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Snowboarding for Geeks
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Acts 17:16-34
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5
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Know your audience: It's no use talking if they don't understand a word you're saying
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Pill Pusher
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1 Peter 3:15,
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4
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Sharing your faith, without being an idiot.
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Life Raft
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Matthew 22:1-14
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4 to 7, any gender
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(not to be confused with the similarly titled and similarly themed Life Boat. Are we starting to repeat ourselves?)
Sometimes we're too dumb to get on the boat.
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The Survivors: Overview
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Ephesians
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1-4
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This series of skits uses the ridiculously popular Survivor TV show as an alegorical framework for life. Works amazingly well, we think.
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Surviving: The Tribal Council (1)
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4
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Jesus died to save us from our sins
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Surviving 2: The Boat, The Pit, and Gracie
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Ephesians 3
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3
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We'll never make it off the island on our own
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Surviving 4: Gracie and Jesús Have Lunch
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Ephesians
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2
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Jesus is in control, and creativity is the way to go
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Surviving 3: Floyd Gets Lost
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Ephesians
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1
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We all need a little help from time to time
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The Trip to Bethlehem
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Luke 2
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3-4
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So, you think everyone in the nativity just sort of smiled and glowed? Think again!
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The Orchard
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3
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When we remain rooted in Jesus and supported by eachother, we will bear good fruit
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The Interview
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Matthew 5: the first four beatitudes
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3
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God chooses his employees using criteria very different from that of the world.
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Tollbooth
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Matthew 5: The Sermon on the Mount
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3
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The Sermon on the Mount from 20,000 feet: The Kingdom of God is nothing whatsoever like the kingdom of this world. The skit also functions as a fairly basic allegory for the Salvation Message
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The Ghost Ship
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4
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A life with God rescues us from aimess wandering, insurmoutable debt, and worries of all stripes
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The Mime
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Romans 12:1-2
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3
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"Do not comform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
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The Rollercoaster
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Psalm 31
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3+
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No matter how wild the ride, God is in control
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The Healer
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4
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Jesus is the Great Physician who trully desires to heal us of all our wounds.
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The Chess Team
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Romans 12:4-10
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4
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When we neglect our relationship with God, we let down the whole body of Christ
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The Sally Montel Springer Show
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Col 3:13
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4
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Forgiveness
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Robots
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4
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When we fail to study our Bibles, we are bound to fail in our other pursuits as well.
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Clerks
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1 Cor 10:13
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Three
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Resisting Temptation
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The 24-Hour Chapel of Elvis
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I Cor. 13
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3
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True Love
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The Lion and the Mouse
or: The Tiger and the Various Rodents
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II Cor 12:9
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6
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This "Aunt Bertha" skit tells the story of the Lion and Mouse (with a few twists) to illustrate Paul's command to "glory in your weakness."
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The New Manager
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1 Peter 2:13-14;
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4
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We should always respond with love and respect to those in authority over us. (OK, so we were thinking about new pastors. Hopefully it's not too obvious!)
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Customer Service
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Genesis 6:3-13
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1
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When confronted with our sin, the appropriate response is to accept responsibility, ask for forgiveness, and repent. Unfortunately, our responses can sometimes mirror that of Adam and Eve. We may try to hide, blame others, shun responsibility, be defensive, or any combination of these.
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Copernicus
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Truth
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5-6
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Tell the truth, even when it hurts.
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The Benevolent and Protective Order of Large, Fur-Bearing Mammals
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Genesis 11:1-8
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6
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This skit was inspired by a sermon on the Tower of Babel in which our pastor pointed out that real the sin of the ancients lay in their disobedience of the people to God's command to "Go forth and multiply," and choosing instead to build a monument to themselves. He then drew a poignant parallel between the ancients and the church of today.
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The Used Car Lot
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Genesis 20:2
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5
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" there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her."
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The Sweepstakes
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James 4:2-3
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5+
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If wishes were horses
we'd all be in trouble!
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Lifeboat
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I Peter 3:15-16
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5
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"Always be prepared to give a reason to everyone who asks for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."
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The Clone
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Romans 8:11-14
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4
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"Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
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Bus Stop
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Phillipians 4:6-7
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2
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God offers us in our lives a peace and a rest that pass understanding.
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The Best Peoples Club
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4+
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This isnt based off a specific scripture so much as it simply deals with one of the realities of prayer - its ability to change the heart and mind of the faithful.
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The Baseball Fan
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1 Peter 3:15
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4
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"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."
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Gameshow
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Genesis 13
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3
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The theme is trust in God, the story is Abram and Lots separation.
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The Three Little Pigs
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Matthew 7:24-27
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3+
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Based on Jesus Parable about the Wise Man and the Foolish Man
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Wages
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Romans 3:23
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5
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"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life."
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Driving to Disneyland
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1 Cor 10:13, James 1: 13-14
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2-3
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All of us are faced with temptation. When that happens, we have two choices. We can disobey God's direction for our lives and succumb to the temptation or we can submit to God's direction, even if it doesn't make a lot of sense to us at the time.
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The Race
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Philippians 3:13-14
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5
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"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
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Medicine
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John 3:1-18
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6+
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This skit was conceived for presentation with a sermon covering the story of Nicodemus. However, it ended up being far more general, focusing on witnessing.
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Demolition
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Genesis 6
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6+
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The Flood. We ignore God's warnings of disaster at our own risk!
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The River
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Ezekiel 44:1-12
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2 - 6
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This is a silent sketch, based upon Ezekiel's vision found in Ezekiel 44:1-12, and a rather interesting message I heard preached on the passage. It illustrates the price of our discipleship, and the pitfalls we can fall into. It works best on a stage with several steps or levels - such as a church platform with choir risers. This not being available, a larger stage will work.
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God Doesn't Even Know We're Here
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Exodus 16 and other similar passages
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5
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This skit uses the ancient Israelites on their exodus to illustrate our all-too-common tendency to ignore the gifts that God has given us, and to ignore, and even complain about, the every day miracles we have
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