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To save: Click here if you would like to download Skits. Click here if you would like to download the Entire Set. Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you are like me, you are probably tired of forking out a lot of money for curriculum that is just not worth it !!! I know that many of you have good ideas and quality programs, but you need some new and fresh ideas to use every once in a while. God has put on my heart to write down some of the best ideas we have had in the past 15 years, to pass them on to others. Jesus said, "Freely ye have received, freely give", and being the God didn't charge us for the ideas He gave, we aren't going to charge, but give to others what He has given to us. We also suggest, and ask that you come up with your own names in the place of the names you will find on the following pages. This will allow for your Children's Church to be unique, and fitted to your own personalities and characters. If every church had a puppet with the same name, yet they all looked and sounded different, this would seem strange to a child who might visit your church on one particular Sunday. If you have enjoyed this curriculum, please feel free to duplicate it and give it to others. This ministry's purpose is to get kids to Jesus, and to get the words of Jesus to the kids. Also, if you have any ideas you would like to share, please send them in, and we gladly will pass them on. Peter says in II Peter 1:12-15 that he continually put the people in remembrance of God's truths even though they already knew them and were established in those truths, so that when he would go on to be with the Lord, the people would have those truths firmly and deeply rooted in their minds. In the same way, we in the Children's Ministry need to continually put our kids in remembrance of Jesus and His truths, even though they think they know it all and are established in those truths, so that when they leave our Sunday School, they will always have these truths firmly and deeply rooted in them, and be able to stand strong in the faith of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you have found this curriculum helpful, or if you haven't, please email us and let us know what you think. Your opinion is not only desired, but needed. clunky@fishersofkids.com Now, God bless you as you minister unto God's children.
Dan Harris
(Nerd Charters: a waiter, husband and wife. The stage is set up like a restaurant, with a table and two chairs in the middle. You will also need props for food and dishes.) The waiter walks out and tells the kids that he has reservations for two people for this table, and that they should be arriving at any time. (Waiter straightens up the table.) The couple arrives, and the waiter greets them and takes them to their table. He gives them two menus, and tells them that he is their waiter, and will be back when they are ready to order. The waiter leaves, and the couple looks at the menu, deciding what they want, and call the waiter back. He comes, takes their order, and then leaves. (While the waiter is gone, the couple has a casual conversation.) About 30 seconds later, the waiter returns with their order, and tells them that if they need anything, to just call. The couple looks at their food and remarks about how delicious it looks and smells, but they don't eat any of it. They then call for the waiter and ask for seconds. The waiter looks down, noticing that they haven't eaten any of it, and asks them if anything is wrong with their order. They tell him no, that everything looks and smells so wonderful, they just want more. The waiter tries to convince them to eat some of it, but finally leaves when he realizes they won't be convinced. The waiter returns with the seconds and leaves. The couple again talks about how wonderful everything looks and smells, and then calls for the waiter and asks for seconds on their drinks as well. Again, the waiter seeing that they haven't eaten anything, tries to talk them into first drinking what they have, and that he will then get them free refills. They won't listen and demand seconds on their drinks. The waiter leaves and returns with seconds on their drinks. The waiter leaves the table. The couple comments on how good everything looks, and call for the waiter, now asking for dessert. (They still haven't taken one bite.) The waiter looks, and asks why they won't eat any of their food, and they tell him it looks too good. He leaves to go get their dessert. Once more, the couple remarks on how wonderful the food looks, then calling for the waiter, they ask for their check, which he eagerly gives them. They tell the waiter to give their regards to the chef, and they leave. The waiter now looks up to heaven and prays "Dear God, I thank you for sending these people here today. They remind me of many of us Christians. We believe the Bible, the Word of God, and we know it is good, but then we set it on a shelf, or on the coffee table and never read it. Now, as stupid as it would be to come to this restaurant, order all of this food, and not eat it, it's even stupider to have the Bible, the Word of God, and not read it. The next time I see my Bible and decide not to read it, please Lord, remind me of these crazy people. In Jesus' name I pray, amen." The waiter then leaves. (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a sign that says "Danger Do Not Cross Street," and a tricycle.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on being a doer of the Word. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out talking about how late he is for work. He doesn't pay any attention to the sign, and begins to walk across the street. Nerd B comes driving around the corner on the tricycle, and runs into Nerd A. Nerd B speeds off, as Nerd A slowly gets up and walks out. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about being a doer of the Word, and why not. (It wasn't being a doer of the Word because he didn't even pay attention to the sign.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out again talking about how late he is for work. This time he sees the sign, but laughs at it saying, "The people who put up that sign must be crazy. There is no danger here." He then begins to walk across the street. Nerd B comes driving around the corner, and runs into Nerd A. Nerd B speeds off, as Nerd A slowly gets up and walks out. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about being a doer of the Word, and why not. (It wasn't being a doer of the Word, because even though he reads the sign, he ignores it.