Christmas Program Script

I wrote the following Christmas program this last summer. It is written for a small church with limited resources. I decided to post it to allow others to use it as well if they would like. Here it is:

THE LAMB
 Narrator 1- __________
 Narrator 2- __________
 Dad- _________
 Mom- _________
 Amanda- _________
 Daniel- _________
 Elijah- __________
 Shepherds- little kids

 Scene 1 begins with a baby lamb (stuffed animal) at center stage. Scene may be decorated to look like a pasture with other sheep in it. A family is gathered around this newborn lamb.

 Narrator 1: Our play begins long, long ago about 400 B.C. In other words, about 400 years BEFORE Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

 Daniel: Mom, look at this new lamb that was just born. He is perfect.

 Mother: Yes, your father is very proud of him.

 Amanda: Dad says that he would make the perfect sacrifice.

 Elijah: I don’t want that little lamb to die.

 Dad: I know you like him son, but he would make the perfect Passover lamb.

 Narrator 2: In ancient Israel, the Hebrew people would observe a Passover each year. This was to commemorate God’s special deliverance back when they were slaves in Israel. At that time, a lamb was slain, and blood was placed on the door posts. Because the Israelites believed God enough to do what He said, they avoided death of their firstborn, while the Egyptian’s firstborn died.

 Narrator 1: As the Hebrew people observed the Passover they were remembering God’s deliverance for them so many years before.

 Dad: Elijah, you may want to deliver that little lamb from being killed, but remember
 that his death is a reminder that God delivered us.

 Mom: Aren’t you glad that Dad is a shepherd so that we get to see these lambs and be reminded of what God has done for us.

 Amanda: The Passover lamb reminds us of past deliverance, but didn’t the prophet Isaiah talk about future salvation from God as well.


 Dad: Yes, Amanda, we are looking forward to the coming Messiah, the Christ who will pay for our sins.

 Narrator 2: Isaiah Prophesied about the coming Christ in Isaiah 53. This prophecy took place more than 700 years before Jesus died on the cross.

 Narrator 1: Isaiah 53:1-6 says, “Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

 Narrator 2: That means our sins were laid on him. Keep reading more.

 Narrator 1: “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”

 Narrator 2: That is showing us that Isaiah prophesied that Jesus Christ would be like a lamb. Continue

 Narrator 1: “He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”

 Narrator 2: The prophet said He would be numbered with the transgressors. Jesus died with a thief on each side of him. He bare the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. The prophet was saying the Christ would come to pay for our sins. That is what Jesus did.

 Both Narrators: Romans 5:8 says, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

 Narrator 1: Remember our family with the baby lamb was watching this little sheep years before Jesus was ever born in Bethlehem. (motions toward the family)

 Daniel: We are looking forward to the Christ, but who will He be?

 Elijah: Ya, what will He be like?

 Dad: The prophet Isaiah does not give us His name, but he describes Him to us in detail. Just like this little lamb was born as a baby, He will be born and come as a child.

 Mother: Isaiah 9:6 says, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

 Amanda: Does that mean that the Messiah, the Christ, will be God?

 Dad: Yes, Isaiah said that a child would be born and that he would be the mighty God, the everlasting Father. That means God will be born as a person and come to save the world from their sins.

 Daniel: Does Isaiah tell us where He will be born?

 Amanda: Wasn’t it the prophet Micah who told us that?

 Dad: Yes, he said in Micah 5:2, “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

 Elijah: That means that the Christ will be born in Bethlehem.

 Mother: Absolutely, and He will do more than just pay for our sins. He will go on to be the ruler of Israel as He rules His kingdom.

 Amanda: I am glad this little lamb has been born. It makes me exited about another birth that will take place someday in Bethlehem.

 Actors from first scene leave stage, but the baby lamb stays at center stage.

 Narrator 1: Remember, this first scene took place 400 years before Christ was born in Bethlehem. Now our next scene takes place near Bethlehem right at the time of Christ and we get to see what happens at the birth of yet another lamb.

 Scene 2: A group of shepherds walk up to the newborn lamb

 Shepherd 1: Look a new baby lamb

 Shepherd 2: I want to see him

 Shepherd 3: Can we pet him?

 Shepherd 4: Baby lamb

 Narrator 1: Luke 2:8-20 says, “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”

 Narrator 2: For years many had been waiting for the Christ to be born. Finally He has come. He came as the perfect lamb to take away the sins of the world. The shepherds where the first to get to see Him. As exiting as a new baby sheep is, the birth of the Christ was far more exciting. It was so exciting that the shepherds left their sheep to go see Him.

 Narrator 1: After baby Jesus grew up, John the Baptist would say:

 Voice from offstage: Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

 Narrator 1: Jesus would grow up to die on the cross to pay for our sins, just like Isaiah had predicted. The earlier Passover lambs had served a wonderful purpose of not only reminding people of God’s deliverance, but also of pointing toward Jesus Christ as the perfect Passover lamb who would pay for our sins. Notice how the Apostle Peter describes Jesus payment:


 Voice from offstage: “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” 1 Peter 1:19

 Narrator 2: Revelation 5:12 reminds us not only that Jesus was the lamb that was slain but that he is worthy of our praise. This is what it says, “Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.”

 Narrator 1: Jesus really is the perfect lamb. He is without spot and blemish. He came to pay for your sins, but that payment is only applied when you believe in Him. This time of year we get to remember His birth, but let us also remember why He came and that He is the perfect lamb of God.