Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem's Wall (drama sketch(

Then the troublesome officials tried to trick Nehemiah in to going to visit them, to get him away from his rebuilding work, and have the opportunity to harm him. They sent him four messages saying:

Come and meet us in one of the villages! We need to talk! We can iron out some of our differences! Come on!

But Nehemiah replied: I’m busy! I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

So they sent a fifth note saying: You are in so much trouble now! We know you are planning to revolt against the king! Wait until he hears about this!

But Nehemiah replied: Stop making up lies! I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!


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

Nehmiah Rebuilds Jerusalem's Wall

Then those pesky officials returned and mocked Nehemiah and the Jews working on the wall:

That is the most rubbish wall I’ve ever seen! Nobody sneeze, it might fall down!

But Nehemiah replied: I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

Which really wound them up, so they plotted together to come and attack Jerusalem and cause chaos. But Nehemiah heard about their plans and put men on guard duty; everybody carried a weapon in case of attack, and the officials knew they has lost the element of surprise and backed down. Nehemiah said:

I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

The wall-builders said: We are tired out! And there’s still rubble everywhere and loads of wall to build!

But Nehemiah replied: I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

Then the Nehemiah’s people said: We’re hungry! We’re broke! We’re in debt!

So Nehemiah had to sort out their social and economic problems, but he said to himself:

I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

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

Nehmiah Rebuilds Jerusalem's Wall

It was a good start, but then things started to get tricky. Nehemiah said:

I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

And some officials from the neighbouring towns said:

(laugh) Rebuild the wall! It’s never going to happen! It’s equivalent to rebelling against the king!

But Nehemiah replied: I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!

And Nehemiah and all the other Jews started the work. All except the noble men of Tekoa, who said:

We’re not going to get our hands dirty!

But Nehemiah replied: I’m going to get the wall rebuilt!


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

Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem’s Wall (drama sketch)

Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem’s Wall (Nehemiah 1-6 & 12: 27-43)

Nehemiah wanted to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem. It didn’t look like a useful, protective, grand wall; it looked like a messy trail of rubble. At that time Nehemiah was working for King Artaxerxes in Persia. The first thing he had to do was ask for the king’s permission to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall. It could have made the king mad – why should the king let his wine steward go and rebuild a conquered enemy’s wall? But Nehemiah prayed about it first, and the king agreed to let Nehemiah go. Not only that, the king also agreed Nehemiah’s request for wood from the king’s forest and gave him an armed escort for the journey! It was a good start to Nehemiah’s plan to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.


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

Road to Emmaus (drama sketch)

[Joanna comes on to stage, Cleopas and Disciple 2 go up to her, both speaking fast, excited]
Disciple 2: You were right! You’re not mad! Jesus has risen! We met him on the road to Emmaus...
Cleopas: Not that we knew it was him...
Disciple 2: Though our hearts were racing as he spoke to us...
Cleopas: And then he broke the bread and....
[Jesus appears – makes them all jump]
Jesus: Peace be with you. Don’t be afraid, I’m not a ghost, I’m really here. Touch me and see.
[Cleopas and Disciple 2 touch him. Joanna takes his hand, kisses his wound, falls to her knees]
Joanna: Lord!
Jesus: As the Father sent me to bring people back to him, I am now going to send you out, in the power of the Holy Spirit.


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

Road to Emmaus (drama skecth)

Cleopas: This is as far as we are going. It’s getting late, you shouldn’t travel on in the dark. Stay with us.
Disciple 2: Yes, sit and eat with us
[the disciples sit down, and Jesus joins them. Jesus breaks the bread and passes it to them]
Jesus: Thank you Father for this bread...
Cleopas and Disciple 2: Jesus!
[Cleopas and Disciple 2 freeze - exit Jesus]
Cleopas: We should get back to Jerusalem and tell the others!


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

Road to Emmaus (drama sketch)

Disciple 2: Which sounded like nonsense, but Peter and John went to check it out anyway and found the tomb was empty, as the women had said. But they didn’t see Jesus.
Cleopas: It’s all very confusing! We don’t know what to think!
Jesus: You are slow on the up-take! It’s not really confusing, if only you’d look at it through the eyes of faith. The Lord’s prophets since Moses’ time have been explaining what will happen.
Disciple 2: Have they?
Jesus: Think of the blood of the lamb saving you at Passover; think of Moses lifting up his staff; who had a virgin birth, born in Bethlehem, in the line of David? Zechariah even said he will ride in on a colt – remember Palm Sunday? Do you remember what Jesus himself said about the third day? How the temple will be rebuilt?


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

Road to Emmaus (drama sketch)

Disciple 2: Jesus of Nazareth. He was a mighty man of God. He could heal people and work all kinds of miracles like you’ve never seen before. He talked about the kingdom of God so powerfully you felt you could reach out and touch it.
Cleopas: But our Chief Priests and rulers handed him over to the Romans to crucify him. [putting shoe back on, walking slowly forwards]
Disciple 2: We thought he was the one who was going to save Israel
Cleopas: What’s more, all this happened three days ago, but this morning some of our women say that when they got to his tomb it was empty and an angel told them Jesus was alive again!
[all stop walking to talk]


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

The Road to Emmaus (drama sketch)

Disciple 2: The women don’t think he is dead
Cleopas: The women have lost the plot. I don’t blame them – it’s the stress of the situation. You think you’ve met the Messiah, he makes all these promises, and then gets put to death in front of you.
[Jesus joins them]
Jesus: What are you two talking about?
Disciple 2: There’s only one thing in the news this week – Jesus
Jesus: Who?
Cleopas: Have you been out of the country?
Jesus: You could say that


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

The Road to Emmaus (drama sketch)

The Road to Emmaus
Luke 24
A straight forward re-enactment of one of the recorded resurrection appearances of Jesus, that of him joining two disciples as they walk the road from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus.
[Two disciples, Cleopas and Disciple 2, walk slowly on to stage, looking dejected. Cleopas has a stone in his shoe and is shaking his leg trying to move it. They stop walking while he takes his shoe off to tip out stone.]
Cleopas: I can’t believe, I can’t take it in. I was so sure Jesus was the one who was going to save us.
Disciple 2: He was...
Cleopas: He can’t have been. If he was he wouldn’t have died.

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

Worship Through Music

Obviously music in a church context is used to glorify God, to worship Our Heavenly Father. But what better medium to use when communicating with the Creator of All Things? The music is different every time. So is my expression. I feel grateful and positive, strong and defiant, weak and helpless, sad and remorseful. There is room in music to be honest with my God and let down the guard that I’ve constructed to hide my heart from all the pain in this world. And there is room for God to come to meet me and talk to me as if there were no one else around...


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

Worship Through Music

Maybe it was playing the first time you fell in love, the first time you saw Eve in all her glorious beauty (or Adam riding to the rescue in his shining armour). Maybe it captures the nostalgia of your youth when you were invincible, eternally young and carefree. Even it might remind you of a tragic event in your life, a moment that shaped you irrevocably and although it brings back all those dark feelings and tears there is somehow a peace and a healing in the process. This doesn’t sound very religious does it? God gave man the gift of music for a specific purpose I’m sure.


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