The Christian Family

A Pastor's Heart	Dur: 6min	L	3M, 2M/F	Three pastors each have a different problem in the way they relate to their congregations. (Authors: James Jack & Cameron Smith)
Building A Wall	Dur: 3min	D	1M, 4M/F	A skit based on Corinthians 13. (Author: John McNeil)
Everyone's Welcome	Dur: 3min	L	2M/F	Everyone's Welcome is a fun way to demonstrate the ideal of Christianity, everyone is welcome. It is great as a church welcome or light hearted pre-sermon skit. (Author: Paul Russell)
Footy	Dur: 6min	L	5M, 1M/F	Blood, Sweat, Liniment and Church Unity. (Note for American readers: "Footy" is a New Zealand and Australian slang term for Rugby Football. Substitute your own football code.) (Author: Dean Herring)
Grandad's Box	Dur: 6min	D	2M/F	Two girls, Dawn and Angela, are cousins whose grandfather just died.  Dawn is mainly interested in finding our what is in the box; Angela is mainly interested concerned with her family. (Author: Fred Lane)
It Has Been Known	Dur: 20min	L	1M, 1M/F	God threatens to go on strike, but relents on condition Trevor the Vicar can find 12 righteous people. (Author: Andy Lund)
Hotline	Dur: 4min	L	3M/F	A tongue-in-cheek look at The Intercessions in the liturgical church. (Author: John McNeil)
Leftovers	Dur: 7min	D	1M, 1F, 1C	A couple enjoys the quiet that comes after a holiday get together.  A conflict arises over whether or not they should have fellowship on a more regular basis with their relatives because they attend a different denomination.  The body of Christ is divided with a climax of a rather poignant thought from the young daughter who has been listening to the debate while playing with her toys. (Author: Eric Stapleton)
Life for 4 Voices	Dur: 6min	D	2M, 2F	Slice-of-life drama contrasting the Christian and secular communities. (Author: John McNeil)
Maxomatic	Dur: 7min	L	4M/F	During a church plea for help at a work day, a salesman tries to convince the church to purchase a robot which will perform all the work for them. (Author: Mike Orlowski)
One Tube	Dur: 6min	L	1N	A satirical parable on divisions within the church. (Author: Andy Lund)
Piano Player	Dur: 7min	D	1N	A parable based on I Corinthians 13, in which the songwriter restores a battered and disused piano. (Author: Andy Lund)
New! Refrigerator Art	Dur: 7min	D	1M, 2C	Two children, siblings, each come running to their father with pictures they have made for him. The children, rather than caring most about pleasing their father, quickly make the presentation of their efforts into a competition. Ultimately, the father takes the moment and uses it to teach his children that their love for him behind the pictures is what’s most important to him, and that they shouldn’t fight over whose is better. (Author : Sherm Nicholls)
Return to Sender	Dur: 10min	L	2M/F	Each new life is a gift of grace, even for those babies born into a world of troubles. Two heavenly "despatchers" discuss why babies are so different. (Author: Andy Jackman)
Sitting on Your Gift	Dur: 7min	D	2M/F	God gives us gifts to use to encourage other up and to perform His will. This is a humorous reminder that we must not hide our gifts. (Author: Mike Orlowski)
Take Me Out To The Ball Game	Dur: 7min	L	3M, 1M/F	Just as baseball is a team game and requires all participants working together to win, so is our church family. This skit shows how it is foolish to think we can do it all by ourselves. (Author: W. David Armstrong)
The Emperor's New Clothes	Dur: 5min	D	2M 1F, 2M/F	The attitudes of the Seven Churches addressed in Revelations 3 are caricatured in this parable on humility. (Author: Faye Ruddenklau)
The Health Centre	Dur: 8min	D	5M, 4F, 2M/F	A new health centre manager is doing the rounds with his assistant manager, Barry. There is some tension between them and it emerges that Barry has been passed over for the job of manager and the new man is been brought in over his head. Theme: Belonging, commitment – you can't play at being part of the family of God. (Author: Trevor Fletcher)
The Interview	Dur: 7min	D	1M, 1M/F	An average man seeks membership in an aristocratic church and is forced to undergo a humiliating interview. (Author: Fred Lane)
The Kitchen Hand	Dur: 7min	L	1M, 1F, 1M/F +V	When the kitchenhand went on strike - because the director would not buy a bottle of detergent - the whole movie project ground to a halt. (Author: Michelle Pitman)
The Parable of the Talents	Dur: 10min	D	3M/F	A Readers Theatre script on the parable of the talents, and the use of gifts. (Author: Mike Treachler)
The Three Churches	Dur: 12min	D	1N, 3M/F	Is your church struggling with issues of how it should change and grow? Three churches argue their strengths and weaknesses. We put this play on to trigger discussion, not to suggest answers. Christina represents my own church - we are not aspiring to mega-growth, but also do not want to die. (Author: Ann McBroom)
The Weakest Link	Dur: 8min	D	5 M/F	A take-off of the game show on TV.  It has a host and 4 players.  The host tries to get each player, who is the head of a team at their church, to say things against the other team leaders.  She makes outrageous accusations and allows them no time to challenge what she has said.  They play a round of the game and then she tells them it’s time to vote for the Weakest Link. (Author: Joanne Miller)
Unity Tableau	Dur: 4min	D	1N, 1M, 5-7M/F	Division can occur in the church when people become too focused on their own spiritual gift. (Authors: Chris Wyatt & Ian Harvey)
Welcome Skit	Dur: 6min	D	1M, 3M/F	This skit addresses the issue that can occur in any church, but especially when a church's membership becomes very large. Although never intentional, it sometimes happens that visitors are not greeted with the warm welcome that we want for each person coming through our doors. The tragedy of it is that we may lose someone who is truly seeking, because of this problem. Some people don't want or need to be greeted, while for others it is the only way they will feel comfortable enough to return. Others are there for reasons we don't know about, and just coming through the doors was a very difficult step for them to take and they might really need encouragement and affirmation. Since we are all on different places on our spiritual journeys, it's hard to know if we are fulfilling those needs. (Author: Nancy Golden)