Here are 30 skits for your children's ministry that you can do instantly! Each script has been prepared with you in mind...including your volunteers and children with little or no acting experience. You'll find easy-to-read dialogue, simple facial-expression symbols, and clear guidelines for making the most of each skit without spending a lot of time practicing. Book jacket.
Use 20 Stories From People Who Met Jesus to enliven favorite Bible stories and to introduce children to puppeteering! Lead kids to discover more about Jesus from the people who knew him best--those he met...like one of the shepherds, Zacchaeus, a Roman soldier, and more! You will get: 2 compact discs with audio for each script. You and your puppeteer friends don't have to worry about digging up sound effects or reading the lines as you perform. It's already done for you! Scripture reference in Table of Contents, Directions for creating a stage, Simple Bible costumes for puppets, Reproducible patterns for props, Reproducible scripts with staging instructions, And a Puppet Primer with tips for powerful and imaginative productions. The twenty scripts you'll find in Instant Puppet Skits have something in common: each features a Bible character who met Jesus and shares a personal insight. John the Baptist tells his would-be, disgusted director that he is not the star attraction, that his purpose was to prepare people to follow Jesus, and while Lazarus tries to collect a refund on his burial, he explains eternal life for those who believe. And you'll find that the scripts have other things in common too: Scripts have no more than four puppets on stage at any one time, and you can re-use the same four "actors" with different costumes to limit the costs of the puppets! Four or less puppets per script makes it easy for you to recruit enough puppeteers! Yet the audience is involved. In "Fish and Loaves", the audience acts the part of the crowd, each of them stuffed with food. After each script you'll find group discussion points in the "For Deeper Learning" section.
Truly instant skits! You get 2 long-play CDs with all the dialogue and sound effects pre-recorded. These skits are goof-proof and almost no-prep! Stage directions are included, too. 20 puppet skits that make a difference--each topic is drawn from solid studies that pinpoint what kids worry about most. Spark easy-to-lead discussions and create a strong bond with kids on serious topics they may never have talked about before! - Discussion and debriefing questions ensure children understand the point!
The Skit Guys--the wildly popular comedic duo--deliver 20 side-splitting skits for your children's ministry. You'll find entertaining faith-focused skits on a variety of topics you can use as a boost to your messages and lessons for kids. Each skit comes with five discussion questions to engage kids in faith discoveries. You'll get 20 impactful and power-packed skits, including: - Creation - Noah's Ark - David & Goliath - Jonah & the Big Fish - Daniel in the Lions' Den - And 15 additional skits to go with your Bible lessons. With Sticky Bible Skits, your kids will have fun presenting--and watching--Bible truths come to life. Kids will be excited to share what they've learned and eager to come back next week. Make Sticky Bible Skits a part of your ministry to kids so they'll learn about the Bible in ways they'll never forget.
"This collection of short theatre dialogues can be performed almost instantly, with very little preparation, spontaneously and on the spot. Written primarily for drama students from 12 to 18 years old, the sketches and skits can also be used in middle- and high-school classrooms as well as by professional and nonprofessional theatre-training groups of any age."--Back cover.
Centering around the theme of the familiar song "The Friendly Beasts," this intriguing program depicts what the animals who witnessed Jesus' birth might really have been thinking -- if they had human minds. There's humorous interplay among camels, sheep, cows, and the donkey that carried the pregnant Mary as they share their unique perspective on the nativity. This complete presentation allows many different parts of the congregation to participate; speaking roles can be performed in a readers' theater format by adults or youth, young children can portray the humans at the manger in a silent tableau, and musical selections allow the choir to be involved, as well. This adaptable drama can be used not only in church settings, but also in schools or for children's programs. As an added feature, customers with PowerPoint and broadband capability may obtain access to a downloadable PowerPoint presentation to accompany the drama at (http: //www.csspub.com/BeastlyChristmas/). A companion coloring book for young children, based on the imagery in the PowerPoint file, is also available in packages of five. John O. Eby has been an ordained pastor for four decades, serving several Baptist congregations in California. He is currently the pastor of First Baptist Church in Porterville, California. A graduate of the University of LaVerne and American Baptist Seminary of the West, Eby is the author of more than 30 skits and plays. Natividad Briones is a member of the worship team at First Baptist Church in Porterville, California. A veteran of the U.S. Navy and merchant marine, Briones began drawing caricatures of fellow sailors. He subsequently did freelance cartooning, and he had prepared composite sketches for the Los Angeles Police Department and the Tulare County Sheriff's Department.
You know them as hilarious, boisterous skits that get kids involved, whether they're hamming up front, or in the audience cheering for the good guys, hissing the bad guys, and getting nearly as animated as the onstage actors. Better yet, these no-rehearsal skits are comic takes on 24 classic Bible stories, from Babel to Zacchaeus. Use these skits to take your students into or out of your Bible lesson -- for the humor never buries the central message of the Bible passage. Inside you'll find 12 Old Testament and 12 New Testament stories -- like these: - The First Tongue Twister (the Tower of Babel) - Josephine's Dream (Joseph and his brothers) - The Young and the Hairless (Samson and Delilah) - Dave, the Wave, and the Giant Kahuna (David and Goliath) - Dances with Lions (Daniel) - World Serious: The Empire Strikes Out (the temptation of Jesus) - Good Sam, the Levis, and Judas Priest (parable of the Good Samaritan) - Showdown at Tombstone (Jesus and the demon-possessed man) Unchurched teenagers who can't tell Samson from Solomon, or long-time youth group kids -- everyone will love not merely hearing or reading Bible stories, but doing them. Welcome to more than a year's worth of slapstick, pratfalls, and melodrama. These Bible-story skits are anything but solemn, but they'll make Bible stories memorable for your students.