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Amber Is late 30s or early 40s From a traveller background, though now settled into town

Amber Is late 30s or early 40s From a traveller background, though now settled into town Like many of her generation, she had boyfriends she lived with from her early 20s None of them really wanted a long-term relationship, though she had hoped they might...

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Amber Is late 30s or early 40s From a traveller background, though now settled into town

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  1. Amber • Is late 30s or early 40s • From a traveller background, though now settled into town • Like many of her generation, she had boyfriends she lived with from her early 20s • None of them really wanted a long-term relationship, though she had hoped they might... • She now realised that moving in without marrying made it less likely she would ever be really secure... • ... And that had proved to be the case. She is now a bit lonely, has to work full time, and currently is living with an older man who clearly doesn’t want to marry her, but she is afraid to break it off or she’d have nothing • She’s never had a stake in a house and wouldn’t be high up the council housing list

  2. Amber realises she made some wrong choices, but it seemed that was the normal way • Now she is on her lunch break and is having to spend it doing the weekly big shop • Few people speak to her – her old friends and family have moved away and older ones have died • ‘Church’ is irrelevant and anyway she’s always a bit afraid and guilty; her folk had been nominal Catholics, but with a lot of superstition too • The neighbours where she currently lives, and her partner’s family, all regard her family with suspicion, with their gypsy looks and manners

  3. You are behind her at the supermarket checkout, and notice a rather battered Bible in her bag. You don’t know her name, only what you can deduce. • She seems ready to talk when you smile at her. You are a town chaplain; how might you engage her in conversation? [2 minutes!]

  4. ACT ONE WWJD? • Respect and dignity: people liking to be asked for something not just told about something or offered something? ‘I’m tired and thirsty. Would you give me a drink?’ Pretty unusual, someone like you asking me for help! Your kind are normally too stuck up to talk to the likes of us!

  5. Actually I’ve got something you might like... – I see you are religious Oh, are you one of those born-again Christians? My culture is much older than that You’ll go home, eat the stuff you’ve bought, and be back again... and again... Are you happy with life? How do you know I find life a struggle? And feel a bit trapped?

  6. You tell me! What have you got to offer? What do you know about life? People like you have got it on a plate... Though it is surprising – and nice – that you’ve bothered to speak with me There is more to life than this you know Yeh? I wish... Show me!

  7. Huh. What husband? Bring your husband along to something Bit uncomfortable,this. Quick, change the subject... Like so many others. Sad, our society and your choices You’ve been in a string of relationships, and none has ended in marriage... Culture again. We’re different

  8. Do you know what? God really loves you – and Jesus is right here with you! The brave words, praying that the time is just right... Hmm. Do you know, I might just get some of my people to meet this guy Come with me to... Have a leaflet... Can I pray with you?... He’s really getting me thinking. I feel a kind of warmth...

  9. ACT TWO • The disciples return • What were you talking to her for? • Here, have some food • ‘My food is to do God’s will’ • Open your eyes! • Where’s the harvest?

  10. ACT THREE • The (outcast?) woman, with her friends and family... • Many believed because they heard Jesus, and the woman’s testimony Please stay around here! Is this really what God is like? This makes sense! We feel it! We now know what you were on about...

  11. ACT FOUR – the reader or hearer “Now we believe... ...because we ourselves have heard him and we know that he really is the Saviour of the world!” (John 4:42)

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