Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

E ASTERTIDE : T HE A SCENSION OF C H R I S T • 225

Theme

Christ the risen Lord sends his disciples to gather all nations into his Kingdom.

Setting

A mountain in Galilee

• Jesus • The eleven disciples

Major Characters

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. The disciples travel to a mountain in Galilee where Jesus has directed them. 2. When Jesus comes they worship him, but some doubt. Climax 3. Jesus declares that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him. 4. He commissions his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and to teach them to observe all that he had commanded.

Falling Action and Resolution 5. Jesus promises that he is with them always, to the end of the age.