The Lord Takes Elijah Up To Heaven
Worship
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
3 readers -- 2 male youths, 1 female youth
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Elijah
3 = Elisha
1: Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a
whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
2: Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as
far as Bethel."
3: But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live,
I will not leave you."
1: So they went down to Bethel. The company of prophets who were
in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
today the Lord will take your master away from you?"
3: And he said, "Yes, I know; keep silent."
2: Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent
me to Jericho."
3: But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
will not leave you."
1: So they came to Jericho. The company of prophets who were at
Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
today the Lord will take your master away from you?"
3: And he answered, "Yes, I know; be silent."
2: Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me
to the Jordan."
3: But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
will not leave you."
1: So the two of them went on. Fifty men of the company of
prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they
both were standing by the Jordan.
1: Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the
water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other,
until the two of them crossed on dry ground.
2: When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me what I
may do for you, before I am taken from you."
3: Elisha said, "Please let me inherit a double share of your
spirit."
2: He responded, "You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me
as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it
will not."
1: As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and
horses separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended into a
whirlwind into heaven.
3: Elisha kept watching and crying out, "Father, father! The
chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
1: But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own
clothes and tore them in two pieces.
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
3 readers -- 2 male youths, 1 female youth
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Elijah
3 = Elisha
1: Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a
whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
2: Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as
far as Bethel."
3: But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live,
I will not leave you."
1: So they went down to Bethel. The company of prophets who were
in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
today the Lord will take your master away from you?"
3: And he said, "Yes, I know; keep silent."
2: Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent
me to Jericho."
3: But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
will not leave you."
1: So they came to Jericho. The company of prophets who were at
Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
today the Lord will take your master away from you?"
3: And he answered, "Yes, I know; be silent."
2: Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; for the Lord has sent me
to the Jordan."
3: But he said, "As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I
will not leave you."
1: So the two of them went on. Fifty men of the company of
prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they
both were standing by the Jordan.
1: Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the
water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other,
until the two of them crossed on dry ground.
2: When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me what I
may do for you, before I am taken from you."
3: Elisha said, "Please let me inherit a double share of your
spirit."
2: He responded, "You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me
as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it
will not."
1: As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and
horses separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended into a
whirlwind into heaven.
3: Elisha kept watching and crying out, "Father, father! The
chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
1: But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own
clothes and tore them in two pieces.