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Same as skits 1 and 2, but this time Nerd A stops and tells the kids that as long as he looks both ways, and is very, very, very careful, he should be able to cross the street safely. Nerd A looks both ways, and carefully begins to walk across the street. About 1/2 way across, Nerd B comes driving around the corner, and runs into Nerd A. Nerd B speeds off, as Nerd A slowly gets up and walks out. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about being a doer of the Word, and why not. (It wasn't being a doer of the Word, because though he is careful, he still did not do what the sign says.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Same as skits 1, 2, and 3, except this time Nerd A reads the sign, talks to the kids about how late he is for work, but that it is always best to follow directions, no matter what. He then decides to find another way to work. Just then Nerd B comes driving around the corner, and zooms right past Nerd A. Nerd A looks at the kids, and then heads back out the way he came in. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about being a doer of the Word, and why. (It was being a doer of the Word because he read the sign and did what it said.) (You will need a professor, a nerd, two or three other students, and a computer made out of a cardboard box, and computer paper with prewritten words on it that can be pulled out.) (The setting is a college computer class room.) The students come in and sit down, talking quietly. The professor comes in and begins to talk to the kids. The Nerd then comes in interrupting the class. (The Nerd has a briefcase stuffed with papers that continually pops open and throws the papers everywhere.) The professor asks him to please have a seat so that he can continue with his lesson. The Nerd finds a seat, and winks at one of the girl students. He then begins to pull out his notepad and starts looking for, and then borrows a pencil from someone. Two minutes into the professor's lecture, the Nerd begins to write and say out loud what the professor said at the beginning. The professor gets mad at the Nerd, asking him to take his notes a little more quietly, and then continues. The professor's lecture is about the fact that a computer is nothing more than what you put into it. He tells the students, "If you put garbage in, you will get garbage out. If you put good things in, you will get good things out. What you put into the computer is what you will get out of it." The bell rings, and the professor and students leave, but the Nerd stays behind because his briefcase pops open again. As soon as he gets everything together, he looks at the computer and decides to go mess around on it. He types (and says out loud) things like "Professor Von Schnooder is a nitwit," "(Nerd A) is a swell guy," and other words like "shutup," "up your nose," and "take a hike." The Nerd finally leaves. The professor comes back in realizing that he left his computer on, and decides to do a little work before he leaves. He begins to type, asking the computer questions, which the computer answers with the words and statements that the Nerd put into it. (The computer answers the questions by having you pull out the computer paper with the prewritten answers on it.) The professor asks questions like, "Who is the smartest person in the world?" and the computer answers "(Nerd A) is a swell guy." The professor then asks a couple more questions, and gets all bad answers. The professor realizes that someone has been messing around with his computer, and that he is now going to have to spend a whole day deleting all the bad stuff that someone has been putting into it. The professor leaves. (You will need a narrator and two nerds.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on love. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out on stage, pretends to be working out for the Olympics, and then falls down and hurts himself. While he is lying there, Nerd B comes out, notices Nerd A lying on the ground, walks up to him, blows his nose on a handkerchief, puts it in the hand of Nerd A, and then walks away. Nerd A gets up and limps off. The narrator then asks the kids if that skit was a skit about love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because he didn't do anything to help.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes back out and falls down just like in skit one. Nerd B comes out, and again sees Nerd A on the ground hurt, but this time he goes over to help. While he is pulling him up though, he notices the time on his watch, and then lets him drop back down to the ground, hurting Nerd A worse than before, saying, "Look at what time it is. I am late for church." Nerd B then leaves, and Nerd A gets up and limps out. The Narrator then asks the kids if that skit was a skit about love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because he only loved him 1/2 way.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out and falls just like in skits one and two. Nerd B comes out and sees him lying there hurt on the ground and goes over to help. He asks Nerd A if he can pray for him. Nerd A says OK, so Nerd B gets down on his knees and prays "God please send someone else to help this man. In Jesus' name, Amen." Nerd B then leaves, and Nerd A gets up and limps off. The Narrator then asks the kids if that skit was a skit about love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because the Bible says that faith without works is dead, and even though he prayed for him, he didn't help him.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Nerd A comes out and falls. Nerd B comes out, sees him lying there hurt, and goes over to help. He looks at his watch and notices that he is late for church, but stops and helps Nerd A anyway. He prays for him, and then helps him to his feet and off the stage, telling him about Jesus. The narrator then asks the kids if that skit was a skit about love, and why was it a skit on love. (It was love because he helped him all the way.) (You will need a narrator, two nerds, and some toys to play with.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on love. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out bored with nothing to do. Nerd B comes out and begins to play with some toys that he brought with him. Nerd A comes over and asks if he can play too. Nerd B looks at him and tells him that he would never be caught dead even talking with someone like him, let alone play with him. Nerd B grabs his toys and leaves. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about love (or sharing...), and why it was not. (It wasn't love, because he wouldn't let him play with him.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out bored with nothing to do. