THE NARRATIVE OF THE SHEPHERDS (3 OF 5)
Scripture: Luke 2:8-18
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The Narrative of the Shepherds (3 of 5)
Series: Christmas Characters
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:8-18
In these five Character Studies we will do a first person characterization of how it might have been with Joseph, Mary, the Shepherds, the Wisemen, and lastly Jesus. You can use these to characterizations to help your church go back to that first Christmas setting and grasp the emotions and the enormity of that sacred time in history. These five characterizations would be very useful if you dressed up or allowed someone else to dress up and have the moment narrated before your audience, letting them sense the emotions of the moment firsthand.
Character 3 ''The Shepherds''
It was such a beautiful night as we sit around the campfire watching over our sheep. The stars were shining so brightly and it had been a good day as the sheep were now lying down and resting. We were discussing the coming winter season and planning our schedule as to which fields we would take to sheep to for their winter grazing.
The surrounding fields were filled with sheep; the grass was so lush that it seemed that all of our sheep were well feed and well watered. I will never forget that night, I was lying on back listening to Vespar playing his flute, the music from his flute had such a calming effect upon the sheep and it was soothing to the soul. The fire was crackling loudly as the embers sailed away into the starry skies, then Brutus, our head sheep dog stood up and growled, the hair on his back was standing straight up.
I reached over and placed my hand on his back, letting him know that I was alert and ready to react to his next move, when suddenly the skies lit up with the brightest light I have ever seen. It was like time froze for a few seconds as each one of us looked on in stunned silence, why were the heavens glowing with such a bright light.
Then we saw him, there was an angel standing before us, as the light of his presence lit up the entire country side. Thi ...
Series: Christmas Characters
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:8-18
In these five Character Studies we will do a first person characterization of how it might have been with Joseph, Mary, the Shepherds, the Wisemen, and lastly Jesus. You can use these to characterizations to help your church go back to that first Christmas setting and grasp the emotions and the enormity of that sacred time in history. These five characterizations would be very useful if you dressed up or allowed someone else to dress up and have the moment narrated before your audience, letting them sense the emotions of the moment firsthand.
Character 3 ''The Shepherds''
It was such a beautiful night as we sit around the campfire watching over our sheep. The stars were shining so brightly and it had been a good day as the sheep were now lying down and resting. We were discussing the coming winter season and planning our schedule as to which fields we would take to sheep to for their winter grazing.
The surrounding fields were filled with sheep; the grass was so lush that it seemed that all of our sheep were well feed and well watered. I will never forget that night, I was lying on back listening to Vespar playing his flute, the music from his flute had such a calming effect upon the sheep and it was soothing to the soul. The fire was crackling loudly as the embers sailed away into the starry skies, then Brutus, our head sheep dog stood up and growled, the hair on his back was standing straight up.
I reached over and placed my hand on his back, letting him know that I was alert and ready to react to his next move, when suddenly the skies lit up with the brightest light I have ever seen. It was like time froze for a few seconds as each one of us looked on in stunned silence, why were the heavens glowing with such a bright light.
Then we saw him, there was an angel standing before us, as the light of his presence lit up the entire country side. Thi ...
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