Graduation Is Not For Angels
Drama
Graduation Is Not For Angels
Contemporary Christian Dramas
Object:
One of the most important events in the life of a church is the graduation from high school or college of its younger members. This drama emphasizes the stake heaven and prayer have in directing the lives of graduating seniors as they leave home. And it's only the beginning!
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Setting: Heaven on graduation day
Characters:
TWO YOUNG GUARDIAN ANGELS: May be male or female
Costumes: White robes, tinsel halos under traditional graduation mortarboards
Props: Two white boxes for sitting
Scene: Two white boxes are sitting side by side center stage. Both angels enter. Obviously young, they run and push each other playfully, tripping up the steps to the stage, laughing and panting
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1ST ANGEL: (Panting) What a day! What a day! How do I look? (Readjusts mortarboard)
2ND ANGEL: (Steps back and takes a good look) Great, really great. In fact, I'd say you look quite distinguished. Rather intelligent, actually.
1ST ANGEL: Hey, I am intelligent! Besides, let it not be forgotten that I earned this hat with a great deal of effort. A great deal of effort! (Collapses on a box)
2ND ANGEL: I won't argue that, my friend.
1ST ANGEL: (Sighs) If my young man's parents hadn't been praying like two roaring locomotives all these years, it might have been him, and not me, under that wrecked car the other night. (Throws up hands) And how, pray tell, would I have explained that to The Almighty! Imagine trying to outrun a train four days before graduation. And this young man is ready to face the world? Not a chance! That kid's given me more gray feathers, and I'm just young myself.
2ND ANGEL: (Laughs heartily) Remember, I saw a few of those close calls. Whew, feathers all over the place! You couldn't fly for weeks. (Sits down. Seriously) It's been quite a haul hasn't it, being a guardian angel ... quite a haul. (As if talking to himself, with softness and feeling) When The Almighty assigned me that cute little bundle seventeen years ago, he had tears in his eyes. She was everything he could make her. She was beautiful, and he had such great plans for her life. "Watch her, guard her, protect her," he told me. "Never let her out of your sight. She is your responsibility, your charge. Listen to the prayers of her people and carry them out. You see, I love her more than life itself." And then he said something that caused a lump to form in my throat until I could hardly swallow. "She is the most priceless treasure I have ever created. If anything should happen to her ... if, somehow, she turns her back on everything good, my heart shall be ripped in shreds. For she is all I have."
1ST ANGEL: Ah, and my commission was the same. "He is all I have," The Almighty said. And I, too, felt that lump in my throat. The Almighty's commitment to this boy has been so powerful ... (Irritated) And you and I have gotten to run after the little darlings like a bunch of unorganized body guards.
2ND ANGEL: I'd say it's a pretty important job, seeing as how these miserable little creatures are The Almighty's greatest possession.
1ST ANGEL: (Horrified) Miserable creatures, did you say? Wash your mouth out with soap!
2ND ANGEL: (Defensively) Well, you called them "little darlings," and didn't mean a word of it! Admit it, being a guardian angel is no Caribbean cruise. And I've even had it easy compared to you. My little lady never forgets to read her Bible before she goes to bed. Says her prayers, too. Makes my job a whole lot easier. She stays out of a lot of jams on her own. Now you, you've been tailing quite a tiger, if I must say so myself.
1ST ANGEL: (Shakes head) He's been a challenge! Drives too fast, studies too little, doesn't even know what a green leafy vegetable looks like, mouths off to his parents. Don't get me started. (Sighs)
But The Almighty has such great plans for this kid. And, he grows on you ... When no one's looking, he'll sit and talk to some lonely little fellow in the park for hours. He'll push him in the swing, even slip on down the slide. And, I hear the cry of his heart. It's tender. It's compassionate.
2ND ANGEL: (Pats mortarboard) Ah, and here it is, graduation day. We've arrived, my friend. Our job is done. We've gotten our little treasures to that big day, with us and them intact, which is no small accomplishment. After the great graduation ceremony this afternoon, you and I can put our feet up, send for tickets to some warm spot in the tropics, lounge on the beach, and recuperate.
