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Jesus spoke in parables. In this DOWNLOADABLE first Skit Package, the children discover that parables are simple stories that explain complex truths. When Zelda is put on restriction for lying, she has a hard time understanding her mom’s complicated note, but when Bonnie, Harvey and Tina’s mom, tells Zelda the story of “The Girl Who Cried Wolf,” Zelda realizes the importance of telling the truth. Pastor Rufus helps them all understand that Jesus’ parables are “earthly stories with Heavenly meanings.” -
Jesus spoke in parables. In this DOWNLOADABLE first Skit Package, the children discover that parables are simple stories that explain complex truths. When Zelda is put on restriction for lying, she has a hard time understanding her mom’s complicated note, but when Bonnie, Harvey and Tina’s mom, tells Zelda the story of “The Girl Who Cried Wolf,” Zelda realizes the importance of telling the truth. Pastor Rufus helps them all understand that Jesus’ parables are “earthly stories with Heavenly meanings.”
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This "Story Time Theater" provides a delightfully creative venue to help people realize that our free will causes much of our pain, and God is not to blame for our troubles. Two mimes and one Story Lady set up a sermon on the results of our choices and bring out the child in every one. -
This Three In One Skit illustrates the surprising integrity compromises that Christians sometimes make to simplify their workloads. It sets up a sermon on doing what we do "heartily, as unto the Lord," without compromising the ethics of the Christian life. -
In this Christian Monologue Skit, a mother shares her hope for her struggling blended family. Patti, comes home to find her blended family in chaos and at war with one another which sets the stage for a sermon on the difficulties in feeling "normal" after re-marriage in a blended family. -
In this Monologue Skit, Carl blames others for his interpersonal relationship problems. He thinks everyone is rotten to the core and that life is unfair. He sets the stage for a sermon on humility, compassion, and seeing people through God's eyes. -
In 9 skits, the children learn about God's design for family living. Zelda's emotional reaction to her parents' divorce is real, but she learns that the "family of God" will never forsake her. This series speaks to the spiritual needs of single-parent, blended, and traditional families as it provides wisdom for shared responsibility and constant sensitivity in ministering to our own families as believers. -
The children learn how to live a missionary life, and what a missionary does as they watch Clem and her family prepare to go to the mission field. The "call," the emotional leaving, the home "support team," the letters, and the joys and pains of missionary work all challenge the children to actively serve God. Tina learns that you don't have to leave home to be a missionary when she leads her friend to Lord. -
This volume of 8 skits highlights Old Testament Heroes, focusing on the trust and obedience that characterized their relationship with God. However, God's power, His unending love, and His faithful forgiveness, make God the ultimate Old Testament Hero! The adventures of each Old Testament hero is mirrored by the characters as they model lives built on trust and obedience to God: A firm foundation. -
Befriending Jesus is the challenge of this volume. The children are introduced to the people Jesus befriended: Nicodemus, Zaccheus, Peter, the leper, the little children, James and John, the boy with the fish, Judas, and Saul/Paul. The children are challenged with the question, "Am I a friend of Jesus?" -
In 5 skits, the children take an in-depth look at five of God's promises: Eternal life, answered prayer, the power of the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, and His faithful presence in every moment of our lives. The characters experience the peace that comes when we understand what God has promised to those who live for Him, and trust Him. -
God's timeless wisdom is explored in 7 Skit Packages. The children uncover the profound wisdom contained in the book of Proverbs. While at a family camp, the characters are exposed to God's truth regarding: "God And Man," "God's Wisdom," "Foolish People," "Lazy Sluggards," "The Use of Words," "Finding And Being Friends," and "God's Plan For The Family." God's wisdom is contrasted with human foolishness, and Zelda becomes a Christian, only after her selfish, foolish motives are exposed. -
Jesus' beatitudes for living are explored in this volume of 5 Skit Packages. The children experience the 5 spiritually "beautiful attitudes" expressed in the Beatitudes: Being peacemakers, being gentle, hungering and thirsting for righteousness, being persecuted for standing up for Jesus, and mourning your spiritual condition without Jesus. -
Worshipping God is a powerful privilege. We worship God in our actions, thoughts, and words. The characters all experience the various ways we can worship God in their own personal lives. -
Through a study of the book of Acts, the children are introduced to the ministry of the Holy Spirit as He empowers the life of the believer. Clem becomes a Christian, and the “fruit,” or results, of the Holy Spirit’s presence in her life, provides opportunities for the children to learn what it means to have “Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Goodness, and Self-control” in our daily lives. -
Prayer and Bible study are two powerful tools to grow spiritually. Topics explored in this volume of 7 Skit Packages include: inspiration, sovereignty, how to pray for guidance, praying for the needs of others, praying for God's will, and how to have a daily "secret time" with God to read His word and to pray to Him. -
Throughout this volume of 7 Skit Packages, Jesus’ parables are highlighted, as the real-life situations in the skits mirror the conflicts and settings of the original parable. In the middle of each skit, Rufus reads the parable, directly from the Bible. Each lesson suggests a snack with the “best part in the middle,” like corn-dogs, Twinkies, cup cakes, etc., to help make the point that you have to dig for the “best part” (the lesson) in Jesus’ parables. -
In 7 Skit Packages, Tina helps everyone understand that a "parable" is "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," and 6 of Christ's parables are retold using current situations with which today's children can identify.
