Description
Serving God by serving Jesus
SKETCH 5 OF 5 short sketches on the theme of “Who, (and why), do we serve?”
DRAMASHARE SUGGESTS The COMPLETE script which contains all 5 sketches, (more economical and user-friendly than ordering individual scripts).
DramaShare wrote these scripts for a DramaShare member, (a membership benefit), to compliment the Standard Publishing VBS program, “God’s Backyard”. However it is self-standing and very adaptable to any VBS or other children’s program.
The individual themes for the five days are:
- Serving Family (DramaShare Script: Backyard Servant – Serving Family)
- Serving Friends (DramaShare Script: Backyard Servant – Serving Friends)
- Serving Neighbours (DramaShare Script: Backyard Servant – Serving Neighbours)
- Serving Community (DramaShare Script: Backyard Servant– Serving Community)
- Serving Jesus (DramaShare Script: Backyard Servant (THIS SCRIPT) – Serving Jesus)
- Can be used for a daily VBS program or each script can be used as a self-standing drama.
NOTE: DramaShare has no relationship with Standard Publishing and no Standard Publishing materials were used in writing these scripts.
Cast: 4 (m or f any age)
- Woodie
- Willie
- Tracie from Backyard Service Company doing good deeds
- Lynn from Backyard Service Company doing good deeds
Bible Reference: Mark 12:29-31
Set: bare with picnic table
Lighting: standard
Sound: wireless mics if available
Song: none
SFX: none
Costumes: standard
Props:
- photo albums, rake, hoe, Bible
Special Instructions: none
Time: 15 (approx. 15 min for each sketch)
Sample of script: Sketch 5 – Serving Jesus
all actors come on stage, talking excitedly
Woodie: You know the best thing of all in serving at the Main Street Mission was finding just how nice the people are, they are just like everyday guys.
Tracey: Yeh, I have to admit I was a bit scared about going down to the Mission at first, but like you say Woodie, those folks made us feel right at home.
Willie: I can’t help feeling that I have so much, and those folks really have nothing. It bothers me to see the poverty, the sickness, the addictions.
Lynn: Me too, but really, don’t you think it should bother us?
Woodie: How do you mean, it should bother us?
Lynn: Well, seems to me that if it didn’t bother us we should be ashamed.
Tracey: Ashamed? . . What have we to be ashamed about? . . After all we did spend the day serving at the Main Street Mission.
Lynn: Yes we did, but then we got to go home to nice clean homes, enjoy all the luxuries that the folks on Main Street will likely never know.
Woodie: I feel for those folks too, don’t get me wrong. And I want to go back often to help, and to share what I have with the Main Street folks. But is there anything wrong in enjoying the homes that our families have worked hard for?
Willie: But do we deserve all we have when others have nothing?
Lynn: Exactly. How can we feel good about what we have, shouldn’t we share all we have with the Main Street people?
Tracey: You mean like sell our houses, our cars, give all the money to the poor?
Lynn: I’m not sure, but I think that’s what I mean.
Woodie: Well after being at the Mission I can see that I don’t need all that I have, and that means I am going to have to make some changes in my life. . . . But does serving my community mean giving away everything I have?
Tracey: Those are tough questions, aren’t they?
Lynn: Seems like serving our community sure does open our eyes.
Willie: Makes a person think about what you want to do with your life.
Tracey: You mean like choosing a job?
Lynn: I feel like we need to be serving people who so badly need our help.
Woodie: But not everyone can work full time at the Main Street Mission.
