Righteous Insanity
Skits for Kids 2013
www.righteousinsanity.com
TITLE
The 3 Minute 10
Commandments
THEME
DESCRIPTION
10
Three actors run down the 10
Commandments Commandments in short vignettes.
A humorous depiction of Abraham’s call
The Land I Will Show
to follow God in faith, for people or
You
Abraham, Faith puppets.
Big brother explains how to become a
Teddy Comes to Christ Accepting Christ Christian using sister Katie's teddy bear.
An interview with a man who never goes
into water breaks down thanks to the
man’s body odor. Like it or not, he needs
What Stinks In Here
Accepting Christ to get all that filth off his body.
A tiger and a lion lament the loss of
paradise when everyone has to vacate
the Garden of Eden, but something tells
them God is going to set things right one
Out of Eden
Adam and Eve
day.
A writer's blocked Paul is inspired to
write about the armor of God by a little
Armor of God
Armor of God
kid and a Roman soldier.
Work on the Tower of Babel comes to a
screeching halt when everyone starts
Babbling Builders
Babel
speaking a different language.
The Big Bad Wolf struggles with
backsliding, as he has fallen back into
his home wrecking/ pig eating ways and
find encouragement from Little Red
Big Bad Backslide
Backsliding
Riding Hood.
A girl who can’t help making bad
choices shares some of her
misadventures with a friend on her
Little Mindy Mayhem
Bad choices
picture phone.
Two part skit. Nerdy Jeremiah tries to be
someone he's not in order to be
Jeremiah Spittle: the
accepted by cool dudes Lenny and
Dude
Be Yourself
Vinnie.
Pinocchio tries everything he can to do
a brave deed so he can become a real
Becoming a
boy, but in the end, only his Creator can
A Real Boy
Christian
transform him.
A drama enactment about the parable
about building your life on the word of
House on a Rock
Bible
God.
A super hero who can't get her new
laser gun to work calls tech support, but
misses the meaning in the advice she
Power in the Book
Bible
gets: "There's power in the book."
A know it all baseball player lines up in
the wrong position, costing her team
points in a key game, because she won't
Out of Position
Body of Christ
play her given role.
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How to Break a Bully
Bullying
I Can Carry it
Burdens
Play Ball
Christian Action
The Answer is Me
Christian Action
Captain Distraction
Christian Life
Get in the Game
Christian Life
Going Deep
Christian Life
Loving the Game
Christian Life
The Mountain
Christian Life
The Right Tools
Christian Life
Bethlehem Tours
Christmas
Christmas Dress
Rehearsal
Christmas
Mary, Joseph, and the
Angels
Christmas
On his first day ay a new school, a
would-be bully's reign of terror is cut
short by a group of students with a
clever counter-attack.
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A boy with a lot on his hands gives
himself a pep talk, convincing himself he
can handle it all, but Mom just keeps
piling on from the other room.
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The coach of a baseball team tries to
convince his players, who just want to
wear the uniform and cheer the team
on, to get in the game and play. A great
illustration about Christian action.
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A puppet script in which a Christian is
challenged to be the answer to prayer
for those in need around them. Can be
adapted for stage.
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A super hero struggles to stay focused
on his assigned task, guarding a
priceless treasure, while a wily
catburglar keeps distracting him.
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A softball player thinks it's enough to put
on a uniform to be a player, but a
teammate explains she needs to
actually play the game and follow the
rules to be a true player.
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An illustration about going deeper in
faith; crew members on a submarine tell
the new guy on board never to tough the
"dive" button because they are afraid of
going under water, never realizing that's
what a submarine was made to do.
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A baseball player convinces his friends
it's not enough to show up on game day,
but that they must practice and develop
their skills. A parable about the Christian
life and studying God and his word.
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Two hikers eager to climb a forbidding
mountain talk to a souvenir salesman
who is content to look at the mountain
but not climb. A parable about walking
with Christ.
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Construction workers check to make
sure they have the right tools for
transforming a Christian's life - and one
of them has read too many Batman
comics!
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An ambitious desk clerk opens a tour
guide business to show off the future
birthplace of the Messiah.
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An angel struggles to find the
"motivation" when rehearsing the
announcement to the shepherds that
Jesus is born. Written for puppets,
adaptable for the stage.
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A Christmas story for kids, complete
with Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, and
an Angel who can't remember his cues.
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The shepherds encounter a talking
sheep and an angel the night Christ is
Quiet Night
Christmas
born.
Two bumbling angels must find the
perfect item to hang over the stable in
Bethlehem to announce the birth of
Star Search
Christmas
Christ. Audience participation involved.
