A New Beginning
Characters:
God (preferably an
adult to help carry some action)
Noah
Neighbors
Noah’s family
Animals (kids can
pick different animals they want to be—maybe even have audience guess what is
entering the boat by guessing the animals the kids act out.)
God and Noah repeat narrator. Neighbors
point and laugh. Family enters in the ark. Animals make their sounds and
motions, too!
There was a time on earth where people forgot about God and
were doing bad things all of the time. God’s heart was filled with pain when He
saw what had happened to the world he loved. (Sad God)
There was a man named Noah and he was God’s friend (which
was odd in those days because nobody else was). Noah listened to God (Hands on
cupping ears). He talked to God (God and Noah chatting). He just loved being
with God, like you do your best friend (arms around each other like buds).
“Noah” God said. “Things have gone wrong. People have filled
my world with hate instead of love. I must stop them. First we will build an
ark!” (Have ‘God’ repeat what He says throughout script.)
Do you know what an ark is? It’s like a large boat. Do you
know how to build one? Neither did Noah! Luckily, God knew and he would show
him.
God told his friend Noah that a storm was coming but He
would rescue his friend, and all who were in the ark. God then said he would
send the animals to Noah and the ark. He said...
“I’ll send the ones that creep and slither, the ones that
slime and gallop, the ones that hop and bound and climb and fly!” (God repeat)
The storm was going to wash away all the hate and sadness
and everything that had gone wrong, and make the world clean again. God thought
up a way to keep Noah safe in the ark, but Noah would have to trust God and do
exactly what his friend told him.
So Noah built an ark. His neighbors came to laugh and point
and make fun of Noah (pause for neighbors to make fun of Noah), because they
didn’t believe Noah about the boat and they thought he looked rather silly
building a boat in the middle of the desert without a sea nearby or a cloud in
the sky. Why would anyone need an umbrella, let alone a boat?
But Noah didn’t mind so much what other people thought; he
just minded what God thought. When the ark was ready, God said…
“All aboard!”
Noah climbed aboard (step in boat). His family came aboard
(family steps in). And all of the animals came inside-two by two (get kids to
act out different animals as they come in the ‘boat’).
Then it started raining, and raining, and raining—until the
whole world was covered in water. Their once very large boat seemed very small
now. But even in the crashing waves, scary rain, and crashing thunder-God was
with them. He kept them safe for 40 days and 40 nights.
Finally the rain stopped and the sun came out! The people on
the boat threw open the windows and shouted, “HOORAY!”
After the water went down, the ark landed quite suddenly on
top of a large mountain. As soon as it was safe, God said “COME OUT!” And so
they did—everyone singing, and skipping, and dancing onto dry land—even the
animals!
Noah thanked God for rescuing him as He had promised (THANK
YOU GOD). Then God made another promise-to never destroy the world again. And
just like a warrior hangs up his bow and arrow at the end of a great battle,
God hung up his bow in the clouds. (Do you know what God’s bow is? A rainbow!)
And there in the clouds where the storm meets the sun, was a
beautiful bow made of light. It was a new beginning in God’s world.
It wasn’t long before things went wrong again but God was
not surprised, he knew this would happen. That’s why, before the beginning of
time, he had another plan—a better plan. A plan not to destroy the world but to
rescue it—a plan to one day send his own Son, the Rescuer. (Do you know who
that Rescuer is? JESUS!)
The End.
