We are Water and Rainbow People
God’s Salvation is God’s Promise to us
Characters:
Narrator
Noah
Noah’s wife: Emzara
Noah’s Son : Shem
Shem’s wife: Sedeqetlebas
(nickname? Sadie?)
Noah’s son: Ham
Ham’s wife: Ne’elataum’ak
(nickname? Nellie?)
Noah’s son: Japheth
Japheth’s wife: Arbasisah
(nickname? Arby?)
Animals for the ark (see inventory)
Jesus
Disciples of Jesus
Songs: Arky, Arky (five verses
to be sung as the puppet story develops)
Mr. Noah Built an Ark , (to Old MacDonald) see the words below
Here come’s Jesus,
See him walking on the Water
Puppet Show
Narrator: (can be any puppet including an animal puppet)
A long, long time ago the great cities of the world were built upon
famous Rivers. The Tigris, the
Euphrates, the Nile are some of the most
famous big Rivers. Cities were built
upon rivers because people need lots of water; for bathing, drinking, for growing
food and for shipping and travel. But
people in the past did not have the weather service. They did not have weather satellites and so
they did not know when rain and floods were coming.
When snow melted in the faraway mountains in the spring and when there
was spring rain, the river valleys around cities would flood. And since most people only travelled a few
miles from their home in their entire life, their entire world would flood. The entire river valley would flood and cover
entire cities.
Once upon a time there was a man named Noah
(Scene 1)
Voice of God: Noah, Noah, Noah,
I need to speak with you.
Noah: Am I hearing voices? Who is speaking to me?
Voice of God: Noah, this is the
Lord God. I want you to do something
important.
Noah: Okay but why me?
Voice of God: Noah, you are a
good man of with faith and you have an important mission.
Noah: What kind of mission?
Voice of God: You have to save
your people and also the animals.
Noah: Why do I need to do
that? Everything seems just fine.
Voice of God: Noah, I am giving you a warning about a big flood that is
going to come. You need to warn
people. And you need to do some to save
your life.
Song: Arky Arky, verse 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQjYJdtwoc
Noah: What can I do? I can’t just run away? Where can I go?
Voice of God: Noah, I want you to build a big boat, an ark and you can
put your family on this ark during the flood.
Noah: Okay but I’m not a sailor
or a boat builder. How will I know how
to build it?
Voice of God: I will give you
the instructions and you have to follow them exactly.
Song: Arky Arky, 2nd. verse.
(Scene 2, showing the progressive building of the ark)
(Props. Saws and axes, hammers)
Narrator: So Noah obeyed God and
started to build the ark. He got his
sons to help him. But his neighbors
thought that he was crazy.
Neighbor 1: Noah, what are you doing?
Noah: I’m building an ark. God told me that there was going to be big
flood. You too should start building
your own ark so that you can survive the flood.
Neighbor 2: Ha! Ha! Ha!
Noah you are crazy. It not even
raining and we don’t get much rain.
Noah, you have lost your mind.
Neighbor 3: Let’s go and leave
this crazy man alone.
Noah: Please listen to me and
get to work building your own boats so that you can survive the storm.
Narrator: The neighbors did not
listen to Noah; they laughed at him and went away. But Noah obeyed God and followed his
instructions to build a big ark. And
soon the big boat was finished. And God
spoke again to Noah.
Voice of God: Noah, you have
built a very big and strong ark. And now
I want you and your family to round up animals and load them onto the ark. Make sure you get mommy and daddy animals so
they can have babies after the flood.
Noah: We need everyone help rounding
up the animals. Let’s get to work.
Noah’s wife: Emzara: I’ll get
the rabbits.
Noah’s Son : Shem: I’ll go find
the Lions.
Noah: You better be careful!
Shem’s wife: Sedeqetlebas
(nickname? Sadie?): I like
birds. I’ll get some bird seeds and get
them to come onto the ark.
Noah’s son: Ham: Do I have to
get the alligators.
Noah: Yes you do.
Ham’s wife: Ne’elataum’ak
(nickname? Nellie?): I’ll go get the peacock.
Noah’s son: Japheth: I’ll go
lead the elephant.
Japheth’s wife: Arbasisah
(nickname? Arby?): I’ll find the chipmunk and the raccoon.
(Procession into the ark)
(The ark can have a ramp and the
animals march into the ark)
Song: Verse three: The Animals came in twoosies twoosies…..
(Clouds and rain and rising
water)
Noah: Ship Ahoy! All aboard.
Pull up the loading ramp.
Neighbor: Noah, open up. Let us in.
