Worship Programs

Theme:

"Hope of Earth, Joy of Heaven"

Fourth Sunday in Advent – Drama

A MOMENT FOR A MAGI

By Rebecca Phillips

Copyright September 2003

Three men stand across a stage. This piece is meant to be presentational. The characters never interact. It is as though they are all alone, introspective.  This piece moves quickly, with pulse. NOTE: If there are not three men available to do this piece, use the version written as a monologue.

ONE

Ever wondered what your purpose is?

TWO

Why you were created?

THREE
And what does the word “destiny” really mean when it comes to you?

ONE

Ever felt ordinary?

TWO

Boring?

THREE

Stuck?

ONE

I used to –

TWO

I often felt like I had no purpose –

THREE

And I firmly believed that extraordinary destinies were for other people. Not me.

Pause.

ALL
Until that moment.

ONE

We had been told – like so many others – that one day the Messiah would come.

TWO
We studied and searched –

THREE
Hoping against all hope –

ALL
That we’d somehow find Him.

ONE
Did I believe He existed?

TWO
Truthfully?

THREE
Sort of.

ONE

We all dream of great things happening to us –

TWO
But most of the time, great things happen around us.

THREE So, I never would have thought that I –

TWO and ONE
I – 

ALL

would be the very first one to witness

ONE
The greatest moment of our world –

TWO
then –

THREE
and even now.

ONE We had been looking for Him for what seemed to be an eternity –

TWO
And then, suddenly –

ALL
He found us.

ONE He was in the eye of the star –

TWO
Twinkling – 

THREE

Winking at us. 

ONE

He was the brilliant light that led our way

ALL

Step by step –

THREE
Moment by moment –

TWO

Right in to His tiny manger –

THREE

Right in to His heart.

ONE

And when I looked in to His tiny face –

TWO

Truly I gazed in to the eyes of The Eternal.

THREE

In Mary’s arms, I saw life in its very beginning

ONE

In the eyes of the Very Beginning.

TWO

And I knew that this was my purpose . . .

ALL

This was my destiny.

THREE

And all I could do was fall to the ground

ONE

On my face

TWO

In absolute humility and awe –

ALL

And worship The One called Messiah.

TWO

No longer was I stuck in the mire of doubt . . .

THREE

I found my Moment.

ONE

In my restless search for the Messiah –

ALL
I was found.

End.