Get To Know Me

1st Gen

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(5 people in a line. From stage right to stage left is Apostle Paul, Woman At The Well, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Thief On The Cross)

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JESUS:                                (steps out) My name is Jesus Christ!

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EVERYONE:                       Jesus!

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JESUS:                                I can change your life!

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EVERYONE:                       Your life!

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JESUS:                                Just like I changed their lives! (pointing at the 4 behind him)

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EVERYONE:                       Our lives!

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JESUS:                                All you've gotta do is -

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EVERYONE:                       Get to know him!

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JESUS:                                Can I make the blind see?

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EVERYONE:                       My eyes! (motion towards your eyes)

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JESUS:                                The deaf hear?

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EVERYONE:                       Say what? (motion towards your ears)

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JESUS:                                And the lame walk?

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EVERYONE:                       (jump as you make a wooping sound)

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JESUS:                                Find out after these testimonies. (step back and watch people move)

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  (steps forward) Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.

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EVERYONE:                       Nowhere!

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  I had five husbands! And the man I was living with wasn't even my husband.

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EVERYONE:                       If you like it then you should've put a ring on it.

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  You don't even want to know how many kids I had.

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   10?

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MARY MAGDALENE:       20?

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APOSTLE PAUL:                30?

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  Okay! They get it! One day I was walking to the well to get some water and that's when I -

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EVERYONE:                       Go to know him!

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  He gave me a drink of that living water.

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EVERYONE:                       Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  And I've never been thirsty since.

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EVERYONE:                       Nope!

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WOMAN AT THE WELL:  You may know me better as (dance motion) the woman at the well.

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EVERYONE:                       (copy dance motion) The woman at the well.

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JESUS:                                Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!

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EVERYONE:                       Hah!

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JESUS:                                Do I draw close to the brokenhearted?

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EVERYONE:                       Yeah, you do!

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JESUS:                                Do I still mend families?

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EVERYONE:                       Hallelujah!

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JESUS:                                Can I still uplift the broken?

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EVERYONE:                       Amen!

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JESUS:                                Find out after these testimonies!

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   (steps out) Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.

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EVERYONE:                      Nowhere!

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   I was a thief.

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EVERYONE:                      (gasp)

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   I was a bad thief.

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EVERYONE:                      How bad were you?

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   I was so bad, I got caught.

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EVERYONE:                      (slap hand to forehead) Dope!

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   One day, I found myself on a cross. I looked to my left and that's when I -

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EVERYONE:                      Got to know him!

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   Now I'm walking in paradise. I even got my own mansion. I didn't even have to break in.

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EVERYONE:                      He used the key!

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THIEF ON THE CROSS:   You know me better as (dance motion) the thief on the cross!

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EVERYONE:                      (copy dance motion) The thief on the cross!

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(at this point they do a quick jazz square. The thief and the woman at the well move around each other and the apostle paul and mary magdalene move around each other)

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EVERYONE:                      Get to know me! Get get to know me! Get to know me! Get get to know me!

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MARY MAGDALENE:       Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.

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EVERYONE:                       Nowhere!

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MARY MAGDALENE:       I knew everybody! And everybody knew me! If you know what I mean.

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EVERYONE:                       No she didn't!

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MARY MAGDALENE:       I had seven demons living in me! One day I heard a knock at my door!

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EVERYONE:                       Knock! Knock! Knock!

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MARY MAGDALENE:       I opened it up and that's when I -

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JESUS:                                Got to know him!

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MARY MAGDALENE:       He cast those demons right out of me! He set me free! You know me better as (dance motion) Mary Magdalene!

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EVERYONE:                       (copy dance motion) Mary Magdalene!

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JESUS:                                Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!

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EVERYONE:                       Hah!

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JESUS:                                Can I still do miracles?

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EVERYONE:                       Yeah, you can!

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JESUS:                                Do I still set the captives free?

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EVERYONE:                       Amen!

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JESUS:                                Can I still feed the five thousand?

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EVERYONE:                       Hallelujah!

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JESUS:                                Find out after these testimonies!

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APOSTLE PAUL:                Before I got to know him I was a nobody, nothing, going nowhere.

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EVERYONE:                       Nowhere!

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APOSTLE PAUL:                I hated christians!

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EVERYONE:                      What?

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APOSTLE PAUL:               I persecuted christians!

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EVERYONE:                      (gasp)

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APOSTLE PAUL:               I even killed christians!

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EVERYONE:                      No!

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APOSTLE PAUL:               One day I was riding my horse to Damascus!

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EVERYONE:                      Da da dun! Da da dun! Da da dun dun dun!

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APOSTLE PAUL:               And a bright light knocked me off my horse!

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EVERYONE:                      Haaaaah!

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APOSTLE PAUL:               I looked up and that's when I -

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EVERYONE:                      Got to know him!

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APOSTLE PAUL:               He changed my life!

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EVERYONE:                      Yeah, he did!

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APOSTLE PAUL:               He changed my name!

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EVERYONE:                       What's in a name?

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APOSTLE PAUL:                I went on to write two thirds of the new testament.

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EVERYONE:                       Two thirds!

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APOSTLE PAUL:                You know me better as (macho man motion) the apostle Paul!

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EVERYONE:                       (copy macho man motion) The apostle Paul!

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JESUS:                                Get to know me! Get to know me! Get to know me!

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EVERYONE:                       Hah!

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JESUS:                                I am Jesus Christ!

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EVERYONE:                       Jesus!

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JESUS:                                I can change your life!

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EVERYONE:                       Your life!

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JESUS:                                Just like I changed their lives!

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EVERYONE:                       Our lives!

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JESUS:                                All you gotta do is -

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EVERYONE:                       Get to know him!

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THE END