Jesus’ Party
Characters:
Angels 1-7
Messenger Angel
Voice of God
Length:10-15 minutes
Summary: When the angels hear about Jesus’ coming birth, they decide that they need to announce that He is king to the whole world. God intervenes and explains that He has a better plan for Jesus’ life.
Angels are onstage doing whatever angels do. Messenger angel enters.
Messenger: Did you hear the news? [may go to several groups, repeating this a couple of times, building anticipation]
All other angels: No, what?
Messenger: Jesus is born on earth!
All other angels ad lib, wow, no way, cool, party, etc.
Angel 1: We should have a party!
Angel 2: A really, really big party!
Angel 3: Jesus is going to be king of the world! Yay!
Lead Angel: That’s right! And everyone’s going to have to help! This is a very big job, because we have to let everyone know.
Angel 4: Let’s tell Queen Elizabeth!
Angel 5: Let’s tell President Bush!
Angel 6: Let’s tell President Chen Shui Bian (Taiwanese President…replace with well known leader of choice).
Lead Angel: We need choirs of angels…
Angel 1: And trumpets! [pulls out trumpet]
Angel 3: And fireworks! [fire popper]
Angel 2: Let’s put it on TV! [camcorder]
Angel 5: Take some pictures! [take a group picture]
Angel 7: Do a newspaper article! [Hold up newspaper]
Angel 4: And let them all know who the new king is!
Lead Angel: [pulls out world map and pointer] Alright, group 1…you are here…[circles North & south America] you’re leading. [points to Angel 6]
Angel 6: I can do that!
Lead Angel: Group 2,
you’ve got
Angel 7: I’m on it!
Lead Angel: Group 3,
you’re down here…
Angel 1: Yes, sir!
Lead Angel: Okay, so we’ve got everything covered! Let’s get ready!
[Angels start playing tambourines, blowing trumpet, throwing streamers, blowing up balloons, sings, making lots of noise, tons of excitement]
Voice of God: Hellooooooo….What are you doing?
[Angels gradually die down and stare at God spot]
Angel 2: Hey God! Congratulations on Jesus birth! That’s awesome!
Voice of God: Thank you. What are you guys doing?
Angel 3: We’re getting ready for a party!! [angels start to celebrate]
Angel 4: Because Jesus is born!
Voice of God: What’s the map for?
Angel 5: We had to decide who was going to tell President Bush, and who was going to tell President Chen, and who was going to tell Queen Elizabeth!!
Voice of God: What are the balloons for?
Angel 6: For the worldwide party, of course!
Angel 7: Because Jesus is going to be king of everything!!
Voice of God: Well, he is going to be king, but we’re not having a worldwide party…
All Angels: WHAT?!?!?!
Voice of God: And I don’t need you angels to tell President Bush, or Queen Elizabeth, or President Chen…
Lead Angel: Don’t we get to tell anyone??
Voice of God: Yes. There are some shepherds sleeping outside who need to know about Jesus.
All Angels: What? Shepherds??
Angel 2: They’re stinky!
Angel 3: They’re dirty!
Angel 1: They’re poor!
Angel 4: No one likes them!
Voice of God: But Jesus is coming to save the poor, dirty, stinky people AND the rich, beautiful, powerful ones.
Angel 5: Aww, nuts!
Voice of God: Jesus loves all people the same, it doesn’t matter to Jesus what they look like or how much money they have. These things are important on earth, but they are not important in heaven.
Angel 6: Oh, okay.
Angel 7: But if we only tell the shepherds, then the whole world won’t know that Jesus is king!
Voice of God: I don’t need you to tell everyone, because the shepherds will tell other people, and those people will tell others. The news will spread!
Angel 1: Oh, duh! God doesn’t need us to tell people because Jesus is going to come in with fireworks and explosions and He’ll be so powerful that everyone will know that he is king!
Angel 2: Yeah, it’ll be completely obvious that Jesus is king!
Angel 3: Even the dumbest person will have to know that Jesus is king!
Voice of God: Well, actually…Jesus is not going to be all that powerful…He’s going to be born as little baby…
Angel 4: What? Babies can’t even feed themselves??
Angel 5: Aww, nuts!
Angel 6: I thought he was going to rule the world!
Voice of God: He is going to be king, but not the kind of king that you guys are thinking of. He’s not going to wear fancy clothing, or sit on a throne, or live in a palace. He’s not going to meet President Bush or Queen Elizabeth or President Chen.
Angel 5: Aww, nuts! This just gets worse and worse!
Angel 1: What kind of king is he going to be, anyway?
Voice of God: He’s going to be the best king ever- a king that loves his people so much that he’s willing to die for them.
Angel 2: Die? Why’s he going to do that?
Voice of God: In fact, the only reason for Jesus to go to earth is to die for people’s sins. The people of the world do bad things all the time, and can’t stop. On their own, they would keep doing bad things all the time, even if they tried to stop. I love my people very much, and I don’t want them to do bad things. Jesus is perfect and never does anything bad, so I am sending him to pay for all the bad things that other people do.
Angel 3: How’s he going to pay for people’s sins?
Voice of God: By dying on a cross. All people deserve to die, but Jesus is going to die for them so that they won’t die.
Angel 4: But people die all the time!
Voice of God: But if they believe that Jesus died for their sins, then they will go to heaven, where they will live forever with us!
Angel 6: And will they keep doing bad things in heaven??
Voice of God: No, in heaven they will be perfect like Jesus!
Lead Angel: So, let me get this straight…it doesn’t sound like we have a reason for a party, if Jesus is just going to be weak and die!
Angel 5: Aww, nuts!
Angel 6: But if people get to go to heaven because of Jesus, that’s a reason for a party, isn’t it?
Lead Angel: But if he’s just going to stay dead, then I don’t care how many people are in heaven! I would still be sad.
Voice of God: Oh, he’s not going to stay dead!
All Angels: He’s not??
Voice of God: Of course not! Jesus is going to rule over death, and he’ll come back to life three days after he dies, and then he’ll come back to heaven to be with me and you and all the people whose sins he’s forgiven!
Angel 3: Wow, it sounds like he is pretty powerful, after all!
Voice of God: Absolutely. He’s just powerful in a different way than you would ever think of.
Angel 4: Alright, so we do have a reason for a party!
Voice of God: That’s right! You’re going to have a party with the shepherds. It’s not going to be a very big party…this time.
Angel 6: This time?
Voice of God: But save those balloons, because some day there will be a huge party!
Angel 5: Really?? When?
Voice of God: When Jesus goes back to earth a second time!
Angel 4: He’ll go back a second time?
Voice of God: Yes…but don’t you guys have some shepherds to go to see?
[Angels exit, singing, playing, etc.]
Copyright 2001 by Jessie Vogel and Anne
Podoll. Based
on an idea from a sermon by Rev. Lynn Podoll,