Drama Skits & Sketches 2 for Youth Groups

Drama, Skits, & Sketches 2 Copyright © 1999 by Youth Specialties, except for the following scripts, which are published here by permission: © 1998 by John Cosper, Jr.: A Friend Like Me, Grungeboy and "The Big Man," House on a Rock, Many Parts, More Than Juice and Cookies, Never Alone, On Line, Phone Chat, Read the Book, The Test, Unafraid, Voices. © 1998 by Scott Davis: Better Than the Real Thing, Count the Cost, Fussy 'bout Your Friends, Gambling with God, If I'm So Good Why Are Things So Awful?, The Waiter, Who Am I?, Seven Deadly Sins © 1998 by Amy Norbie: The Coin and the Sheep Who Ran Away © 1998 by Brett Hadley: The Gentle Healer, His Strength Our Journey, Will You Not Listen? © 1998 by Mark Hoffman: A Really Good Book Youth Specialties Books, 300 S. Pierce St., El Cajon, CA 92020, are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. The material in this book may be photocopied for local use in churches, youth groups, and other Christian education activities. Special permission is not necessary. Otherwise, the contents of this book may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-without prior permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. Ideas in this book have been voluntarily submitted by individuals and groups who claim to have used them in one form or another with their youth groups. Before you use an idea, evaluate it for its suitability to your own groups, for any potential risks, for safety precautions that must be taken, and for advance preparation that may be required. Youth Specialties and Zondervan are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the use or misuse of any of the ideas published in this book. ISBN-10: 0-310-22027-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-310-22027-5 Edited by Cheri McLaughlin Cover design by Curt Sell and Mark Rayburn Interior design by Curt Sell Printed in the United States of America 05 06 07 08 09 - 12 11 10 9 8 Contents Some students can tell Beelzebub from Barnabas. Others need help finding the New Testament. But the Bible is brought to life for all teens when they can act out scriptural episodes, stories, and passages. These scripts can be used as no-rehearsal reader's theater, memorized performances, or anything in between. (Other scripts that illustrate or portray particular Scriptures are indexed by Bible reference on page 6.) The Parable of the 10 Boy Scouts Matthew 25:1-13 This modern setting for Jesus' parable exchanges 10 Boy Scouts looking forward to a camp out with the 10 virgins waiting for the bride groom. All that stands between the scouts and their camp out is a few C batteries. To be prepared to do this sketch on page 13, you just need flashlights and batteries. Or you can use it as a reader's theater or spontaneous melodrama by doing away with any props at all and having the actors read their lines. Michael Noorman The Good Samaritan Luke 10:30-37 Pull the Good Samaritan out of the hat once more. Only this time go with the twist that the script on page 16 offers. The man who was robbed and left for dead in Jesus' parable becomes a teenage boy whose best friend has given him the brush off. Use questions like these to spur discussion after doing the skit: - When someone was a good Samaritan to you, how did it make you feel? - When was the last time you could have helped someone else but you were too busy or just not interested in that person? Would you do it differently now? - IsYouth Specialties Staff is the author of 'Drama Skits & Sketches 2 for Youth Groups' with ISBN 9780310220275 and ISBN 0310220270.