Need some revitalization of your worship service with more involvement on the part of the congregations? Or do you need more focus on the sermon subjects? This book may well be your answer. The 53 responsive readings in the book differ from the traditional approach. Here you may find the audience cast in various roles (such as in drama) where they will respond as a character in a story (such as in readers theatre). Good reading is easy to achieve (as in choral reading) and the audience gets to answer and suggest corporately (as in traditional responsive readings).

The audience may play the fool, the pharisee, the publican, God, the believer, or the skeptic. At all times we worked at keeping the responses short so that the long monotony of untrained reading would be avoided, and a minimum of rehearsal instruction would be needed to have maximum expression.

Both youth and adults have enjoyed these responsive readings. We think your congregation will as well!!

At last, dramatic presentations that are inspiring and even humorous at times that can be performed by anyone who can read, regardless of their age. The scripts are not to be memorized, require no props, and can be performed in any venue. Participants act with the voice to recreate Biblical stories of intrigue, faith and love. The Christmas stories, the stories of "Ruth," "Prodigal Son," and the "Good Samaritan" stories are all retold in a unique and compelling manner in these scripts. Casting, voicing, and staging notes are included with each script to enable even the newest of worship leaders to present polished performances.

Everyone loves a story well told! Churches have found these readings to be engaging for the young and old alike whether they are listeners or participants.

Good words to you!

Need some help improving your students' comprehension and reading fluency? Want to increase active participation, maximize learning time, and build motivation? Regardless of the level or subject you teach, this know-how book of Readers Theatre may just be the answer. Packed with dozens of scripts ready for immediate use, this book contains over 250 pages of ideas for weaving Readers Theatre into any curriculum. Along with the scripts are suggestions for writing, casting, voicing, and staging. Presented in user-friendly language for classroom educators, elementary through high school, this book is filled with classroom-tested materials and strategies for teaching content through the dramatic genre of Readers Theatre. Hear the concepts you are teaching come alive as your students enter this high-energy, no-cost style of learning!