A retelling of "The Night Before
Christmas" is ruined by a mouse, a
spouse, and a louse who are all stirring
Stirring Creatures
Christmas
cookie dough in the house.
Capt. Johnny Jumpkick and the Bonnie
Brighteyes doll ask Santa who's the
The Christmas Toys
Christmas
greatest Christmas gift.
Isaiah delivers his famous prophecy of
the Messiah to the Israelites, who
speculate on what the Messiah will be
Unto Us
Christmas
like.
Monologue. A little girl tells how all she
wants for Christmas is to share Jesus
Wish List
Christmas
with the whole world.
A little boy's lack of faith in Santa's
ability to descend chimneys leads Santa
to have some difficulty performing his
The Chimney Problem Christmas/Faith yearly miracle. A lesson in faith.
A friend explains to a newcomer to
church how God is everywhere in the
God and His Kids
Church
lives of his children.
What I Like About
A little girl explains what she likes about
Church
Church
church, including her best friend Jesus.
Church, the need A lone ranger Christian refuses the help
for community
of others and prolongs his search for his
The Lone Christian
and others
missing horse.
A new Christian tries to understand what
communion is all about, but finds most
What It All Means
Communion
other kids really don't understand either.
Moses deals with complainers in the
wilderness, even after all the Lord has
Where’s the Water
Complaining
done for them.
Barbie demands her new owner supply
her with a dreamhouse and car, but Ken
That's MISS Barbie to
and the little girl teach her to learn to be
You
Contentment
content in all things.
A high-energy retelling of Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
chapters 1-4, and the spiritual journey of
Rewind
Daniel
King Nebuchadnezzar.
A little girl hears the story of Daniel in
Babylon when he and his friends
insisted on healthy food and not the
Tacos and Twinkies
Daniel
kings food: tacos and twinkies.
A spoof of the "drinking milk"
commercials, in which young, small
brother David tells his big brothers and
himself that one day, he'll be someone
The Runt
David
big.
David volunteers to fight Goliath with
David and
faith in God, much to the amusement
Preparing for Goliath
Goliath
and puzzlement of King Saul.
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Enter Goliath
Sparing My Enemy
Heads or Tails
Dead Princess
I, Rooster
Jesus and the Bunny
The Bunny Tells the
Meaning of Easter
The Easter Present
The Lonely Bunny
A Corny Skit
Mustard
David's Coronation
Lucky Charms
Bumps in the Night
Sloppy Sue
Smokey Red 22
My Friend Jonathan
Goliath is busy trying to pick a new
entrance theme when a challenge
comes to him from a small Hebrew boy.
A dramatization for young audiences of
the story when David spares Saul's life
David and Saul
while hiding in a cave.
A kid faced with a tough choice gets all
kinds of crazy advice on how to make
their decision, but only the Word of God
Decisions
offers any real solutions.
A fairy tale is told of a princess who dies
- the end. The abrupt ending causes a
man in the audience to get upset. After
all, if there's no resurrection, there's no
Easter
happy ending.
A pastor interviews the rooster who
crowed the morning after Jesus was
betrayed about his role in the Easter
Easter
story.
Two groups of kids square off to see
who is the better Easter hero: Jesus, or
Easter
the Easter Bunny.
A teenager wanting to sue the Easter
Bunny for breach of contract is taught a
Easter
lesson in the meaning of Easter.
A Sunday School teacher introduces her
Easter
class to the best Easter present- Jesus.
The Easter Bunny is lonely and poor
one year because all the children have
chosen to celebrate Jesus instead of
Easter
visit the bunny.
The harvest is ready - but where are the
workers? Three ears of corn worry that
Evangelism
no one will come to harvest them.
A young believer takes the Bible literally
and tries to move a mountain with a
Faith
bottle of mustard.
Monologue. On the eve of his
coronation as king, David recalls the day
he was anointed king, and recounts the
Faith, Trusting
bloody path he has taken to the throne,
God
a reminder to remain faithful to God.
A con man gets a girl to buy all sorts of
good luck charms in hopes of a little
False gods, idols good luck.
Fear, fear of the A little girl, a monster under the bed, and
dark, the
a vampire learn there's nothing to be
unknown
afraid of when you have Jesus.
Sloppy Sue will do anything to fit in, but
nothing is ever enough for the cool
crowd. Thankfully, Jesus loves her
Fitting In
exactly how she is!
A group of naughty boys waits outside
the principal's office, where all but one Forgiveness of
who knows the peace and forgiveness
Christ
of Christ - is nervous about his fate.