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A standing there, says hello, and talks about the weather. Then Nerd B begins to play with his toys. Nerd A sees Nerd B and asks if he can play. Nerd B tells him that because he is a Christian he was nice to him, but that doesn't mean he has to play with him. Both Nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about love (or sharing...), and why it was not. (It wasn't love, because even though he was nice at first, he still wouldn't let him play with him.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out bored with nothing to do. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A standing there, says hello, and talks about the weather. Then Nerd B begins to play with his toys. Nerd A sees Nerd B and asks if he can play. Nerd B looks around to see if anyone is watching, then he says yes, but comes up with a bunch of stupid rules for Nerd A to have to follow in order to play, and gets mad when he doesn't play it his way. Both Nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about love (or sharing...), and why it was not. (It wasn't love, because even though he let him play, he wasn't very nice, and came up with stupid rules.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Nerd A comes out bored with nothing to do. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A standing there, says hello, and talks about the weather. Then Nerd B begins to play with his toys. Nerd A sees Nerd B and asks if he can play. Nerd B says yes, and they begin to play. Both Nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about love (or sharing...), and why. (It was love, because he let him play with him.) Jesus said that all the commandments are wrapped up in two, to love the Lord and to love your neighbor as yourself. These three skits are to show how when we love one another, we will fulfill the ten commandments. (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a camera, and a blinking bow tie. ) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch three skits on love. He then introduces skit number one. 1. STEALING Skit A: Nerd A comes out and sets his camera down on the ground to tie his shoe. Nerd B comes out, and seeing the camera lying on the ground, sneakily picks it up and walks out. Nerd A then gets up and leaves, not realizing his camera is gone. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because he stole his camera.) He then introduces skit B. Skit B: Nerd A comes out and sets his camera down to tie his shoe. Nerd B comes out, and seeing the camera lying on the ground goes up to Nerd A and tells him not to forget his camera. Nerd A thanks him and asks him out to lunch. They both leave complimenting each other on their dress. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love and why. (It was love, because he told him about his camera.) He then introduces skit two. 2. LYING Skit A: Nerd A comes out and sets down his camera to tie his shoe, then leaves without the camera. Nerd B comes out and seeing the camera lying on the ground, picks it up to play with it, but then drops and breaks it. Nerd A comes back out looking for his camera, and seeing it broken on the ground, asks Nerd B what happened. Nerd B begins a long line of lies to cover up what he has done. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because he lied.) He then introduces skit B. Skit B: Nerd A comes out and sets down his camera to tie his shoe, then leaves without the camera. Nerd B comes out and seeing the camera lying on the ground, picks it up to play with it, but then drops and breaks it. Nerd A comes back out looking for his camera, and seeing it broken on the ground, asks Nerd B what happened. Nerd B begins to tell a lie, but stops and tells the truth, even offering to pay for the now broken camera. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love, and why. (It was love, because he told the truth and was willing to pay for the camera.) He then introduces skit three. 3. COVETING Skit A: Nerd A comes in wearing a blinking bow tie. Nerd B comes in and seeing the tie begins to talk to himself (and to the kids) about how much he likes that tie, how that is a Special Edition Orval Redinbacher Model 973 Class A Bow tie, and only about 50 of them were ever made, and that he has got to have that tie. He pulls out a hanky and begins to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and the drool from his mouth, coveting that bow tie, and telling the kids how much he hates Nerd A, because he always has neater stuff than him. Nerd A leaves, and Nerd B follows close behind. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love, and why not. (It wasn't love, because he coveted after his tie.) He then introduces skit B. Skit B: Same as skit 3(a) but this time Nerd B stops his coveting, and decides that he likes his own tie just as well, and then tells Nerd A how nice his tie is. They both leave talking about bow ties. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on love, and why. (It was love because he wasn't jealous about the other nerd's tie.) (You will need a narrator, two nerds, and someone to play a famous movie star.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch two skits on having no other gods before me. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Someone comes in dressed as a famous movie star and some kids come up front and ask for autographs. (Talk to three or four kids before service.) The two nerds then come in looking for the famous movie star. The kids leave, and they are able to see her and get all excited. They fight each other to get to her and get an autograph. Nerd A gets an autograph on a piece of paper, but Nerd B, who doesn't have paper, has her write on his shirt or forehead. They both get down on their knees and begin to bow down to her and kiss her feet. She then asks them if they are coming to her concert, Sunday at 9:00 a.m. They begin to argue between themselves about whether they should go to the concert and miss church, or be faithful to church. They all leave with the nerds tripping over themselves behind her. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on loving God, and why not. He then introduces skit two. Skit 2: The movie star and kids come back in. The two nerds come in looking for the famous star. The kids leave and they are able to see her and get all excited. The star does or says something bad that begins to turn the two nerds off. She then tells them that they may bow down and worship her if they would like. The two nerds look at each other and then at her saying "Ahh, we don't think so." She then asks them if they are going to go to her concert. They ask when, and she tells them on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. They tell her that they would like to, but that they have to go to church at that time, and therefore can't come. The two nerds leave, but this time it is the famous movie star following them, trying to convince them to come. