In honor of my dear friends, Ken and Gaile Avent Be Still and Kno 3 Script Soloist, readers, and orship leaders must be in place or very close to places hen the segment begins. In order to maximize the effect, keep movement to an absolute minimum. Worship segment begins ith a prayer time aimed at intentional silence. The folloing spoken prayer may be read ith calmness and deliberate armth, preferably by a minister or other congregational leader. Pastor or Worship Leader from center or focal point of room: Holy, loving, Father God, hat a noisy, frantic people e have become! From our earliest memories, e have been entertained ad nauseam; We have been taught to make noise and to talk too much. We are no an over-active, restless, stressed out, and attention-deprived society. Many of us have literally lost our ability to sit still, to be at peace. Even at church, e sometimes constantly yell in each other s ears. Ho often e have droned out Your Voice ith our on good intentions. Ho often have e dared speak for You, hen hat You really desired as our silence before You. Forgive us for trying to replace Your Voice ith that of our on. Help us to be still and kno that You are Silence for 20-30 seconds. You may ish to actually time this in your rehearsals, since even this short period may seem like an eternity to some congregations. Soloist Sings Motif #1 gently, as if at a distance. & # # 4 P Distant, softly, not hurried.. Be still and kno, kno that. I am your Revie copy only
4 Silence for another 20-30 seconds. Soloist & # # 4 P. & # # ΠSings Motif #2 gently, yet a little more present than Motif #1. Readers #1 and #2 read from extreme positions in room, but should be ell heard and understood. Reader 1 Reader 2 Both Reader 1 Reader 2 (quickening) Reader 1 (more intensity) Reader 2 (hispered) Reader 1 Reader 2 Both (sloly) Be still and. Turn a - ay P from Come, behold the orks of the Lord, Who has rought desolations in the earth. He makes ars to cease to the ends of the earth, He breaks the bo and cuts the spear in to. He burns the chariots ith fire. Cease striving. Be still. Cease striving! Be still! Kno Kno. kno, kno that life s noise and fears, Kno that I am God!. I am your. kno that I m your Revie copy only _
Soloist & # # 4 P. & # # Œ & # #. Sings Motif #3 ith armth and security. Reader 3 (in the center or focal point of the room) thumbs casually through today s nespaper, sloly and thoughtfully reading various headlines. Allo considerable space in time beteen headlines. Some may be humorous and ill gain a response from congregation. Examples are listed belo, but theses must be current, daily nespaper headlines. Telve to fifteen headlines should be used. Reader 3 Middle East Situation Worsens Over Weekend Time-Honored Family Tradition Scrapped in Berlin KKK On the March Again Presidential Pardons Gain Ne Heat Middle-Schooler to Be Tried as an Adult Etc (up to 15 headlines) Reader 3 completes headlines, folds the nespaper deliberately, places it under an arm, and says: Reader 3 Reader 3 sits. Be still and. Turn a - ay J. from Take My yoke up - & # # Œ. for My yoke and. kno, kno that This is SOCIETY S nes.. Reader 4 (comes to the center or focal point of the room) stands calmly ith an open Bible, ith passages belo printed on a single piece of paper, placed ithin the Bible. No flipping through the Bible, as this ill lose focus. Again, allo considerable space beteen scripture passages. life s noise and fears, on you, and bur - den are eas - y; I am your. kno that I m your. learn, learn of. I ill give you Revie copy only me, rest. 5
6 Reader 4 Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the orld. (closing the Bible) Reader 4 sits. Soloist For God so loved the orld, that He gave His only begotten Son, that hosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. I have come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly. I ill be exalted among the nations; I ill be exalted in all the earth. The Lord of hosts is ith us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Trust in the Lord ith all your hearts and do not lean upon your understanding. In all your ays acknoledge Him, and He ill direct your paths. Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you. He never shall suffer the righteous to fall. He is at your right hand. Come unto me, all you ho are eary and are heavy-laden, and I ill give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. You shall find rest unto your soul. For you shall kno the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Be not afraid, for I have redeemed you. Be not afraid, I have called you by name. When you pass through the aters, I ill be ith you. When you pass through the floods, they ill not overhelm you. When you pass through the fire, you ill not be consumed. You are mine. You are precious in my sight. This is GOD S nes. Sings entire Be Still and Kno ith accompaniment, found on page 7. The segment may end here or may be completed by singing the hymn Be Still and Kno found on page 11. A Soprano descant may be sung ith verse four and has been provided on page 10. Revie copy only