David recalls the faithfulness and loving
Friendship
heart of his best friend Jonathan.
David and
Goliath
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Super Friends?
Friendship
The Reluctant Snake
Genesis
Gideon and the Griper Gideon
A Little Goes A Long
Way
God's Property
Giving
That's My God
Giving
God, His Great
Love
God, putting
other things
ahead of God
Construction Plans
God's Plan
Risen Again
Halloween
Scary Story
Halloween
The Grace of
Frankenstein
Halloween
The Jack-O-Lantern
Skit
Halloween
The Dancer
Healing
Jeremiah Spittle: The
Artist
Honesty
Cinderella Revised
Ice Breaker
How Big Is God?
A hero chooses not to help his sidekick
in time of need, causing both the
sidekick and their enemy to decide he’s
a really bad friend.
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A fun and funny puppet skit about the
Garden of Eden, in which a snake
reluctantly tempts Adam and Eve and
gets himself in trouble too. Ideal script
for puppets!
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A griper in Gideon’s army questions
Gideon’s crazy plan for attacking the
Midianites.
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A two part skit in which a father tells his
son just how far even a dollar offering
can go when given to God.
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An ungrateful girl learns to give
generously to God when she realizes
everything she has is a gift from Him.
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Little girl Katie explains how big God is
with her brother George's illustrations.
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A talk show reveals the true "gods" of a
couple kids: a video game warrior and a
boy band.
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A girl who prays for God's will to be
done is surprised when a construction
crew shows up to build a home for
Christ in her heart.
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A couple vampires and monsters crash
a church's "Risen Again" Halloween
party and learn what it means for
Christians to rise again.
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A girl tries to scare her friend with a
scary story. Far from scary, this is a
hilarious skit for kids.
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Dr. Frankenstein's monster breaks the
law by stealing candy from little kids on
Halloween night, but the doctor
demonstrates grace by taking the
punishment for the monster.
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Two jack-o-lanterns have a dialogue that
draws a comparison between their
transformation from pumpkin to jack-olantern to becoming a Christian.
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Two crippled beggars are shocked to
see a friend leave the begging life when
he is healed by Peter and John.
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Two part skit. When nerdy Jeremiah
meets the beautiful Katie, he lies about
his artistic abilities to impress her,
succeeding only in making a fool of
himself.
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A storyteller and a heckler in the
audience tell a revised version of
Cinderella, including Pokemon and XMen.
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Captain Integrity
Battle Plan of the
Hymnal
The Wall of Jericho
A Really Big Star
Our Perfect Brother
Without Jesus
The Eviction
The Kid Who Brought
Lunch
The Unforgivable
The Stain Remover
The Greatest Verse
Going Overboard
Jonah's Mistakes
Three Servants
The Warrior
Jacob's son Joseph tells his story of
how he kept his integrity despite
Potiphar's wife, while a talent agent tries
to convince him to put on an act as
Integrity
Captain Integrity.
King Jehoshaphat reveals his battle
strategy to his commanding general: to
Jehoshaphat
let the musicans go in first.
Two guards on the wall of Jericho stop
laughing at the Israelites and head for
the hills when they realize the God of
Jericho
Israel really can knock their wall down!
A world famous movie director is hired
to make the biggest director ever, he
chooses the biggest book - The Bible Jesus
and the biggest star - Jesus!
Jesus' younger siblings discuss what it's
like living with the ultimate perfect older
Jesus
brother.
A little girl who doesn't want to hear
another Jesus story gets a version of
Snow White from her father without the
prince, demonstrating what life would be
Jesus
like without Jesus.
A pack of demons gets tossed out as
Jesus casts out soon as Jesus speaks the word to
demons
them.
The little boy whose lunch fed 5000
people in Jesus' hands has to explain to
Jesus feeds the his mother why he brought home a full
five thousand
lunch box.
The story of the woman caught in the
Jesus Forgives
act of adultery us re-told for a younger
the Sinful Woman audience.
A woman goes shopping in a stain
cleaner shop for a cure for the stains on
her heart. A fellow customer shares with
Jesus, the Blood her the cleansing power of the blood of
of Christ
Christ.
The world’s greatest voice over artist is
brought in to read John 3:16 - but he
John 3:16
keeps stumbling over the words.
As Jonah tries to sleep away his
troubles, a storm hits the ship carrying
him away from Ninevah, and the crew
Jonah
discovers he is to blame.
Monologue. Jonah tells his story,
emphasizing that God used him in spite
Jonah
of his mistakes.
