Description

Advent has great significance since only by understanding the hundreds of years of waiting for the promised Messiah can we comprehend the longing and the preparation for his coming.

A series of five easily staged advent presentations to be given by children on the 4 Sundays preceding Christmas and on Christmas Eve.
Tells of the significance of the advent wreath.
Cast: 5 (m or f) written for 5, this could be done by any number of actors.
Bible Reference:
Set:  Bare with table for wreath
 Sound: wireless mics
 Song:  none
Lighting: as available
 SFX:  none
Props:  wreath with four candles at the outside and a larger candle in the center, matches
 Costumes:  standard
Special Instructions:  Depending on the children’s ages you may want to have an adult light the candles.  We suggest extinguishing candles after each segment as a fire precaution.
  Time: 3 minutes each, total 15

Sample of script:

First Sunday of Advent

1st reader: Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We recognize advent by lighting the candles of the advent wreath.
The wreath, a circle, reminds us of God, endless and eternal, without beginning or end.

2nd reader: The green of the wreath reminds us of the hope we have through God, and that through God we have hope for renewal, salvation and eternal life.

3rd reader: Candles remind us that God came into the world through His Son, Jesus Christ, as a man, suffered and died for our sins, so we could have a home in heaven.

4th reader: The four outer candles symbolize the time of waiting and anticipation which we celebrate in the four Sundays of Advent.

5th reader: The center candle represents Jesus Christ; he was, and is, central to our faithful hope.
And so it is that the first candle, which we light today, is a symbol of the hope we have in salvation, and the hope of Jesus’ return.

All: We light the candle, recognizing the hope of Jesus.

Light first candle