Description 

Synopsis:

• Just as the shepherds were terrified when an angel of the Lord appeared to them, two pre-teen girls are scared to see a light outside their tent but are relieved when the intruder turns out to be one’s father who is inviting them to enjoy the beauty of the evening sky.
• Video opens on a small tent pitched next to a suburban house at dusk. Two girls laugh and giggle inside until they see a flashlight—they are terrified to see the tent door unzip.
• The father invites his daughter and her friend to walk through a nearby field and enjoy the evening sky – both girls marvel at the beauty.
• High quality production quality. Three scriptures cited –along with a music from a verse from O Come, O Come Emmanuel (see below).

Application:

• Sometimes the things we initially fear are the sources of great joy.
• Just like the shepherds looked to the sky on the hillsides outside Bethlehem, so we must around to see the impact that the life of Jesus Christ had on the world.
• It would be hard to find joy in this world had Jesus not been born.

Suggested Uses:

Third Sunday of Advent

Biblical References:

Scriptures cited

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby keeping watch over their flocks.

An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified. Luke 2:8-9

But the angel said to them, do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy. Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11

Shout aloud and sing for joy people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. Isaiah 12”6

Music Lyrics:

O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.
Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.