Theme: God Invites Everyone to the Manger

Time: 7 minutes

Format: PDF Download

Characters:

• Sarah – A perfectionist Sunday-school teacher trying to plan a “VIP only” nativity event.
• Noah – A youth leader who challenges her to rethink who’s welcome.

Setting:
Church fellowship hall, with folding chairs and a clipboard. Christmas decorations are half-done.

Summary:
Sarah is fretting over her Christmas play plans:
Sarah: “We can’t have the Smith kids as shepherds — they talk too much! And Mr. Taylor as a wise man? He once forgot his line during Easter!”

Noah listens, amused, and finally asks, “You know who God actually invited that first night?”

They go back and forth — shepherds, foreign magi, an unmarried couple in a stable — everyone society would’ve overlooked.

Noah: “Seems like God’s guest list was a little less… exclusive.”
Sarah (pausing): “You mean He actually wanted the messy, noisy ones too?”
Noah: “Exactly. The manger was never meant for perfect people — just willing hearts.”

By the end, Sarah tears up her “guest list,” hangs a “Welcome All” sign, and laughs: “Looks like God’s event planning beats mine again.”

Message:
The miracle of Christmas is that everyone — rich, poor, broken, or blessed — is invited to kneel at the manger.