Noah: There is no more
room. Remember that I told you to build
your own boat. Sorry.
Song: Verse 4: It rained and
poured for forty daysies, daysies..
(Window openings in the ark will
allow Noah’s family members to stick their heads out and speak)
Ham: Wow! There is lots of rain and lots of
thunder. I’m glad Dad obeyed God.
Arby: I’ve never ridden in a
boat; this will be fun.
Shem: I don’t know; those
animals will probably start to smell and they might wake us up when we try to
sleep.
Alligator: Those people
shouldn’t flatter themselves. They will
smell too if they don’t take showers.
Noah: Everyone be quiet. Time to sleep. Good night.
Let’s thank God for sending us a warning to help us save our lives.
Song: Mr. Noah built an ark
, to Old MacDonald had a farm tune.
Narrator: It rained for forty
days and forty nights. Noah and his
family and their animals were safe on the ark.
But it soon stopped raining and the flood water began to go down. Noah wanted to check to see if it was safe to
get out of the ark. So he sent a dove
out of the ark.
Noah: Look, Dovey has returned
and she has an olive branch in her beak.
Dovey: Noah, I found this on an
olive tree and the water has gone down and the ground is dry enough to get off
the ark.
Song: Verse 5, The sun came out.
(Animals and people get off the
ark)
Rainbow appears in the Sky
Noah: Look at the lovely rainbow
and all of the beautiful colors. I
wonder what that means?
Voice of God: Noah, this rainbow is a gift to you of my promise. I promise you that I do not destroy the world
because I love and care for the world.
Whenever you see a rainbow remember the promise of my love and care.
Noah: Thank you God for saving
our lives and the lives of all of the animals.
We promise to be good keepers of your world.
Song: Chorus verse, “Rise and shine and give God
the glory.”
Final Bow.
Suggestions:
Use the water theme for the week.
Water at creation.
Genesis 1:1-9
1In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2the
earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind
from God swept over the face of the waters.
3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw
that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening
and there was morning, the first day.
6And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let
it separate the waters from the waters.” 7So God made the dome and separated
the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome.
And it was so. 8God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was
morning, the second day.
9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together
into one place, and let the dry land appear.”
Noah and the Flood.
Genesis 6
6When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters
were born to them, 2the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took
wives for themselves of all that they chose.
3Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for
they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.”
4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when
the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them.
These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown. 5The Lord saw that
the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination
of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
6And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it
grieved him to his heart. 7So the Lord said, “I will blot out from the earth
the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping
things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
8But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord. 9These are the
descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation;
Noah walked with God. 10And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled
with violence. 12And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted its ways upon the earth.
13And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh,
for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to
destroy them along with the earth. 14Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make
rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15This is how you are
to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits,
and its height thirty cubits. 16Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a
cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower,
second, and third decks. 17For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters
on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of
life; everything that is on the earth shall die. 18But I will establish my
covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife,
and your sons’ wives with you. 19And of every living thing, of all flesh, you
shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they
shall be male and female. 20Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the
animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground
according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them
alive. 21Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up;
and it shall serve as food for you and for them.”
22Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Genesis 7
7Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your
household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this
generation. 2Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its
mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate; 3and
seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind
alive on the face of all the earth. 4For in seven days I will send rain on the
earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made
I will blot out from the face of the ground.”
5And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him. 6Noah was six
hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. 7And Noah with
his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives went into the ark to escape the
waters of the flood. 8Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and
of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9two and two, male and
female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10And after
seven days the waters of the flood came on the earth.
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep
burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12The rain fell on the
earth forty days and forty nights.
13On the very same day Noah with his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth,
and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons entered the ark, 14they and
every wild animal of every kind, and all domestic animals of every kind, and
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every bird of every
kind—every bird, every winged creature. 15They went into the ark with Noah, two
and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16And those that
entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and
the Lord shut him in.
17The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters
increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18The waters
swelled and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the face of
the waters. 19The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high
mountains under the whole heaven were covered; 20the waters swelled above the
mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals,
wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human
beings; 22everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
23He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human
beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted
out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the
ark. 24And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days.
Jesus Walking on the Water and Calm the Stormy water
John 6:16-21
16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17got into a
boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had
not yet come to them. 18The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.
19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the
sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. 20But he said to them,
“It is I; do not be afraid.” 21Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and
immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.
Water and the meaning of Baptism
John 3: 5 ff.
5Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom
of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6What is born of the flesh is
flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not be astonished that I
said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’
