Gospel Puppet Show
May 19, 2013
Day of Pentecost
Characters:
Dovey the Dove
George
Dovey: (singing) Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday
to you. Happy birthday Christian
Church. Happy birthday to you! And many more!
George: Why did you sing Happy Birthday to the Church
Dovey?
Dovey: Well
today is the Day of Pentecost and the Day of Pentecost is the Birthday of the
Church. Let’s see the church is 2013
minus 33 equals 1980. Happy 1980th
birthday to the church. But who’s
counting?
George: Obviously you are counting. We are a pretty old group of people.
Dovey: Yes, you
are one of the oldest and long lasting organizations that ever existed.
George: I wonder why the church has lasted so
long. Do you think that the church will
still be here after I die?
Dovey: Well
George, you’re not going to die for awhile but yes the church will be here
after you die to have more birthdays.
George: How do
you know Dovey?
Dovey: Well,
because even though you are a member of the church, the church is really not
about you.
George: Well,
what is the church about?
Dovey: The
church is about Jesus Christ. His
message of love was so wonderful and it created so much excitement in people
they called his message Good News or Gospel.
And Jesus said if we just keep sharing this good news to each new group
of people who are born then this message will live forever. This is why the church will continue to have
birthdays forever. Do you know what
Pentecost means?
George: Do I
have time to Google it?
Dovey: Goo..goo…goo…Google it? What’s that?
George: It’s
like a big storage brain outside of me where I store all of the information of the
world and maps. Google maps can even
tell me where to go.
Dovey: Well,
I’ve got a built in Google maps and GPS.
Did you know that my family has been making a nest and laying eggs in
the same tree for more than a hundred years.
I’ve got GPS in me that automatically tells me where to go.
George: Wow,
where did you get that? That’s better
than Google maps.
Dovey: God made
me this way and God the Holy Spirit is everywhere like a divine GPS
system. But the Holy Spirit became
better known to everyone on the Day of Pentecost.
George: So what does Pentecost mean?
Dovey: It means
50 days after Easter and it is the day when the Holy Spirit became known to the
friends of Jesus.
George: What
happened on the Day of Pentecost?
Dovey: Well,
the Holy Spirit was discovered by the friends of Jesus and they were happy and
joyful and they found that the Holy Spirit helped them to tell the Good News
about Jesus in every language.
George: So the
Holy Spirit is like a great Google translator?
Dovey: I guess
you techies might say it that way. Yes,
the Holy Spirit is the wonderful personal energy of God’s love with us to help
us to continue to tell the Good News about Jesus so that the church will
continue to have birthdays into the future.
George: Wow!
Pentecost and the Holy Spirit are exciting. But where are we going to get 1980 candles
for the birthday cake? Oh well, at least
we can sing Happy Birthday. Sandra, can
you hit it on the piano and help us sing?
Everyone: Happy
birthday to you, Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday Christian Church.
Happy birthday to you! And many
more!
George: Do you
think I can have some chocolate cake for the church’s birthday party?
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