A Nativity Play According to Luke

Click here for a Nativity Play that was sent to me by Karen from Elizabeth, Illinois, who writes:

Hi Joe,

If anyone needs a “bomb proof” script for the Nativity Play, a children’s production, for this year, please pass along the attached file. It’s based on the Gospel of St. Luke, this year’s cycle. It also starts right at the Prologue, a unique tool used by Luke. We’ve taken selected readings from Chapter 1, then continue in Chapter 2 to the actual readings for Christmas Eve Mass, up to the line 20.
The play is structured so that the older kids have the speaking parts and can deliver them from the lectern with the script in front of them. The non-speaking costumed actors are the younger children who are non-speaking but usually take their roles very seriously.All stage instructions are included.
Please read it and see if you think it might be useful to pass forward to others.
Sincerely,
Karen O’Mara

Note: Click on the link as indicated above, and a Word document with the script will be downloaded to your computer. Depending on your computer’s settings, it may not open automatically, so please check your downloads folder for the file.

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Joe Paprocki, DMin, is National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press, where, in addition to his traveling/speaking responsibilities, he works on the development team for faith formation curriculum resources including Finding God: Our Response to God’s Gifts and God’s Gift: Reconciliation and Eucharist. Joe has more than 35 years of experience in ministry and has presented keynotes, presentations, and workshops in more than 100 dioceses in North America. Joe is a frequent presenter at national conferences including the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the Mid-Atlantic Congress, and the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership. He is the author of numerous books, including the best seller The Catechist’s Toolbox, A Church on the Move, Under the Influence of Jesus, and Called to Be Catholic—a bilingual, foundational supplemental program that helps young people know their faith and grow in their relationship with God. Joe is also the series editor for the Effective Catechetical Leader and blogs about his experiences in faith formation at www.catechistsjourney.com.

33 Comments

  1. Hi Joe
    I am Drama teacher in a Catholic High School Teacher in Toronto. I am interested in your nativity script. Would you be willing to forward it to me?

    Thank you for your kind attention.

    Blessings Cynthia

    • Does anyone have the link to this material, I would really like to incorporate it into my class play this year.

      • Leah, click on the words “Nativity Play” in the article above to see the script. It is a download in Word format.

  2. I wonder if you could send me a copy of the nativity play. For some reason, it does not open even though I clicked on the words “nativity play”.

  3. Hello I am a Catholic Kindergarten Teacher can you please send me the link to the Christmas Play According to Luke

    • Hi Paula, I’ve never done this skit myself but from observing the script, it looks like 15 minutes would be ballpark.

  4. Please email me the Nativity Play, as I cannot access it from the post. I am Religious Ed Coordinator and would like to involve the children in performing it for our parish. Thank you!

  5. For those of you having trouble with the link, we’ve updated the post to make it easier. Click on the link as indicated above, and a Word document with the script will be downloaded to your computer. Depending on your computer’s settings, it may not open automatically, so please check your downloads folder for the file.

    Catechist’s Journey Editor

  6. would you be so kind as to send me the Nativity Play, because I cannot access it from the post. I am an English teacher in Germany and I would like to involve the children in performing it at school. Thank you!

  7. Music and Theater teacher at St. John Catholic (elementary – middle)
    Could I please have a copy for our school production?
    THANK YOU!!

  8. Hello, I can’t seem to locate an attachment to download. I have checked my downloads and don’t find it there either. Will you please email the script to me. Thank you and have a blessed day.

  9. I am the Religious Education Director from St.John the Evangelist in Carmichael California. Would you please send me a copy of the Nativity Play by St. Luke. I could not download it. Thank you.

    • Hi Sr. Kusuma! Did you click on the link in the first sentence? It should take you to a Word document of the script.

  10. Joe,
    Thank you for using God’s Word in a Nativity Play. I humbly ask for a script to share with my Sunday school.

    • Hi Rosemary, I personally don’t have anything other than what I shared in this post. You may want to visit the Catholic Faith Formation Group on Facebook and put out a plea for such a script.

  11. Hello there Joe Paprocki, greetings of the season!
    May I also request for a copy of your nativity script. I am the catechist for my school’s Catholic Religion Department. Much thanks!

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