(A modern blending of the New Testament)Narrator: There is a garden.
It is at night.
There is a small camp fire set up.
Jesus has a small group of people listening.
Jesus: I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cherishes every branch that bears grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
Remain in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can bear grapes by being grafted into the vine, you can bear fruit as you are grafted into me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you're with me and I with you, the harvest is sure to be abundant. If you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is. As you produce grapes, you mature as my students.
Remember that I chose you. I put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that last forever. As you bear fruit, ask the Father whatever in relation to me, he will give you.
I have loved you as the Father has loved me. So, remain in my love. By obeying my commands, you remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my happiness may be in you and that your happiness may be full. What is my command? My command is this: Love one another as I have loved you.
I am going to love you putting my life on the line for you, my friends. You are my friends when you do the things I told you. You understand how I think and plan. So, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father. Again what is my root command? Love one another. I picked you to live according to the divine compassion. As you understand the divine compassion and love, so you are going to live well.
When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes, the very Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father will confirm everything about me. You, too, from your side will give your confirming evidence, since you are in this with me from the start.
