!
[MUSIC OUT]
CHOIR: “JOY TO THE WORLD”