Voices for Good Friday - eBook [ePub]: Worship Services with Dramatic Monologues Based on the Gospels - Year A
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Amanda Burr
An ordained minister, a registered nurse, and a professional actress, Amanda Burr is lead pastor of the United Methodist Church of Palm Springs, California. She earned her bachelor and master degrees in nursing, and received her M. Div. and D. Min. from Claremont School of the Theology. Since her early college years she has acted in stage and television roles. She has received awards for her acting, directing, and set design. She is a member of the Palm Canyon Theatre, a regional theater company in Palm Springs. In addition, as a member of the Guatemala Mission Team of Interfaith Action International, she volunteers each year to install wood efficiency stoves and be the team s nurse. She lives in Cathedral City, California.
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Voices for Good Friday - eBook [ePub] - Amanda Burr
Title Page
Voices
for
Good Friday
Worship Services
with Dramatic Monologues
Based on the Gospels
Amanda J. Burr
Abingdon Press
Nashville
Copyright page
To my Uncle Phil, who was, after Mom and Dad, my first fan
Voices for Good Friday
Copyright © 2014 by Abingdon Press
All rights reserved.
Narratives and specified worship-service elements may be reproduced or displayed when used in non-commercial, congregational worship settings and events.
Otherwise, no part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission can be addressed to Permissions, The United Methodist Publishing House, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801, or emailed to permissions@umpublishing.org.
ISBN 978-1-4267-8433-0
Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Hymnal references in the worship services are The United Methodist Hymnal, copyright © 1989 by The United Methodist Publishing House; and The Faith We Sing, copyright © 2000 by Abingdon Press.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction
On the Margins
NARRATIVES BASED ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
THE GADARENE DEMONIACS
THE CANAANITE WOMAN (HER DAUGHTER SPEAKS) (Matthew 15:21-28)
THE CENTURION
The Worship Service
Preface
Preface
Blame it on Frederick Buechner and his book Telling the Truth: The Gospel Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale. Following in the tradition of the Haggadah Midrash, so cherished in ancient Judaism, I have been writing stories based