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on loving God, and why it was. (You will need a narrator, two nerds, and a messy stage.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on obedience. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out, and seeing the mess all over the stage, calls for Nerd B. Nerd A then asks what in the world happened to the room, and Nerd B says, "Terrorists?" Nerd A then asks Nerd B to have the room picked up before he gets home from the store. Nerd B starts to talk back, saying that not everything is his fault, and that he doesn't think he should have to do it, and then leaves. Nerd A leaves after him. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on obedience, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he didn't do at all what he was asked.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out, and seeing the mess all over the stage, calls for Nerd B. Nerd A then asks what in the world happened to the room, and Nerd B says, "Tornado?" Nerd A then asks Nerd B to have the room picked up before he gets home from the store. Nerd B says "Yes Sir, what ever you say, Sir." Nerd A leaves, and Nerd B turns to the kids and says "Yea right, like I am going to clean this whole mess up by myself." He then leaves. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on obedience, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because even though he said he would, he didn't.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out, and seeing the mess all over the stage, calls for Nerd B. Nerd A then asks what in the world happened to the room, and Nerd B says, "The devil?" Nerd A then asks Nerd B to have the room picked up before he gets home from the store. Nerd B says that he will if he has to. Nerd A leaves, and Nerd B begins to clean up, but complains the entire time. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on obedience, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because even though he did it, he had a bad attitude.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Nerd A comes out, and seeing the mess all over the stage, calls for Nerd B. Nerd A then asks what in the world happened to the room, and Nerd B says, "Umm, me?" Nerd A then asks Nerd B to have the room picked up before he gets home from the store. Nerd B at first begins to complain, but then decides he is the one that made the mess, and it should be him to clean it up. Nerd A leaves and Nerd B begins to make a game out of picking it up, singing the entire time. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on obedience, and why. (It was, because he cleaned the room.) (You will need a narrator, two nerds, and a pair of handcuffs.) Nerd A comes out complaining about what a bad day it has been, that he has lost the key to his handcuffs, and needs to go buy some new ones, and to top it all off, his little nephew (Nerd B) is coming over to spend the day, and he drives him crazy by always asking him why, why, why, why. Nerd B comes in playing sheriff and robbers, running around shooting, and tells his Uncle (Nerd A) that he is bored playing by himself, and asks if he will play with him. "Would you, could you play with me Uncle (Nerd A), huh could ya, would you, huh, huh?" Nerd A tells him "no", and Nerd B asks "Why Uncle (Nerd A), why can't you play with me, huh Uncle (Nerd A), why?" He then begins to ask him questions about why is the sky blue and not purple or pink, and other questions getting on his uncle's nerves. Nerd A tells him to quit asking so many questions, and just keep on playing. He does, but then sees the handcuffs on the table. He asks Nerd A if those handcuffs are his, and if he can play with them. Nerd A says that they are his, but that he can't play with them. Nerd B then begins to ask "Why Uncle (Nerd A), why, why can't I play with them, huh?" Nerd A begins to explain, but then stops because he is getting mad at Nerd B and tells him that he just can't. Nerd A then leaves, and tells Nerd B to play and be good while he is gone. Nerd B asks "Where are you going Uncle (Nerd A)?" Nerd A leaves pulling out his hair. Nerd B starts to play and noticing the handcuffs on the table he begins to realize that they would be fun to play sheriff and robbers with, then he begins to pester the kids by asking them why his Uncle (Nerd A) didn't want him to play with them. He begins to play with the handcuffs, cuffs himself to the chair, and then begins looking for the key. He finally realizes why his Uncle (Nerd A) told him not to play with the handcuffs, when Uncle (Nerd A) comes back in. Nerd B tries to hide the handcuffs, has a look of guilt on his face, and asks Nerd A "Why are you back so soon, huh, why?" Nerd A asks him what he is doing, and then asks him to come help him with something, and Nerd B drags the chair with him. Again Nerd A tells him that he is acting strange, and asks what is going on. Nerd B plays around with him for a while, but then finally shows him his hands and begins to cry, begging him to take it off. Nerd A tells him that he can't, because he lost the key, but that now they will have to go down to the blacksmith's shop, and have him take them off with a hammer or maybe an electric saw. Nerd B is scared because he is afraid he will hit his little hands with the hammer. Nerd A gets a big smile on his face and tells him to quit complaining and come along. They both leave. (You will need a nerd king, guard, two servants, and a narrator.) The narrator comes out and begins to read the story to the kids, and the characters come out and act it out accordingly. Once upon a time, there was a tall, handsome, kind king. (pause) OK, at least he was tall. One day while he was sitting on his throne with nothing to do,(pause) he had his guard go and get some people who owed him money.(pause) The guard came back in with a servant who owed the king one million bucks. The king asked how much he owed him.(pause) Then he asked the servant if he had the money to pay him back.(pause) When the king found out that the servant was not able to pay him back, he commanded that he be thrown into jail until the debt be paid. (pause) But the servant fell on his knees and began to kiss the king's feet, asking for mercy, and said he would eventually pay it all back.(pause) The king was filled with pity for the servant and decided to forgive him of all that he owed. Afterwards, the servant found another servant who owed him a buck and a quarter (pause) and asked him if he had the money he owed him.(pause) The second servant said no,(pause) so the first servant decided to have him thrown into jail.(pause) The second servant began to beg, asking for mercy and patience, and said he would pay him back.