Roll Back the Stone : Celebrating the Mystery of Lent and Easter Through Drama

Create memorable services that help worshipers experience the profound sadness of the crucifixion as well as the marvelous joy of the risen Christ with this diverse collection of ready-to-use dramatic material. Included are: a series of six meditations by unusual ?witnesses? to the Passion; a Palm Sunday play reporting on the triumphal entry into Jerusalem; a brief set of Maundy Thursday monologues; a courtroom drama portraying Jesus? trial before Pilate; a short Good Friday sketch in which James and John struggle to cope with the aftermath of the crucifixion; a charming Easter children's play featuring woodland animals; an imaginative verse play with an Easter sunrise service; and a choral reading for Pentecost. Copy privileges are included.