Christmas Musicals for Church
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CONTENTS in sequential order CHRISTMAS ALL OVER THE WORLD (Opener) ..........................................3 UNDERSCORE 1 (Susanna Arrives) ............18 SCENE 1 ...................................................................20 UNDERSCORE 2 (Mattiello's) ..........................23 WE ALL NEED CHRISTMAS ...........................28 SCENE 2 ..................................................................42 HOPES AND FEARS (Duet) .............................46 SCENE 3 .................................................................58 MERCY FOR ME ......................................................62 SCENE 4 ...................................................................71 EVERLASTING LIGHT ..........................................75 SCENE 5 .................................................................92 UNDERSCORE 3 (Accusations) ...................95 PRINCE OF PEACE ................................................97 UNDERSCORE 4 (Realization) .....................105 SCENE 6 ...............................................................106 WINTER WHITE ....................................................108 SCENE 7 ..................................................................117 SHEPHERDS AND KINGS ..................................119 SCENE 8 ..................................................................131 CHRISTMAS MAKES US ONE .......................133 with We All Need Christmas; Christmas Makes Us One; O Come, All Ye Faithful; and Shepherds and Kings T his isn't the musical we set out to write. My co-writer, Jeff Bumgardner, and I were writing a completely different Christmas musical and we were pretty excited about it. en life happened, as it does. When I should have been Christmas shopping, decorating the tree and preparing to host the annual Christmas Carol Sing-Along at my house, I was instead visiting doctors, having tests run and enduring chemotherapy treatments. is is not at all what someone who loves Christmas as much as I do wanted to be doing during the holiday season! I admit, it got me down a little. e season of joy certainly wasn't living up to my expectations. As I was getting ready to fly from my home in California to Tennessee for yet another chemo treatment, a real "God-moment" in a diner not only changed the course of my own personal Christmas, but also changed the storyline behind this very musical. I was reminded that God shows up in the middle of our sorrows, our struggles and our weakest moments. I was reminded that I wasn't alone in my suffering and that other people were suffering as well. For a lot of us, the holidays are not always happy times. People facing sickness, loneliness, financial distress and so many other things can oen feel separated from the joy we're supposed to be feeling at Christmas. I hope this musical reminds you that God came to know us in our joys and in our pain. He sees us where we live, and He embraces us with the same grace and mercy that brought Him to us that very first Christmas. Joel Lindsey FOREWORD For Preview Only