The Big Decision

By Kimberly McKellar Miller

The Big Decision

Mrs. Grace Johnson is a new sixth grade health teacher who is about to lead her first sex education class. While the students are antsy and ready to see just what the video of a lifetime is all about, she is reminded of her own teenage years and realizes she is now saying to them words she heard as a child. She decides to share from her own experience just how the decision of whether or not to be sexually active before marriage affected her life and those around her.
As she tells her class about a time in her familys life when things were very chaotic, distressing, and disappointing, she remembers how hard it was to make what she calls The Big Decision. She also remembers just how her friends in her past, both saved and unsaved, were such an influence in the choices she made. She is mindful to encourage the young ladies to make the right choice for it is one you cant undo.
With the HIV and Aids epidemic being one that continues to plague all of our communities, this book is meant to send a message that one choice can change your life for the better or for the worse. For adults and even more importantly young people, who battle promiscuity this story will make all aware of the game the Enemy is playing with their minds in order to steal, kill, and destroy their lives. The choice is up to each individual to hear this message.
Have you ever wondered to yourself, what does Love really look like? Are you someone who is torn between taking a stand to wait but being pulled by the loud voice of society that says, No one really waits anymore. Maybe it is time that you set the standard. It is my goal to persuade you to think twice when you are faced with making The Big Decision; remember -- it could change your life forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781503568341

Kimberly McKellar Miller

Min Kimberly McKellar Miller served as the Youth Minister at Beulah Baptist Church where she on staff for 12 years. During her time there she was also Director of the Beulahland Child Care Center. She was called into the ministry in 2003 upon which she gave her initial sermon in August of the same year. She enjoys preaching and teaching the word of God to whomever will listen. She is the proud graduate of NC A&T State University with a BA in Psychology. While in pursuit of her Master of Divinity degree at Shaw University, she was crowned Miss Shaw Divinity in 2010. Min Miller received her Certificate of Ordination through the Rowan Association in July 2012. She has taken part in the Black Arts Theatre Festival open mic in Aug 2007; performing a poem she wrote herself entitled “Jesus Christ Paid the Price.” She has played a lead role in the gospel stage play “My First Love,” produced through the Royal Curtain Drama Guild. She believes that God has created us all with purpose and greatness on the inside that needs to be awakened in order to bring Glory to God. One of her favorite scriptures is John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Most importantly she has received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior!

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CHARACTERS:

Narrator: Female voice.

Grace: The main character who is being pressured to make the big decision; to lose her virginity or to keep it until marriage. When the story begins she is an 11th grader whose father is a Pastor. She has a very close relationship with her father. When her father passes away she becomes angry with God and begins to look for love in all the wrong places.

Mrs. Richardson: Grace, who is now married, in her late 30’s and a sixth grade teacher. She shares her life experience with the students in her class who are about to watch their first sex education video.

Monica: The girl that all the guys already know because she didn’t wait. She is one of Grace best friends who attends her church and lives in her neighborhood. She is also in the 11th grade with Grace. She has a distant relationship with her mother because her mother is always working and when she is not working she is always angry. Monica longs to have the love of her mother.

Patricia: The best friend of Grace who has decided to wait to have sex until marriage. She lives with her grandparents because her mother died when she was 5 years old and she never knew her father. Her grandparents have instilled Christian values in her since she came to live with them. She is rooted and grounded in God and excited about this being her last year of high school.

Tiffany: The older sister who has a strong relationship with God and Grace looks up to her. She gets side tracked by someone that she thinks is the one and ends up pregnant. She has a baby while she is trying to finish college.

Rev. Johnson: Pastor of the local church and the father of Grace and Tiffany. Very honorable and well respected man in the community.

Mrs. Johnson: The wife of Rev. Johnson and the devoted mother of Grace and Tiffany. She is very close to the girls and she continues to encourage them to maintain a close relationship with one another and with God.

Kevin: The player who is out to get as many young ladies as he can. He doesn’t care who he hurts in the process to him it is all a game. He is a senior in high school when the story begins.

Scottie: Senior in high school and the side kick who encourages Kevin to do all the wrong things.

Youth Pastor: Male in his early 30’s who pastor’s the youth at the local church.

Dr. Hughes: Male doctor who give the news to both Grace and Monica.

Bryan: The Good Guy

Receptionist: Female college student who works at the Doctor’s office.

Mrs. Brenda: Single mother of Monica who is angry and has yet to know what love is.

The voice of the Old Lady: She is an old client of Dr. Hughes who is now up in age and very aggressive.

Destiny: Tiffany’s 5 year old daughter

The voice of God: Older Male voice.

Patricia’s husband: Tall dark and handsome

Charlie: 6th grade student.

Reggie: 6th grade student.

Quana: 6th grade student.

Maria: 6th grade student.

Kobie: 6th grade student.

Jace: 6th grade student.

John: 6th grade student.

Teenage girl #1: Walking through the park with a friend.

Teenage girl #2: Walking through the park with a friend.

Prop Listing

Classroom: Teachers table/desk and chair, television on a stand and 7 desks and chairs

Johnson Family home: Couch, recliner chair for the pastor, table, photo album book, desk and chair, mirror with ledge and small vase on it, telephone, baby doll, blanket, baby carrier and a book

Ball Park: 2 Benches, a tree and basketball goal, cell phone, telephone, a basketball and a gold necklace

Patricia’s room: Iron board, Iron, shirt, basket of clothes, night stand and a cordless phone

Doctor’s office: Receptionist desk, 6 chairs, desk for doctor’s private office, 2 telephones (one for receptionist desk and one for doctors desk), a purse and doctor’s white coat

Church Scene: Several chairs, podium, a long box on table for casket

Estimated Running Time is 1 Hour and 50 Mins.

ACT 1

Scene 1

THE CLASSROOM

Mrs. Richardson:

I have everyone’s form here but yours Charlie. (Looking up at Charlie)I don’t have your form signed by your parents. So you know what that means (As she motions him to come and get his pass to leave the class)

Charlie:

(He stands at his seat) Ah man! I wanted to watch the video!

Mrs. Richardson:

Well I’m sorry, but I can’t allow you to without the signed form from either of your parents. Come on. (She motions again, for him to come and get his pass to leave the class) Come on; let’s go.

Charlie:

I am going