Shepherds Go To Bethlehem

(Luke 2:8-20)

Two or three screens will have to be moved centre stage, with a step ladder hidden behind for the angel to go up! (and later, the kids can set up their nativity scene behind the screens too). Two shepherds on stage one on the left, one on the right, facing half in to talk to each other and half to the congregation. Shepherd 2 miming doing a head count, pointing to each sheep in turn

Shepherd 2: 83, 84, 85…

Shepherd 1: Finished the head count?

Shepherd 2: How can I count them properly if they won’t stand still?!

Shepherd 1: Call yourself a professional! Get organised!

Shepherd 2: Is that number 86 or 87? They all look the same to me!

Shepherd 1: “Ample experience of shepherding” you said on your application…

Shepherd 2: Will you stop milling about! I don’t know what’s the matter with this lot tonight, they’re so restless

Shepherd 1: Let me do it! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5….

Angel appears above middle screen as spot light is turned on, shepherds fall to their knees, turning away and covering their faces in fear

richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.