Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Online service - May 30, 2020
[Using poker chips, monopoly money, or betting chips of some sort, the conversation plays out like a game of people betting in poker.]
Althea: Want to go out to that seafood bar? I hear they have some fresh oysters in!
Chris: Umm, no thanks! I don’t think they are very good for you.
Althea: Really? Nah, [tosses chips in] I reckon they’re fine.
Chris: Well, I’m going with it’s better to steer clear of them. [tosses chips in]
Althea: We’ll see.
Althea: Want a drink? Whisky?
Chris: Umm, no thanks! I’m not a drinker.
Althea: Really? I don’t’ think there’s anything wrong with the occasional drink. [tosses chips in]
Chris: Yeah? I reckon it’s better to keep clear of alcohol. [tosses chips in]
Althea: We’ll see.
Althea: Coffee then?
Chris: Umm, no.
Althea: Let me guess, you have a thing about coffee too?
Chris: Yeah.
Althea: I’m in with coffee. [tosses chips in]
Chris: Nah, it’s really not all that good for you. [tosses chips in]
Althea: We’ll see.
Althea: So how’s marriage working out for you?
Chris: What? Fine!
Althea: Really? I can’t imagine being stuck with one partner. Easy come easy go. [tosses chips in]
Chris: Nah, one life partner is the way to go [tosses chips in].
Althea: We’ll see
Althea: These refugees, keep taking our jobs, don’t they?
Chris: We’ll when you’ve go nowhere else to go
Althea: Nah, nah, nah, kick-em out. We can’t have them ruining our way of life by letting them in. [tosses chips in]
Chris: We’ll, I think they’re people who need help, so we should help them. [tosses chips in]
Althea: We’ll see
Althea: Come to the casino tonight?
Chris: No, I don’t think gambling is a responsible use of money. It ruins so many lives.
Althea: You don’t like gambling either?
Chris: No, I’m afraid not.
Althea: But, aren’t we gambling now?
Chris: [turns to look at camera while talking] The gambling in this skit is a metaphor representing how strongly we believe something.
Althea: Ohh, right… Right. Well then, I’m all for gambling [tosses chips in]
Chris: No, wouldn’t catch me gambling, other than metaphorically. [tosses chips in]
Althea: They’ve found a new fossil of a toenail. Scientists think this shows we evolved directly from slugs.
Chris: Really? Nah, I believe we were created
Althea: How can you believe that? Big bang all the way for me [tosses chips in]
Chris: I’m in with creation as written in The Bible [tosses chips in]
Althea: The Bible? That’s just made up
Chris: I don’t think so
Althea: Well I’m going with it fully being a fairytale [tosses chips in]
Chris: Well I’m going with it begin the word of God [tosses chips in]
Althea: GOD!?? God does not exist
Chris: I think He does.
Althea: I bet my life on there being no God – I’m all in! [pushes all remaining chips in]
Chris: Well, I’m all in that there is a loving God. [pushes all remaining chips in]
Althea: We’ll see
[On screen] To be continued…
Act II
(for after the church service?)
[On screen] Sometime in the future…
Image of 2 graves with inscriptions “All in
without God” "All in with God", Hallelujah chorus in background, bright light, the 'with God' grave becomes empty
[On screen titles, one by one]
The end
or The beginning
(It's your call!)