(pause) But the first servant would not listen, and called for the guard to have him thrown into jail.(pause) Well, back at the castle, the tall handsome...the king, was told what the servant had done (pause). The king ordered him back in (pause). He asked the servant why he was unmerciful to the second servant, when the king had been merciful to him.(pause) Then the king had him thrown into prison until he could pay back all that he owed him.(pause) The end. (You will need a narrator and two nerds.) The Narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on forgiveness. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out dressed as a tourist, pretending that he is looking around at all the beautiful sights. While he is doing this, Nerd B comes out looking at the sights, but notices that his shoe lace is untied, so he bends over to tie his shoe right behind Nerd A. Nerd A begins to back up, trips over Nerd B, falls to the ground and hurts himself. Both nerds get up, and Nerd B begins to apologize, but Nerd A gets mad and begins to call him names and push him around saying how stupid he is to bend over and tie his shoe right behind someone. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about forgiveness, and why it was not. (It wasn't forgiveness, because he pushes him and calls him names.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Both nerds come out just like in skit one, but this time when they get up, Nerd A yells at Nerd B, calling him names and saying, "I ought to hit you for what you did, but because I am such a forgiving guy, I won't...you dummy." Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about forgiveness, and why it was not. (It wasn't forgiveness, because even though he doesn't push him, he still calls him names.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Same as one and two, but this time Nerd A tells Nerd B not to worry about it, he is not going to hit him or call him names, but that as long as he lives, he will never forget his face, and what he has done to him. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about forgiveness, and why it was not. (It wasn't forgiveness, because he said he would never forget it.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Same as skits one, two and three, but when they both get up, Nerd B apologizes for what he has done, and Nerd A tells him not to worry about it, that mistakes happen, and then asks Nerd B if he is hungry, and would be interested in going to lunch with him, his treat. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about forgiveness, and why. (It was forgiveness, because he totally forgave him.) (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a mommy, and an old camera.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on repentance. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out with a camera, taking pictures. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A, purposely trips him, causing him to fall and break his camera. Nerd A gets up, and asks why he did that, and Nerd B just pushes him and calls him names. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about repentance, and why it was not. (It wasn't repentance, because he pushes him and calls him names.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out with the camera, taking pictures. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A, purposely trips him, causing him to fall and break his camera. Nerd B goes over and says he is "really sorry" and helps Nerd A up, but as Nerd A walks away, Nerd B trips him again. Both nerds leave. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about repentance, and why it was not. (It wasn't repentance, because even though he said he was sorry, he did it again.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out with the camera, taking pictures. Nerd B comes out and seeing Nerd A, purposely trips him, causing him to fall and break his camera. Nerd A gets up and asks him why he did it and Nerd B just calls him names, when Nerd B's mommy comes out. His mommy asks what happened, and Nerd A tells her. Nerd B's mommy begins to grab Nerd B, who now begins to apologize to Nerd A for "accidentally" tripping him. Nerd B's mommy takes Nerd B away with him begging for forgiveness so that he doesn't have to be grounded. Nerd A also leaves. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about repentance, and why it was not. (It wasn't repentance, because he only said he was sorry because he was caught and had to be grounded, not because he broke his camera.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Same as skits one, two, and three, but this time when Nerd B realizes that he broke Nerd A's camera, he goes over to apologize, and tells him he will never do that again, and offers to buy him a new camera. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about repentance, and why it was. (It was repentance, because he really was sorry, and changed his behavior.) (You will need two people dressed up as cowboys, one with a newspaper, and the other with a gossip magazine, and a nerd cowboy.) The two people come out and start reading the newspaper and gossip magazine. One of them says "It says hear in the newspaper that that famous gunslinger (place your Nerd's name here) is coming to town today." The two people then begin to tell some of the rumors that each of them has heard about the gunslinger. The more rumors they tell to each other, the more afraid they become. When the nerd comes out riding his horse, the two people are really afraid at first, but when they get a good look at him, they can hardly believe that he is that famous desperado they had heard so much about, and then ask him questions about the rumors they have heard. The more they hear the rumors explained from the nerd cowboy, the less afraid they become. 1. Question: I heard you once bushwhacked Billy the Kid. Answer: Yes, I was cutting some branches and throwing them over my shoulder, when Billy walked behind me, and got whacked by the bush. Boy, was he really mad. 2. Question: I heard that you broke into a bank in Dodge City. Answer: Yes, I drew my pistols, and with guns ablazing, I broke into my piggy (bank) so that I could buy this here new pocket protector. 3. Question: I heard that you held up a train in Cheyenne. Answer: Yes, I was taking the train from Omaha to Sacramento, and drank a whole gallon of soda pop, and as we were getting close to Cheyenne, I felt an irresistible urge... to go to the bathroom, so I asked the engineer if he could wait a minute for me, and everyone kept a yelling, hurry up (Nerd's name), you're holding up the train. 