{"id":1697,"date":"2026-09-10T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:33:12","slug":"call-to-worship-drama-7-19-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/call-to-worship-drama-7-19-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to Worship Drama 7\/19 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narrator:&nbsp;<\/strong>There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus. Having heard reports about the man named Jesus, Nicodemus decided to visit him, concealed by the darkness of night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nicodemus:&nbsp;<\/strong>Teacher, we know you are from God because no one could do the signs you do unless God is in it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesus:&nbsp;<\/strong>This is true. And unless a person is born from above, they will be unable to see God\u2019s kingdom that I am pointing to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narrator:&nbsp;<\/strong>This&nbsp;reply&nbsp;puzzled Nicodemus. So, he asked Jesus:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nicodemus:&nbsp;<\/strong>How can anyone be born who has already been born? Are you saying we are supposed to become babies and be born again?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Not in body, but in Spirit. Let me say it this way: The kingdom of heaven is entered by those who are willing to let the Spirit guide them, who are born by water, and who set their eyes on heavenly things. I am showing people the&nbsp;way so&nbsp;that those who believe in me will not perish but have eternal life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narrator:&nbsp;<\/strong>Jesus said these things to Nicodemus to shine the light of God\u2019s love. God does not want anyone to be lost but invites all to know life that is truly life. Let us worship God, who so loves the world!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey Narrator:&nbsp;There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus. Having heard reports about the man named Jesus, Nicodemus decided to visit him, concealed by the darkness of night.&nbsp; Nicodemus:&nbsp;Teacher, we know you are from God because no one could do the signs you do unless God is in it.&nbsp; Jesus:&nbsp;This is true. And unless a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[50,58,60,56,57,25,61,59],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call-to-worship","category-skit","tag-audrey-hollenberg-duffey","tag-call-to-worship","tag-drama","tag-john","tag-john-3","tag-light","tag-nicodemus","tag-skit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}