1ST ANGEL: Excuse me, but I don't think you read the fine print of your contract.
2ND ANGEL: Hey, our little imps are history! Over the stage! Grown up! They make their own way now. No more Mom, no more Dad. No more rules, no more guardian angel. They can come in when they wish, eat what they wish, even wear a nose ring with garlic bulbs hanging clear down to their knees if they want to.
1ST ANGEL: And you'll be right there, as usual.
2ND ANGEL: (With exasperation) Don't think so, friend. It's graduation time! I'm history!
1ST ANGEL: Sorry, friend, but you're NEVER history. That wonderful creation of The Almighty, as wild and woolly or as sweet as she may be, is your responsibility -- FOREVER!
2ND ANGEL: (Shocked) You're kidding!
1ST ANGEL: Not at all. You started this project, and you get to see it to the final end. You'll weep a lot, you'll rejoice a lot, and we hope you will see your assigned choose the path that The Almighty has so lovingly mapped out for her. The walk, my friend, has only begun.
2ND ANGEL: (Takes off mortarboard and looks at it) You say ... the walk has only begun. So this stupid hat is only a beginning.
1ST ANGEL: Only a beginning, my friend. Remember, I read the fine print. But a very exciting beginning, if I might add.
2ND ANGEL: (Hesitantly, not sure) And I get to stick around for all the action.
1ST ANGEL: You got it!
2ND ANGEL: (Puts mortarboard back on) Whew! I hope I'm up to this.
1ST ANGEL: Me too. But with all the prayers we can't go wrong. Well, what do you say we get this show on the road. (Rises as graduation music sounds in the background) I hear The Almighty's got quite a feast laid out, for that great graduation day down the line a piece.
2ND ANGEL: (Rises and the two begin walking off stage) And I hear He's sparing no expense. Chocolate covered strawberries ... graduation cake ... presents ...
1ST ANGEL: And I'll be there, friend. I'll be there.
2ND ANGEL: (Stops abruptly) Today's graduation means you and I are headed for college, right?
1ST ANGEL: Right!
2ND ANGEL: (Shakes head as he looks at his body) Feathers, my friends, hang on for the ride.
(Both ANGELS laugh, then walk off stage arm in arm)
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Setting: Heaven on graduation day
Characters:
TWO YOUNG GUARDIAN ANGELS: May be male or female
Costumes: White robes, tinsel halos under traditional graduation mortarboards
Props: Two white boxes for sitting
Scene: Two white boxes are sitting side by side center stage. Both angels enter. Obviously young, they run and push each other playfully, tripping up the steps to the stage, laughing and panting
* * *
1ST ANGEL: (Panting) What a day! What a day! How do I look? (Readjusts mortarboard)
2ND ANGEL: (Steps back and takes a good look) Great, really great. In fact, I'd say you look quite distinguished. Rather intelligent, actually.
1ST ANGEL: Hey, I am intelligent! Besides, let it not be forgotten that I earned this hat with a great deal of effort. A great deal of effort! (Collapses on a box)
2ND ANGEL: I won't argue that, my friend.
1ST ANGEL: (Sighs) If my young man's parents hadn't been praying like two roaring locomotives all these years, it might have been him, and not me, under that wrecked car the other night. (Throws up hands) And how, pray tell, would I have explained that to The Almighty! Imagine trying to outrun a train four days before graduation. And this young man is ready to face the world? Not a chance! That kid's given me more gray feathers, and I'm just young myself.
2ND ANGEL: (Laughs heartily) Remember, I saw a few of those close calls. Whew, feathers all over the place! You couldn't fly for weeks. (Sits down. Seriously) It's been quite a haul hasn't it, being a guardian angel ... quite a haul. (As if talking to himself, with softness and feeling) When The Almighty assigned me that cute little bundle seventeen years ago, he had tears in his eyes. She was everything he could make her. She was beautiful, and he had such great plans for her life. "Watch her, guard her, protect her," he told me. "Never let her out of your sight. She is your responsibility, your charge. Listen to the prayers of her people and carry them out. You see, I love her more than life itself." And then he said something that caused a lump to form in my throat until I could hardly swallow. "She is the most priceless treasure I have ever created. If anything should happen to her ... if, somehow, she turns her back on everything good, my heart shall be ripped in shreds. For she is all I have."