4. Question: We heard that you were the fastest draw in the west. Answer: That's right. Why, I even once out drew Ernie and Burt in writing the alphabet on the chalk board. The two people are no longer afraid of the nerd cowboy, and grab their newspapers and leave. The nerd cowboy follows them, trying to make them afraid, but to no avail. (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a piggy bank with money, and a rope.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on rejoicing in the Lord. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out talking about the money he has earned, telling the kids that it is his life's savings. Nerd B comes out and robs Nerd A, taking his money and leaving him tied up. Nerd B leaves, and Nerd A begins to complain and blame God for what has just happened. Nerd A leaves. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on rejoicing in the Lord, and why it was not. (It wasn't because he begins to blame God.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out talking about the money he has earned, telling the kids that it is his life's savings. Nerd B comes out and robs Nerd A, taking his money and leaving him tied up. Nerd B leaves, and Nerd A doesn't blame God, but begins to guess that God must want him poor. He leaves sad. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on rejoicing in the Lord, and why it was not. (It wasn't because even though he doesn't blame God, he mopes, supposing that God must just want him to be poor.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out talking about the money he has earned, telling the kids that it is his life's savings. Nerd B comes out and robs Nerd A, taking his money and leaving him tied up. Nerd B leaves, and Nerd A reminds himself that he is supposed to praise the Lord when things like this happen, so very sarcastically he begins saying "Thanks a lot, God, for letting me get robbed. And thanks sooo much for letting the robber get away ..." Nerd A leaves. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit on rejoicing in the Lord, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because even though he says the words, he doesn't mean it in his heart.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Nerd A comes out talking about the money he has earned, telling the kids that it is his life's savings. Nerd B comes out and robs Nerd A, taking his money and leaving him tied up. Nerd B leaves, and Nerd A begins to realize that the robber could have killed him but didn't, and he begins to praise God for keeping him safe. The narrator comes out and asks if that was a skit on rejoicing in the Lord, and why it was. (It was because he begins to praise God for his safety.) (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a tourist, and an old camera.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on sacrifice. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: The tourist comes out, taking pictures with a camera, and puts it down for a minute to tie his shoe. He then realizes that he forgot something, and goes off stage leaving the camera behind. Nerd A and Nerd B come out and see the camera, and Nerd A picks it up and acts like he is taking pictures with it. Nerd B tells him to hand it to him, and Nerd A throws it. It drops to the ground and breaks. Just then, the camera owner comes in and asks what happened. He then tells them that the camera is rented and asks them who is going to pay for it. Nerd B tells Nerd A that there is something under his arm, and Nerd A puts his hand up, which looks like he is volunteering to pay for the camera. The tourist grabs him by his bow tie and leads him out. Nerd B follows. The narrator asks if that was a skit on sacrifice, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he was tricked into paying for it.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Same as skit one, except... This time Nerd B puts the whole blame on Nerd A, saying that he is the one that threw the camera to the ground. Everyone leaves. The narrator asks if that was a skit on sacrifice, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he let his friend take the blame.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Same as skit one, except... This time Nerd A tells Nerd B that he owes him a favor, for the ? that he broke of his the other day. Nerd B goes to pay for it, but not willingly. Everyone leaves. The narrator asks if that was a skit on sacrifice, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because even though he pays for it, it is only because he owes him in the first place.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Same as skit one, except... The tourist tells them that he will go ahead and pay for it himself, not to worry about it. The narrator asks if that was a skit on sacrifice, and why it was. (It was, because the tourist is the one who actually had the wrong done to him, yet he pays for it.) (You will need two cowboy nerds, a bully, three stick horses, and a strobe light.) Scene 1: Nerd A and Nerd B come in and tell the kids that they are supposed to have a horse race. Nerd A says that every year Nerd B wins, but that he has a new horse who is the great grandson of Man of War, and for sure he will beat Nerd B and his horse "Tin Foil" this year. Nerd B explains to everyone about how he taught his horse to start when he says "Alleluia," and to stop when he says "Amen." They discuss the rules and route of the race. They both get on their horses and start. Nerd A leaves, but Nerd B doesn't move because he keeps saying getty-up, instead of Alleluia. He looks at the kids and asks what was it he is supposed to say. The kids tell him, and he follows. They both leave the room. Scene 2: Bully comes riding in and explains to the kids who he is, and what he is doing there (Come up with some dumb reason.) He then parks his horse, and leaves to go back behind the stage. Scene 3: Nerd A and Nerd B come back in the back of the room, tied as they are heading down to the finish line. Nerd B says a quick prayer asking God to help him win this race with Nerd A, and ends the prayer with "Amen," causing Tin Foil his horse to stop suddenly, allowing Nerd A to win. Nerd A boasts for a while, and then the two nerds notice Bully's horse resting against the fence. Nerd A takes him and begins to ride him, when the Bully comes back out. Nerd A jumps into Nerd B's arms. Nerd B drops him, and they both begin to panic. Bully begins to threaten Nerd A, and tells him who he is, and that no one is allowed to ride his horse "Daisy". The two nerds look at each other and laugh, making Bully even madder. Nerd B and Nerd A are impressed and afraid, and Bully tells Nerd A to meet him back here at the Okee Dokee Coral in 10 minutes for a gun fight. Nerd B tells him that it would be an unfair fight because Nerd A doesn't