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Real Truth!
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Realistic Skits are “sketches” of life’s revelation moments
in which people struggle to understand or achieve something.
The words “skit” and “sketch” are often used interchangeably, but “sketch” is a clearer image of what this art form actually is: These 3-10 minute “Realistic Skits” visit what is typically the “crisis” moment; in a longer play, it is the moment when a decision must be made that will alter the character’s future.
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‘Tis The Season
Remaining spiritually focused on Christ at Christmas is the theme of this skit. At church, poor Cindy barely gets the Christmas story read. Her cell phone rings, her son switches car keys, and her other two kids announce that the Christmas tree fell through the window.
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Amazing Grace
Our self-concept in Christ is the topic of this skit, setting up a sermon on spiritual warfare when Satan tries to rob us of our identity in Christ. Grace, an overweight young mother, compares herself to the ideal wife of Proverbs 31, but she is unable to please anyone, least of all herself
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Be Like Little Children
Making our love relationships work through the power of God’s agape love is the topic of this first skit in a series of four that follows the same cast from childhood to senior citizens. In the first skit, the “children” learn that God’s love is an active, helping verb! (This skit can stand alone.)
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Brace Yourself
The many roles of motherhood is the theme of this skit. A young woman enters what we think is an OBGYN waiting room, but she is really being fitted for a neck brace to help her balance all the various hats she has to wear. The doctor hands her a success manual: the Bible.
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Broken Wings
In this Christmas skit, Grandpa Beasley is coaxed to come to church by his tiny grand-daughter who reminds him that although Christmas may be for children, You’re a child of God, and you’re in His family; you always will be. This skit sets up a sermon on Christmas being for all the children of God.
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Cheerful Giving
This extremely short, humorous skit features two older men who comment about the importance of the offering. This skit sets up a sermon on tithing and being good stewards of what God has given us. All our wealth and wisdom cannot “out-provide” God.
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Don’t Touch Me!
Learning how to develop healthy love relationships is the topic of this skit. Carl is in line at the DMV and cannot abide having anyone enter his “personal space.” This skit sets up a sermon on “loving others.” It is the first step in being “light and salt” in a dark and bland world.
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Follow The Leader
This skit on the difference between “power and authority” finds Joe, a contractor, who can’t get anything done by wielding power. He learns that authority comes to sacrificial “servant leaders” who prioritize others in their interpersonal relationships. (First of three skits; it can stand alone.)
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Hard Labor
Young Bruce is aghast when his Uncle Buzz comes to visit. He is lazy, irresponsible, soaks his relatives for money, and is always looking for entertainment; other than that, he’s quite a decent guy for a 40-year old man. This skit is an excellent set up for a youth sermon on responsibility.
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It’s Your Lucky Day!
Counting your “spiritual blessings” is the theme of this skit. Frank wins the 6 million dollar lottery, but all he sees is high taxes and parasite relatives. Like Frank, we dwell on the negatives in life and forget that we are “spiritual millionaires,” saved by the grace of God’s love.
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Sneaker-friendly Service?
Being culturally sensitive to your surroundings for the purposes of evangelism is the topic of this short, humorous skit. Two elderly men sit off to the side and get confused about what those “sneeker-friendly services are all about. This is a good wake-up call for church growth.
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Tall Tales
“Truth always wins out” is the theme of this skit. Fred wants to tell a “fish tale” to explain why they didn’t catch any fish, but Bob can’t seem to get the “alternate truth” straight. An hilarious “Abbott & Costello-like” dialogue proves that a lie is not only wrong, but it never works.
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The Dream Team
In this skit, Joe learns a lesson in leadership skills: getting the diverse members of “the body of Christ” to work together. He would rather use a few men than include the inept volunteers on his building project team; his servant leadership grows. (Second of three skits; can stand alone.)
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The Love Connection
In this final skit of the series, the “Four Loves” are compared to four contestants on a dating game show. “Agape” wins, but she cannot go alone. She must join with one of the other earthly loves, for any love relationship will become God’s perfect love with “Agape.” (This skit stands alone.)
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The Power of Agape Love
This third skit of four expounds on the “Four Loves” by portraying the quality of agape love practiced over a lifetime. The continuous cast has become senior citizens, and each one is more eager to help the other than to meet his own needs. (This skit can also stand alone.)
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The Salt of The Earth
This second skit of four expounds on the Four Loves, by explaining that God’s “agape” love is a “salty” seasoning that prevents our earthly love relationships from spoiling. God’s intends for us to enjoy healthy relationships under the sovereignty of God. (This skit can stand alone.)
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The Ultimate Healing Touch
Our hope of Heaven is the topic of this emotional skit. Isaac is sad even though he won the soccer trophy because his mom wasn’t there to see it. His brother reads him a letter from mom, written just before she died, telling them that she’ll be waiting for them in Heaven!
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Three-strand Cord
In this short skit on church leadership, Joe discovers that God’s presence is the most significant contribution to any team. God’s power carries out His vision through people, and His strand is the most significant in Ecclesiastes 4:12. (Third of three skits, but it can stand alone.)
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