Pilgrim Hesitates at New Year’s Door

A New Year’s skit in verse

 POY! SKIT GUIDELINES:

• In a small group, participants might simply read their lines, or glance at their lines to get the idea so they can speak in their own words.
• Most POY! skits require no practice in advance.
• Have any small children play a brief part. Most scripts have an optional part for children, listed last under Participants.
• Most scripts have a Narrator who should read the script beforehand to see how to keep moving the story along.
• It is not necessary to employ costumes and objects, unless the skit recommends such.
• It is not required to have an audience watch the skit. All present may participate.
• Scripture and paraphrases, if any, usually appear in bold.

PARTICIPANTS:

Timekeeper
Pilgrim

 SCRIPT:

Timekeeper	(Standing by a door as Pilgrim approaches) I’ve turned the hourglass three sixty-five1 times twenty-four.       Oh! A pilgrim has stopped, and trembles by my door. Why pause, Pilgrim? Travel on to God’s next year!       He beckons you. There’s nothing to fear!
Pilgrim	It’s too dark, Timekeeper! The unknown I dread.       Please loan me a light, so I’ll see where to tread.
Timekeeper	Take Jesus’ hand, not a light that I’d provide       You can’t see ahead, but Christ is your Guide.
Pilgrim	If I reach next year’s end, and your light I should lack,       What will I see if I turn to look back?
Timekeeper	You’re not to fret over how you will fare.       Tomorrow depends on today’s faithful prayer.
Pilgrim	You’ve stirred my weak faith and hope that’s sublime       I’ll walk on with Jesus, one step at a time. (Step through the door.) Â

DISCUSS:

What might happen if God revealed to people all that would happen to them during next year?

How does God help believers have patience and not fret over the future?

Ask people to relate briefly events that happened last year that brought them or their family closer to Christ.

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¹Leap year: three sixty-six