Sermons on Chancel Drama

Sermons on Chancel Drama

Chancel Drama – “You Were There : Reformation” by Michael A. Clarke

“You Were There: Reformation” is part of a series of plays in which a radio show host interviews people who knew Martin Luther including Luther’s sister, Hildegard Luder, who remembers their childhood;  Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar; and Rabbi Yehuda Ben Josef, a childhood friend who responds to questions about Luther’s writings on the Jews.  A seminary classmate Father Erhard Schafer, Benedetto Cardinal Fiore a Roman Catholic cardinal, and a young girl Lisette who witnessed Luther’s trial along with the Announcer and…

Chancel Drama – “Have You Seen My Son?” A Play for Lent

This chancel drama will be part of the 10:30 am worship service. It is an amazing dramatic portrayal of five mothers – Mary, the mother of Jesus; Judas’ mother; the mother of the young man who ran away naked from Gethsemane; the mother of John the Apostle, the mother of Barabbas; and the mother of James and John – who are unable to find their sons on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Simeon and Anna serve as the background narrators…