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In 8 ELECTRONIC Skit Packages, the children learn just what it means to live the new life as a Christian in their relationships with brothers and sisters, with parents, with bullies at school, and with their friends. They are relieved to learn that they don't have to make these changes alone because God has sent the Holy Spirit to be their helper! -
In 5 ELECTRONIC Skit Packages, Harvey learns how to grow in his relationship with God. Through reading the Bible, God's book of directions, he learns that God promises to help him through hard times if he prays. He rejoices in the promise of forgiveness, discovers that he is part of the Bride of Christ, the Church, and learns that sharing the good news of God's love with others is the greatest gift of all! -
In 5 Skit Packages, the children experience the basics of Christianity. Together with Harvey, they learn that God shows His love for us in so many wondrous ways, yet we continue to sin. They are challenged to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love their neighbors as they love themselves. Harvey accepts God's offer of salvation, becomes a Christian, and begins his personal journey with Jesus. -
The Skituations Training Kit provides you with everything you need to begin this life-changing children's ministry program. The Training Kit consists of a Director's Guide, packed with over 30 years of children's ministry administrative wisdom, and a DVD which includes 4 movies: Training Movie, Full-length Skit Movie, Recruiting "Trailer," and a Skituations Library "Tour." -
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.) -
ELECTRONIC Skit Package 8 - Tina gets into trouble because she decides to hang out with troublemakers. Pastor Rufus explains that Christians have values that make us stand out from the rest of the world, and we must not compromise those values. -
In this ELECTRONIC seventh Skit Package, Zelda leads Tina and Harvey into making some very bad choices that get them all into serious trouble. When they sneak out of the dentist’s office to get an ice cream cone instead of getting their teeth cleaned, they discover what happens when they make “sandy choices” (selfish, disobedient choices) instead of “rocky choices” (choices that please God) -
ELECTRONIC Skit Package 7 - Zelda and Harvey make some very bad choices that get them kicked out of school and placed on suspension. They learn that lives built on sand will not survive when the storms of life come, but lives build on the rock will survive lifes troubles because God is with those who obey His Word. -
This "Choral Reading" is a particularly effective as a way to present the scripture reading of 1Corinthians 2: 7-12, contrasting the wisdom of God with the wisdom of this world. It is a captivating opening for a sermon on discernment and supernatural living. -
The "Wife of Bath's Tale" is a classic among The Canterbury Tales. In her tale, a knight betrays a maiden, and his punishment is rather odd: he must discover what it is that women want most, and if any maiden on the court disagrees, then, "off with his head!" Will he be saved? Watch and see. -
In this ELECTRONIC fourth Skit Package, Harvey learns a painful lesson when he refuses to forgive Tina for breaking his one hundred dollar skateboard, even after Pastor Rufus forgives him for breaking the new one thousand dollar stained glass window at the church. As Pastor Rufus and Bonnie list off the chores Harvey must complete to pay for the window, they make it clear to Harvey that Jesus’ parable of the “Unmerciful Servant” warns us to forgive others; otherwise, why should God forgive us when we sin? -
ELECTRONIC Skit Package 4 - Harvey learns a painful lesson when he refuses to forgive Tina for breaking his one hundred dollar skateboard, even after Pastor Rufus forgives him for breaking the new one thousand dollar stained glass window at the church. Harvey discovers that Jesus' parable of the Unmerciful Servant warns us to forgive others; otherwise, God will not forgive us when we sin. -
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! -
This Readers Theater skit enacts the story of "Stoning of the Apostles," in Acts, Chapter 5, and shows an example of believers who were persecuted for their faith, yet refused to let anyone silence their preaching and their praise of God. -
In this ELECTRONIC second Skit Package, Pastor Rufus gives Harvey, Zelda, Clem, and Tina each a Bible to give to a friend. Rufus repeats Jesus’ challenge in the Parable of the Sower to be “farmers” (sowers) and to plant (or share) the seed (the Word of God)</s -
ELECTRONIC Skit Package 2 - Pastor Rufus gives Harvey, Zelda, Clem, and Tina each a Bible to give to a friend. Rufus repeats Jesus challenge in the Parable of the Sower to be farmers (sowers) and to plant (or share) the seed (the Word of God) into the soil (hearts) of other people. Tina, Clem, Zelda and Harvey become examples of the four "soils" of this parable. -
This "Choral Reading" is a particularly effective as a way to present the scripture reading of several of the Psalms of David, celebrating the sovereignty of God and His love and protection for those who fear Him. It is a captivating opening for a sermon on God's love and His goodness. -
This Readers Theater skit is a retelling of the "Parable of the Shrewd Manager," placed in a modern context using five businessmen in an office setting. It sets up a sermon admonishing us to see our end coming, and to use money wisely to the Glory of God.
