Description
A New Kind of Fishing
Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5
Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linking text as well as the characters in the scene itself.
List of scenes:
Jesus Heals an Official's Son
Isaiah's Prophecy
Jesus Calls Four Fisherman
Jesus Heals Peter's Mother-in-law
Jesus Heals a Leper
A Lame Man is Lowered Through the Roof
Jesus Calls Matthew the Tax Collector
At Matthew's House
New Wine in New Wineskins
The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
The Debate about the Sabbath
Jesus Heals a Man with a Withered Hand
Jesus Commissions the Twelve
Jesus Heals a Leper
They left and went on through Galilee, Jesus preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons. But it was not long before the crowds grew too big and they could no longer move about freely. Peter and Andrew assessed the situation one day, themselves astonished by the turn of events.
Peter: I blame that leper – d’you remember?
Andrew: Yes, the one who came right up to us and threw himself down in front of Jesus. I can understand him being desperate, when you’re sick like that no one wants to know you anymore.
Peter: Quite right too! You don’t want a warm embrace from someone like that. He’d probably leave his fingers all over you. Which is why we all ran a mile the moment he leapt out of the bushes at Jesus.
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