Description
Serving God by helping out in the backyards of friends. 
Or even people we don’t know
5 short sketches on the theme of “Who, (and why), do we serve?”
This script contains all 5 sketches, (they can also be ordered separately, however the cost is substantially higher).
DramaShare wrote this script for a DramaShare member, (a membership benefit), to compliment the Standard Publishing VBS program, “God’s Backyard”. However it is self-standing and very adapatable to any VBS or other children’s program.
The individual themes for the five days, (included in this script), 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 – Serving Jesus)
- Can be used for a daily VBS program or each script can be used as a self-standing drama. When used for VBS there is an opening drama and a short closing drama with an optional intro into, and back out of, the main VBS program. When used as a regular drama this optional portion would be omitted.
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: 75 (approx. 15 min per sketch)
Sample of script: Sketch 1 – Serving Family
Willie and Woodie are sitting at picnic table, looking at photo album, Tracey and Lynn enter, stand upstage, leaning on rake and hoe, listening
Willie: Yeh and that’s Cousin Beatrice.
Woodie: Strange lookin’ gomer ain’t she?
Willie: That was one gal that was ‘way behind the door when looks were handed out I tell ya!
Woodie: Who’s this here?
Willie: Mom’s Uncle Ned.
Woodie: Never did hear of him I don’t believe.
Willie: For a fact. Old Ned, he was kinda the black sheep of the family.
Willie and Woodie see Tracey and Lynn
Willie: Hey who are you guys?
Tracey: I’m Tracey, and this, (points to Lynn), is my partner Lynn.
Lynn: We are from the Backyard Service Company, we’re here to get your backyard all spruced up and special for your family!
Woodie: Wow, like you just come in and take care of everything in the backyard?
Tracey: For sure we do Woodie . . . . Cut the grass, trim the hedges, rake the leaves .. everything!
Willie: You mean, you do this kinda work, like . . on purpose?
Lynn: Backyard Service, at your service!
Tracey: That there is like our motto.
Willie: Wow, I sometimes do those things, like mowing and raking and such, but only if I can’t, like, get outta it.
Lynn: Well, we should get to work; fix everything up here in your backyard.
Tracey: Hope we don’t make too much noise, wouldn’t want to disturb you if you are doing anything special.
Willie: Naw, we’re just lookin’ at these old family albums.
Woodie: Funny lookin’ gomers mostly.
Lynn: Pardon me for saying so but that’s like not a real nice thing to say about your family is it?
Willie: Not really family, see these are like uncles, cousins, that sorta thing.
Lynn: Well, uncles and cousins, they’re still family.
Woodie: Really? I always thought that family was like parents and brothers and sister, stuff like that.
Willie: Ya, and I am not so awful sure about Mary Ellen. Dad said that we had to be nice to Mary Ellen ‘cause she is our sister, but way I see it we could maybe hope to trade Mary Ellen for a package of bubble gum.
Tracey: That’s not a nice thing to say about your sister.
Woodie: Well don’t make rash statements like that until you see Mary Ellen.
Willie: Ya, and ‘specially if the deal is for Triple Bubble Bang bubble gum!
