DRAMA SCRIPT & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Hello, everyone! How are you? It’s so exciting to see you all here! My name is

Mary. Now, I think you’re going to meet lots of people called Mary at Deep Sea

Divers, so you might need to remember who we all are. I’m Mary and I’m a mum.

You might have heard of one of my children: well, he’s my eldest. He’s called Jesus.

If you’ve never heard of Jesus, don’t worry, because I’m here to tell you

all about him. His life has been very unusual, and it all started even before

he was born. (She picks up the angel left by Flotsam and Jetsam.) Oh! Look

at this! An angel. This reminds me how Jesus’ birth came about.

You see, I was engaged to be married to a man called Joseph. But before we

got married, I found out that I was going to have a baby. And not just any old

baby. This baby was from God – he was God’s Son.

Well, when I found that out, I was bowled over. I couldn’t believe it. You

see, years and years ago, God had promised that he would send a special

person to mend the friendship between God and his people. And now, this baby

was going to be that special person.

But! And this is a big but! When I was young, if you had a baby without

actually being married, you could be punished, and the punishment was

really bad. Joseph realised that the baby wasn’t his, and he decided to call

everything off , but quietly, because he didn’t want anything to happen to

me. While Joseph was thinking about cancelling our wedding plans, an angel

came to him in a dream. Yes, an angel! The angel told Joseph that the baby was

from God and that he should go ahead and marry me. And that he should call

the baby Jesus. That means, ‘God saves’.

So, we grew up, this little family, and Jesus grew up too! When he was about

30 years old, it was time for him to take on the work that God had for him to do.

One day he went to a river, called the River Jordan, where his cousin John was

telling everyone to get ready. John was telling the people that God’s rescue plan

was about to start and they had to say sorry to God for going their own way and

turning their backs on God’s friendship.

He was baptising people in the river. That means he was dipping them into

the river as a sign that they had been washed clean – they were now ready to

come back to God!

Jesus went to John and asked him to baptise him too. John was a bit

confused, because Jesus is the Son of God and didn’t have anything he

needed to say sorry to God for and his relationship with God was still perfect.

So he didn’t need to be washed clean. But, John did what Jesus asked, and

when Jesus came out of the water again, the sky opened! A dove fl ew

down and rested on Jesus. (She notices the white feather left by Flotsam and

Jetsam, and picks it up.) It was a dove with feathers like this! But it wasn’t just

a dove; it was the Spirit of God. And then a voice from heaven said: ‘This is

my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.’ It was God the Father!

So there you have it. Jesus is my son…

but more importantly, he is the Son of God!