A Christmas to Believe in
As it has been for many years and in many churches, the Erb Street kids put on a Christmas pageant today (Dec 16). It was a particularly good year. The script specifically breaks the 4th wall, talking directly to the congregation, and does things likes talks about the scripts and incorporates them into the play so the actors can be reading them if they want. It also has fun amounts of attitude and story commentary. And the actors were really good. And the chorus of young enthusiastic sheep and angels was cute and fun as is traditional.
And so it begins… with our narrator (gold hat) and our main character who is questioning her belief in the birth story. (She also questions the many appearances of the angel!)
You know, sometimes the main character just gets too involved in the story.
The angel instructing Zacharias that the soon-to-be-born baby’s name is to be John.
Attentive sheep and sub-angels
Mary and Elizabeth doing biblical “face time.”
And getting around to the naming.
Complaining to the director about the angel part of the story.
Kids volunteering to be angels.
One shepard, looking off to the side to her sheep.
OK. This has got to be one of the coolest Wise Men ever.
King Herod consulting the travellers.
The Angel is back for a dream sequence.
High fives! Baby Jesus is safe and our main character believes!
The entire cast. (This photo even has our favourite paparazzi!)
And the congregation joins in. A joyful morning.