1ST ANGEL: Ah, and my commission was the same. "He is all I have," The Almighty said. And I, too, felt that lump in my throat. The Almighty's commitment to this boy has been so powerful ... (Irritated) And you and I have gotten to run after the little darlings like a bunch of unorganized body guards.
2ND ANGEL: I'd say it's a pretty important job, seeing as how these miserable little creatures are The Almighty's greatest possession.
1ST ANGEL: (Horrified) Miserable creatures, did you say? Wash your mouth out with soap!
2ND ANGEL: (Defensively) Well, you called them "little darlings," and didn't mean a word of it! Admit it, being a guardian angel is no Caribbean cruise. And I've even had it easy compared to you. My little lady never forgets to read her Bible before she goes to bed. Says her prayers, too. Makes my job a whole lot easier. She stays out of a lot of jams on her own. Now you, you've been tailing quite a tiger, if I must say so myself.
1ST ANGEL: (Shakes head) He's been a challenge! Drives too fast, studies too little, doesn't even know what a green leafy vegetable looks like, mouths off to his parents. Don't get me started. (Sighs)
But The Almighty has such great plans for this kid. And, he grows on you ... When no one's looking, he'll sit and talk to some lonely little fellow in the park for hours. He'll push him in the swing, even slip on down the slide. And, I hear the cry of his heart. It's tender. It's compassionate.
2ND ANGEL: (Pats mortarboard) Ah, and here it is, graduation day. We've arrived, my friend. Our job is done. We've gotten our little treasures to that big day, with us and them intact, which is no small accomplishment. After the great graduation ceremony this afternoon, you and I can put our feet up, send for tickets to some warm spot in the tropics, lounge on the beach, and recuperate.
1ST ANGEL: Excuse me, but I don't think you read the fine print of your contract.
2ND ANGEL: Hey, our little imps are history! Over the stage! Grown up! They make their own way now. No more Mom, no more Dad. No more rules, no more guardian angel. They can come in when they wish, eat what they wish, even wear a nose ring with garlic bulbs hanging clear down to their knees if they want to.
1ST ANGEL: And you'll be right there, as usual.
2ND ANGEL: (With exasperation) Don't think so, friend. It's graduation time! I'm history!
1ST ANGEL: Sorry, friend, but you're NEVER history. That wonderful creation of The Almighty, as wild and woolly or as sweet as she may be, is your responsibility -- FOREVER!
2ND ANGEL: (Shocked) You're kidding!
1ST ANGEL: Not at all. You started this project, and you get to see it to the final end. You'll weep a lot, you'll rejoice a lot, and we hope you will see your assigned choose the path that The Almighty has so lovingly mapped out for her. The walk, my friend, has only begun.
2ND ANGEL: (Takes off mortarboard and looks at it) You say ... the walk has only begun. So this stupid hat is only a beginning.
1ST ANGEL: Only a beginning, my friend. Remember, I read the fine print. But a very exciting beginning, if I might add.
2ND ANGEL: (Hesitantly, not sure) And I get to stick around for all the action.
1ST ANGEL: You got it!
2ND ANGEL: (Puts mortarboard back on) Whew! I hope I'm up to this.
1ST ANGEL: Me too. But with all the prayers we can't go wrong. Well, what do you say we get this show on the road. (Rises as graduation music sounds in the background) I hear The Almighty's got quite a feast laid out, for that great graduation day down the line a piece.
2ND ANGEL: (Rises and the two begin walking off stage) And I hear He's sparing no expense. Chocolate covered strawberries ... graduation cake ... presents ...
1ST ANGEL: And I'll be there, friend. I'll be there.
2ND ANGEL: (Stops abruptly) Today's graduation means you and I are headed for college, right?
1ST ANGEL: Right!
2ND ANGEL: (Shakes head as he looks at his body) Feathers, my friends, hang on for the ride.
(Both ANGELS laugh, then walk off stage arm in arm)
