Here’s a
readers’ theatre setting of 1 Kings 17:8-16, the Old Testament reading for Proper
27 B (Ordinary 32 B). It is set for three voices.
Readers’ Theatre: 1
Kings 17:8-16
One: The Lord said to Elijah,
Go and live in the village of
Zarephath, near the city of Sidon.
I have instructed a widow there to
feed you.
So Elijah went to Zarephath.
As he arrived at the gates of the
village,
he saw a widow gathering sticks, and
he asked her,
Two: Would you please bring me a little water in
a cup?
One: As she was going to get it, he called to
her,
Two: Bring me a bite of bread, too.
Three: I swear by the Lord your God
that I don’t have a single piece of
bread in the house.
And I have only a handful of flour
left in the jar
and a little cooking oil in the
bottom of the jug.
I was just gathering a few sticks to
cook this last meal,
and then my son and I will die.
Two: Don’t be afraid!
Go ahead and do just what you’ve
said,
but make a little bread for me
first.
Then use what’s left to prepare a
meal for yourself and your son.
For this is what the Lord, the
God of Israel, says:
There will always be flour and olive
oil left in your containers
until the time when
the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!
One: So she did as Elijah said,
and she and Elijah and her family
continued to eat for many days.
There was always enough flour and
olive oil left in the containers,
just as the Lord had
promised through Elijah.
