CHRISTMAS PLAY. THE STORY OF THE COMING OF JESUS, FOR PRODUCTION IN CHURCHES, USING THE TEXT OF - Tecno-Libro

Why Gary Neal Hansen s Christmas Play ? Your church wants to put on a pageant this December. You want more than kids as shepherds in bathrobes and tinsel-winged angels. Sure, they re cute, but you want your congregation to know why the baby Jesus matters. You want to show the real meaning of Christmas: the story of the coming of Christ into the world, Jesus born of Mary, the Son of God. it is easy to go wrong in a play about Christmas. in a heartbeat things can get too sweet, or too preachy, or downright tacky. Despite the best of intentions, plays can even take our attention away from Jesus. Focusing too hard on modern problems like materialism, they can almost forget to show the world-changing story of the coming of Christ. . So you fear that your play will aim too low. You fear missing the once-a-year opportunity to help people see and feel the story of how our salvation began to be revealed. Gary Neal Hansen