have a gun, and besides, if he did he couldn't hit the side of a barn anyway. Bully then tells him that instead, they will meet back in 10 minutes for a fist fight. Bully leaves. Nerd A and Nerd B begin to sweat it out when Nerd B says to himself "What would Jesus do in a time like this?" He then gets the idea to be a sacrifice, and makes up a story that he thinks he might have left his Neon Florescent Saturday night Special John Travolta Autographed Bowling Ball outside, and asks Nerd A if he would be friendly enough to go and see. Nerd A leaves, and Nerd B tells the kids that he is going to fight Bully instead. Nerd B leaves. Scene 4: Nerd B comes back in and not seeing anyone there, becomes over-confident, and tells the kids that Bully didn't show because he must have heard that he (Nerd B) would show up instead, and how tough and macho he is. (While he is talking, Bully comes up behind Nerd B and taps him on the shoulder.) Nerd B screams, and then explains why he is there. Bully doesn't care who he beats up, just as long as it is someone. The lights go out and the strobe light comes on as the two begin to fight, with Bully beating up Nerd B. Bully finally leaves, after he beats up Nerd B, and the house light come back on. Scene 5: Nerd A just then comes back in and sees Nerd B on the floor. He tells him that he didn't see his bowling ball, and then asks what happened. Nerd B explains what happened and why, and the two leave. (You will need a narrator, and two nerds.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on witnessing. He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: Nerd A comes out upset, and down about life, asking himself, "What is the purpose of life anyway?" While he is doing this, Nerd B comes out looking at the sights, and then notices that Nerd A seems down-and-out, and remembers that he learned in Sunday School about witnessing, so Nerd B decides to witness to Nerd A. Nerd B goes over to Nerd A and begins to talk about how nice the trees are today ... really green, and about how pretty the sky is ... really blue, and then quickly (so fast we really can't hear or understand him) says something about the big Guy in the sky. He feels much better, because he supposedly witnessed, and then leaves. Nerd A shrugs his shoulders and asks the kids what that was all about, and then leaves, still down and out. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about witnessing, and why it was not. (It wasn't witnessing, because he never told him anything about God or Jesus.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes out upset, and down about life, asking himself, "What is the purpose of life anyway?" While he is doing this, Nerd B comes out looking at the sights. Nerd B notices that Nerd A seems down and out, and tells the kids that he probably doesn't know Jesus, and that he learned in Sunday School about witnessing, so Nerd B decides to witness to Nerd A. Nerd B goes over to Nerd A, asks him if he knows Jesus, and when Nerd A says "no", begins to grab him and yell at him telling him that he is a sinner and needs to repent or he is going to hell. He then rudely asks if he wants to accept Jesus, and when Nerd A says he is not sure, Nerd B tells him he is stupid, and then leaves. Nerd A shrugs his shoulders and tells the kids that he would like to be a Christian, but not if it will make him act like him. He then leaves, still down and out. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about being a witness, and why it was not. (It wasn't witnessing, because he was rude and mean to him. No one would want to be a Christian, if that is what a Christian is.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Nerd A comes out upset, and down about life asking himself, "What is the purpose of life anyway?" While he is doing this, Nerd B comes out looking at the sights, and then notices that Nerd A is a nicely dressed guy, but that he seems down and out, and that he probably doesn't know Jesus. He then goes to witness, but uses such big words like; eschatology and theology, and talking in King James Version with thees and thous, and Nerd A doesn't at all understand what he is saying. Nerd B then asks if he wants to do what he just told him, and Nerd A shrugs his shoulders and says, "I'm not sure what you even said." Nerd B then leaves, loosely quoting the scripture about people's eyes being blinded. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about witnessing, and why it was not. (It wasn't witnessing, because he used such big words that Nerd A didn't understand a single thing he said.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Nerd A comes out upset, and down about life asking himself, "What is the purpose of life anyway?" While he is doing this, Nerd B comes out looking at the sights, and then sees Nerd A, how nicely dressed he is, and begins to admire his outfit, but then notices that he seems down and out, and tells the kids that even if you are cool and have nice nerd clothes like that guy, that they don't solve your problems, and that he probably needs to know Jesus. He then goes up to Nerd A and tells him he likes his clothes, and then tells him that he noticed that he seemed kind of down. Nerd A says yes, and asks him what the purpose of life is about anyway? Nerd B looks at the kids with big eyes, and then begins to simply witness to Nerd A, telling him about Jesus, and accepting Him into your heart. He then asks if he would like to do that, and Nerd A says "yes". Nerd B leads him into a little prayer, and they both leave to go have lunch, Nerd B saying he will buy. The narrator then asks the kids if that was a skit about witnessing, and why. (It was witnessing, because he told him about Jesus, nicely, and in a manner he could understand.) (Characters: three nerds and three carolers. You will need 2 poinsettias, 2 wrapped up ties, and 2 more silly Christmas presents. The skit begins at the home of Nerd A.) Nerd A comes out telling the kids how excited he is about the Christmas Party he and his two best friends are going to have. "Last year's party was so fun. I just hope they don't bring me any of those stupid poinsettias for Christmas. One year I told them that I liked those red Christmas flowers, and ever since then they give them to me for Christmas. Actually I hate those stupid things, and besides that, I am allergic to flowers." He then begins to straighten up. Nerd B comes in the back of the classroom. (He will have to talk loudly, to get the children's attention. He has a poinsettia, and a present in his hand.) He too tells the kids how excited he is about the party, and says "Boy, I have good presents for those guys this year. I know how much Nerd A loves these red Christmas flowers, and Nerd C will really love