Description

Age doesn’t matter when you want to serve God.
For young people, getting certain jobs may not be possible, driving a car, serving in the armed forces . .  there’s a ton of things for which age is a “non-starter” for younger folks.  Same with senior citizens. . . Mandatory retirement, disallowed if eye sight or other health issues dictate. Same with serving in the armed forces or police.

Luckily when it comes to serving the Lord, its an open-ended opportunity. Like, totally open-ended!

A good fer-instance would be my Mom, Velma Heslop Alexander, who was known as “The Butterfly Lady.” Her’s was a long and, to our way of thinking, a difficult life. Yet had she been born 15 months earlier, and died 19 months later, she would have seen 3 centuries, the 1800’s, 1900’s and 2000’s. But during that time she brightened the lives of thousands of hurting people, see her story.

And how about the blessing we receive when a baby is born? Blessing! That is the stuff that is “of and from God,” and the blessing means that baby, and that elderly lady, and all in between, are serving God!

This short skit shows how little kids, some who grew up to be huge Biblical figures, served God in their youth. Listen as they tell their young stories to an on-scene Reporter!

Cast:    5

• 5 (4 children and an adult identified as ‘1″ m or f)
  • David
  • Joseph
  • Mary
  • Noah
  • Reporter “1” (insert name)

 Bible Reference:    Matthew 19:14

Set:      bare

Lighting:        standard

  Sound:     wireless mics if available

Song:     none

SFX:       none

Costumes:

• Traditional except for reporter

Props:      none

Special Instructions:   none

  Time:     5

Sample of script:

1: I am 1, a reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper.  And what is your name?

David: My name is David.  To some, I am a shepherd, to others a king.

1: And your name?

Noah: I am Noah.  All of a sudden I was a sailor.

1: And you?

Mary: I am Mary.  An angel told me I would have a baby.

1: Who are you?

Joseph: I am Joseph, people know me for my colorful coat.

1: Where did God find you?

David: God found me when I was young, looking after sheep.

Noah: I was an old man, looking after my family.

Mary: I was a young girl, soon to be married.

Joseph: God found me in a cistern, where my brothers had thrown me, and in a prison, where I didn’t deserve to be.

1: What job did God have for you?

David: God wanted me to become the king.

Noah: God wanted me to save his people and creatures from the flood.

Mary: God wanted me to be the mother of his own son, Jesus.

Joseph: God wanted me to give food to my family when they were hungry.

1: How did you feel about the job God asked you to do?