Audience participation skit! A fairy tale
about a prince and his three "disabled"
servants who help him win the love of a
Judging others
princess.
When two kids go looking for a great
Judging others, prayer warrior at a league of super
God looks at the heroes, they discover the warrior is a
heart
young girl like them. (2 Part drama)
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Frogman Meets the
Dragon Lady
Frogman Saves the
Clowns
Got Lies
Lyin' Brian
The Aliens Are
Coming!
If I Were a Rich Kid
Hot Ticket
King Neb
Doll in the Trash
JC's Salvage
Nutty Noah
David Spares Saul
Welcoming the King
Pizza Party for
Everybody
Little Lamb Lost
Heaven Is Like
Frogman and his sidekick win the day
when they show love to one of their arch
enemies.
Super hero Frogman doesn't want to
save the day when he learns a bomb
has been placed in a clown school. Can
Frogman overcome his prejudice
Loving Others
against clowns and be a real hero?
A friend teaches another how to lie to
get out of trouble, then loses his
friendship when she learns how much
Lying
he has lied to her.
A modern day version of the boy who
cried wolf about a neighborhood kid
known for lying who claims a wild puma
Lying
escaped from the zoo.
Friends don't believe a story about
aliens and space wars coming from a
Lying
friend known for making up lies.
A kid who just came into a lot of money
flaunts and spends it like there's no
tomorrow, but he is taken aback when a
friend confesses she would use that
Money
money for charity, not her own greed.
A kid is faced with the consequences of
his reckless spending when he doesn't
Money, Saving
have the money to get into the greatest
wisely
movie ever, "Batman Vs. Darth Vader."
A humorous version of the story of
Nebuchadnezzar nebuchadnezzar's madness.
A little girl's doll is comforted by Chinese
food and other trash when she is thrown
away, but she longs to be "reborn" so
New Creation
she can be loved again.
Two kids learn how old things can be
made new in a junk yard from a wise
New Creation
care taker.
Noah’s neighbors think he’s crazy - right
up until the moment when the flood
Noah
starts.
Audience participation. Two narrators
recreate the story of how David had the
chance to kill Saul, but obeyed God
Obedience
rather than kill God's anointed king.
Little children who learn Jesus is coming
to town try to come up with a way to
Palm Sunday
greet him.
When all of Eddie’s friends cancel at the
Parable of the
last minute, Eddie decides to open his
Great Banquet
pizza party up to anyone and everyone.
Parable of the
A little lamb wanders into a wolves' den,
Lost Sheep
but is saved by a loving shepherd.
The parable of the pearl of priceless
value is told several different ways using
Parable of the
modern terms, including skateboards
Pearl
and rock guitars.
Love Your
Enemies
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Parable of the
Little Jimmy’s Problem Rich Fool
240 Dollars Worth of
Puddin’
Parable of the
Unforgiving
Servant
The Lamentation of an
Older Sibling
Parents
The Mom And Dad
Make Me Mad Club
Parents
The Purfuit of
Happineff
Patriotic
Calling Ananias
Paul
Rick Vs. Thor
Peace makers
Little Red Blinding
Hood
Peer Pressure
The Blue Ladies
Peer Pressure
Three Pigs and the
Fiery Furnace
Persecution
Bottom of the First
Perseverance
Godzilla and Son
Perseverance
Express Delivery
Prayer
Prayer from the Heart
Prayer
Triple Dog Promise
Promises
Little Jimmy has a problem. He just won
a lifetime supply of candy, more than he
could ever eat in his life. Too bad his
dentist has some bad, bad news to
share.
A kiddie-Godfather parody about a boy
who is forgiven a huge debt of puddin'
cups, but cannot forgive a small debt he
himself is owed.
An older child presents their case to
Dad for better, more fair treatment, but
the only response is, "Go to your room."
A group of kids get together to talk about
how mean their parents are… until one
of them finds the verse about honoring
parents, causing fear they will all die
young.
Little girl Erin Mills tells about America's
Christian heritage in this Independence
Day monologue.
God calls on Ananias to go and heal
Paul after he is blinded on the road to
Damascus. Ananias is nervous, but he
trusts God and obeys.
The history of a feud between two
wrestlers is recapped leading up to their
main event fight; but instead of fighting,
the wrestlers make peace.
A fairy tale about a little girl who wears a
big hood that endangers her life, all
because it's the cool thing to wear.
A girl endures some ridiculous rituals to
be accepted by a cool group.