the present I got for him. I just hope they don't get me any dumb ties like last year. Every year they buy me ties, and I never even wear ties." He comes to the front and knocks on the door. Nerd A greets him, and has him come in. Nerd B gives Nerd A his poinsettia, and Nerd A looks at the kids, rolls his eyes, and says sarcastically, "Wow, a poinsettia, thanks a lot." Nerd A then sneezes, and they begin to talk quietly. Nerd C now comes to the back of the room. (Same as Nerd B, but he complains about a different present they give him.) He comes to the front, knocks on the door, and Nerd A lets him in. Nerd C then gives Nerd A the poinsettia telling him that he knows how much he loves them, and Nerd A repeats what he did with Nerd B. Nerds B and C then greet each other. Nerd A then asks if they would rather eat or open presents first. Nerds B and C decide they want to open gifts first, so Nerd A gets his gifts from under the tree, and passes them out, and B and C exchange their gifts. Nerd B opens his presents (they are both two ugly ties) and says sarcastically, "Hey ties, just what I needed. Ahh...thanks a lot there guys." (Nerds A and C are excited when B opens their present to him.) Nerd C then opens his gifts (they can be something stupid, like boxer shorts underwear) and says, "These have got to be the...dumbest presents I have ever gotten." Nerd A then says "Talk about dumb, you guys give me these stupid poinsettias every year, and I am allergic to them." Nerd B says "What about mine? When was the last time that you ever saw me wear a tie." (A and C think about that for a second.) They all begin to argue, when the carolers come in the back singing "Silent Night." They quit their arguing and begin listening to the song. The carolers leave, and Nerd A begins to apologize to the others. Nerd B says "I am sorry too. Christmas is for celebrating the birth of Christ, God's Gift to us, not opening presents." Nerd C says, "And who better to do that with, than with my two best friends." They all leave to eat. (You will need a narrator, two nerds, a pocket protector, and a carnival game.) The narrator comes out and tells the kids that they are going to watch four skits on not giving up (or running the race to win). He then introduces skit number one. Skit 1: The skit begins with Nerd A playing the part of a carnival worker, running a carnival game. Nerd B comes out, and Nerd A tries to convince him to play his game, and win a brand new pocket protector. Nerd B looks at the game carefully, then turns and walks out telling the kids that he is not going to win anyway, so he might as well not even try. Nerd A chases him out. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on not giving up, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he gave up before he even gave it a chance.) He then introduces skit number two. Skit 2: Nerd A comes back out, playing the part of the carnival worker, running his game. Nerd B comes out and Nerd A tries to convince him to play his game, and win a brand new pocket protector. Nerd B looks at the game carefully, and decides to give it a shot. He starts to play, but then doesn't do very good, so he quits, accusing the carnival worker of cheating, or the game being rigged. Both nerds leave. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on not giving up, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he gave up, coming up with excuses why he failed.) He then introduces skit number three. Skit 3: Same as skit 2, but this time when he starts to play and doesn't do very good, he tries once more. Again he doesn't do very well, so he quits, saying that he guesses it just wasn't God's will for him to do good at that game. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on not giving up, and why it was not. (It wasn't, because he gave up.) He then introduces skit number four. Skit 4: Same as skits 2 and 3, but this time when he starts to play and doesn't do very good, he tries again, not doing very well, but he keeps at it until he gets it right and wins the pocket protector. Both nerds leave. The narrator asks the kids if that was a skit on not giving up, and why it was. (It was, because he kept on trying until he finally got it right.) (The Bible tells us that we are to run the race to win. That means to try our very best, and not give up when the going gets tough. Philippians 3:13&14, I Corinthians 9:24) (You will need a nerd, burglar, and the memory verse written on pieces of wood.) The nerd comes out and sets up the memory
verse in order. He then tells the kids his name, and that he is supposed
to teach them the verse. He has the kids say the verse with him. He then
steps in front of the table with the memory verse on it and begins to talk
about the verse. While he is doing this, the burglar comes out and takes
one of the words to the verse. The kids will yell and tell the nerd that
someone is taking one of the words, but he just ignores them. The nerd
turns around to go over the verse again with the kids, and notices that
one of the words is now gone. He accuses some of the kids of taking the
word, and then has them all say the verse with him again. Once more he
steps up to talk to the kids, and the burglar comes out and takes one of
the words. Again he turns and finds one of the words gone. He accuses the
kids, and then has them say it with him. This time, he listens to what
the kids are saying, that someone came from behind the stage and took the
words. The nerd decides to go investigate and goes behind the stage to
find the robber. While he is walking behind the stage, the person comes
out the other side and takes one of the words. The nerd then comes back
out, and now finds another word missing. He has the kids say the verse
with him, and then asks them which way the burglar went. This time he goes
around the right side of the stage, and the burglar comes around the left
and takes one of the words. The nerd comes out and finds another word gone.
He has the kids say the verse with him, but this time will not listen to
the kids when they say he is behind the stage. The burglar comes out and
stands right behind the nerd, and the kids yell and tell him. The nerd
turns around to look, but the burglar turns with him so that the nerd doesn't
see him. This happens a couple of times, until the burglar finally takes
one of the words and leaves. You may do many different variations to this
until all of the words are gone, and the kids have memorized the memory
verse. (Have the burglar knock on the right side of the stage, and when
the nerd comes to see, the burglar goes out the left side and takes the
word. Or have the burglar crawl on the ground, and when the nerd looks,
he doesn't see him.)
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