Theme: Nicene Creed
Length: 1.5 – 2.5 minutes
Characters: Four different people of any age.
Scene/Props: None
Synopsis: This choral reading is best used as a call to worship.
Excerpt:
(Readers position themselves in a line across the platform.)
TOGETHER: We believe in one God, the Father Almighty.
ONE: Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
TOGETHER: We believe in one God, the Father Almighty.
TWO: And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.
ONE: Begotten of his Father before all worlds.
TWO: God of God,
THREE: Light of Light.
ONE: Very God of very God.
FOUR: Begotten…not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
TWO: Who for us and for our salvation, came down from heaven,
THREE: And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,
ONE: And was made man,
FOUR: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate,
TOGETHER: He suffered and was buried. (A pause and all bow their heads for a silent moment. Then with increasing enthusiasm.)
TWO: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,