The Big Bad Wolf plays a dyslexic
Nebuchadnezzar, and the three pigs
take on Shadrach, Mechach, and
Abednego in this version of the classic
Bible story.
Baseball players tell their manager they
are ready to quit and give up, even
though the game they are playing is still
in the first inning.
Godzilla’s son gets sad when the city he
destroyed is rebuilt. Leave it to dear old
Dad to teach his son to persevere - and
trash that city one more time!
An angel tours the express department
in Heaven, where blessings await
Christians who seldom if ever ask for
them in prayer.
A little girl tires of the tedium of the "Now
I lay me down to sleep" prayer and
opens her heart to God with questions
and requests.
A boy is challenged to follow through on
his word rather than continue making
bigger and bigger promises to do so.
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A young farmer learns the hard way that
you can’t grow cucumbers from pepper
Reaping what
seeds in a skit about reapig what you
Wrong Seeds
you sow
sow.
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Two part skit. When Jeremiah gets a
chance to play the lead role in a play, he
treats everyone around him with
Jeremiah Spittle:
Respect,
disrespect, causing them to leave him
Superstar
respecting others hanging on stage.
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Two part skit. Nerdy Jeremiah is upset
when a new theater director gives him a
menial job in The Music Man, but his
best friend Katie persuades him to be
Jeremiah Spittle:
faithful in the little things if he wants
Trombone Wrangler
Responsibility
bigger jobs.
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Two angels doing laundry duty wash the
Righteousness, rags of the saints in an "ancient Hebrew
Christ's blood
secret", the blood of Christ, to get them
Washed in the Blood
washes us clean white as snow.
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When 3 super heroes fail to rescue a
hostage, they call on the real hero,
Super Heroes
Role Models
Jesus.
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A puppet skit (that can be acted on
stage) about Samson's failed first
marriage and the foxes he used to burn
Samson and the Foxes Samson
his enemy's crops.
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The story of Samuel's calling as a young
boy, when God first called out to him.
Here I Am
Samuel
For stage or puppet theater.
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A girl who has decided to pursue a
career in missions almost misses the
Don’t Miss It
Serving God
chance to minister to a girl in her class.
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Two children's workers attempting to
teach a lesson in sharing get into a fight
over their microphone. Can they learn a
lesson that they can then share with the
How Not To Share
Sharing
kids?
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Siblings learn to appreciate each other
Brother, Sister, Baby
Sibling Rivalry
and their differences.
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Frogman and Tadpole capture the bad
guy and save the day, but then they are
arrested and charged with all sorts of
crimes. A parable about how all have
Frogman: Justice for
sinned, and no one is righteous apart
All
Sin
from God.
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Outlaws trying to run from their sin are
introduced to Jesus, who can remove
their sins as far as the east is from the
Go West
Sin
west.
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A little girl talks about how prayer
protects her from evil, while an angel
does battle with evil spirits unseen to
Deliver Us From Evil
Spiritual warfare her.
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A group of teachers reveal the horrifying
Where Teachers Go
truth about what they do over the
For The Summer
Summer Vacation summer in this fun early summer skit.
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My Rock and My
Fortress
Temptation
The Scary Monkeys
Temptation
Count Yourblessings
Thankfulness
Chicken, Cow, and Pig
Give Thanks
Thanksgiving
Army Men
The Church
Wide World of
Parables
The Good
Samaritan
Connections
Witnessing
Cricket and Adam Ant
Work
Flowers and Birdies
Worry
Big Man
Zacchaeus
A girl and her wimpy conscience
struggle with resisting temptation until
Jesus enters their lives.
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A commercial offers kids the perfect
solution to help them flee temptation: a
pack of scary monkeys to chase them
away from the tempting situation.
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Two kids stranded on the road find a
creepy haunted house inhabited by the
mysterious Count Yourblessings, who
reminds them to be thankful.
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A chicken, a cow, and a pig share what
they are thankful for at Thanksgiving and nothing makes them more thankful
than the fact that on this day, everyone's
eating turkey.
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Two kids talk about the diversity of
people and callings in the church using
Army Men as illustrations.
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The story of the good Samaritan plays
out with two sports announcers calling
the action.
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A short, funny illustration that shows
kids the only way our friends will meet
Jesus is if we introduce them.
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A modern kids version of the parable of
the ant and the grasshopper, in which
the lazy kid has nothing to do all winter
while the hard worker has saved up to
buy a video game console.
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A humorous enactment of Jesus'
"consider the lilies" sermon.
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A Godfather-like Zacchaeus tells about
his encounter with Jesus and how
hebecame a "big" man by humbling
himself before God.
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