Stages Of Messiah - Miracles

Stages Of Messiah – Miracles (Scene 5) is a readers drama that walks the congregation through the healing ministry of Jesus, not as distant Bible history, but as living testimony to His compassion, authority, and power. From the centurion’s servant to Jairus’ daughter, from the widow of Nain to the demon-possessed man in Gerasenes, this scene reminds us that Jesus brought restoration across every barrier: Jew and Gentile, male and female, sickness and grief, body and spirit.

A meaningful piece for worship, Lent, Easter season, or any service focused on healing, faith, and the mercy of Christ.

Stages of Messiah Series:

1. Birth
2. Dedication at the Temple
3. 12-Year-Old at the Temple
4. Temptation of Jesus
5. Miracles of Jesus
6. Upper Room
7. Crucifixion
8. Resurrection

Run-Time: 5 minutes, plus optional song
Cast Number: 3 readers, plus optional tableau actors
Biblical Reference: Luke and other Gospels
Setting: Simple church stage with three chairs
Props: 3 chairs; optional tableau staging
Category: Readers drama, Jesus’ ministry, miracles, healing, worship drama

Lighting: Spotlights for the narrator, readers, and Tableau. Experiment with spot colors and locations to somewhat isolate the individual readers and the tableau, but to leave the overall stage rather dark. Individual reading lights for readers.

Songs:  We recommend a portion of a relevant song to be sung by the congregation at the end of each scene. Use the suggested song or select a personal favorite. Our aim in the selection was to use older songs and hymns as a means of reintroduction.

Tableau:   For each scene there is a suggested tableau where an image is created with silent and frozen actors at Upstage, highlighted by spotlight, or have the image on a wall in shadows or behind scrim. 

Sample of Script

Scene V – Miracles Of Jesus (throughout the New Testament)

Tableau: person laying, another getting to feet, third standing with arms outstretched in joy

R1: Regeneration!

R2: Revitalization!

R1: Restoration!

Narrator: The New Testament has abundant examples of Jesus’ healing ministry.
And while the Jewish people would have expected that healing would be provided
by the Jewish Jesus to Jewish people, this was not the case.
Jew and Gentile alike benefited from the remarkable healing powers of Jesus.

One of the first to benefit from Jesus’ miraculous healings was the slave of a Roman centurion, an officer in the Roman military.

R1: The centurion was a Gentile, and although Gentiles saw Jews as undesirables and underlings, this was obviously not the case with this centurion, who had help finance the rebuilding of the Jewish temple. The Jewish leaders begged Jesus to go to the home of the centurion where his servant was lying on his deathbed.

R2: Before Jesus had reached the centurion’s house the centurion came to meet him and said: “I am not worthy to have you in my house. But I recognize in you the ability to will my slave to be healed and I have faith it shall be done!” Jesus was overcome by the faith of the centurion and challenged the crowd of Jewish people who were standing around to have such faith.

Narrator:   Gender did not dictate who would and who would not receive a healing. In a time when females were placed far lower on the social and even value ranking, Jesus gave freely and equally of his time to women. This was of importance to Jesus but a source of annoyance to the Jewish leaders.

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