Lent/Easter Musicals

2 55/1190&91L-2 Foreword It is an amazing thing to observe the pendulum swing of emotion that scripture indicates transpired in the last days of Jesus' earthly life: from the euphoria surrounding His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the desolation of the lonely Garden as He fully embraced God's plan and ensuing death; from the genuine love conveyed to His faithful followers in the Upper Room to the loneliness experienced in His final hours as those same followers rejected and abandoned Him; from the anger that filled the hearts of those who now called for His crucifixion (only hours after having hailed Him as King) to the tender resignation of a Roman soldier that this indeed was the Son of God; from utter despair as He died on a cross to triumphant joy as Christ's followers began to realize that His prophetic words had become reality – that He had indeed been raised from the dead! All of this, and so much more…..within a single week! The varied emotions displayed in this remarkable week are not foreign to our own life-experiences as we live this side of eternity. There are seasons of joy and seasons of despair; mountain-top experiences blended with experiences in the "valley of the shadow of death." But ultimately, we shall stand before the living Christ in a climactic celebration of life's journey! We have been extended an invitation to live forever and to worship the King of kings and Lord of lords. Someday all followers of Christ will be able to bow before the Messiah joining in one voice as we proclaim: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth, and wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and praise forever and ever! Amen! Hallelujah! What a Savior! —Lloyd Larson and Bryan Sharpe, Editors Some of the cover-art images and graphics from this work are available as free downloads. We hope that you can use them to assist in the making of your bulletins, posters, flyers, website and email announcements, and in any other way that's within your organization and in conjunction with performances of this work. To access these files, please visit www.lorenz.com/downloads and navigate to the desired folder. PC users should right click and choose "Save Target As…" and Macintosh users should click and hold the link, then choose "Save Target As…" We have provided standard file formats that should be usable in most page layout or word processing software. Due to the vast number of differences in computer system setups, we are unable to provide technical support for downloadable images/graphics by either phone or email. Contents The King Is Coming Today! (Larson) .......................................................................................................... 3 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Lord of the Wind and the Sea (Larson) ..................................................................................................... 13 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Gathered in the Upper Room (Mock/López) .............................................................................................21 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Gethsemane Prayer (Boesiger) ................................................................................................................... 30 Narration ......................................................................................................................................................37 Behold the Lamb! (Stewart/Shackley) ........................................................................................................ 38 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 Hallelujah! What a Savior! (Ijames) ........................................................................................................... 50 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 56 Christ Is Risen! Alleluia! (Hayes).................................................................................................................57 Narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 68 Worthy Is the Lamb (Choplin) ................................................................................................................... 69 For Preview Only

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