Christian dramas (and more) by Scott Wegener
Need clipboard, pen, Bible text sheets x 3
Who likes playing hide and seek?
We’re going to play hide and seek today.
Need an older child to go and hide, and everyone else's job is to find them.
Now the hiders job is to copy out as much of this Bible Text before they are found.
Prep: make pretend cameras for all kids. A cardboard square with a eye hole in the top, and a small cardboard tube stuck on the front.
Place around the room beforehand two puppet birds and puppeteers, a snake, and another toy bird or animal hard to see.
A car lock 'beep beep' sound effect is a bonus
Hey kids, it's time for a children's adventure. Come down the front.
Hi kids. Today we're going to go on a little adventure. We're going to copy the steps of an adventure a man had out in the Australian bush.
This man loved bird watching. Does anyone here like bird watching?
How about anyone in the audience?
This man loves birds, actually, he loved any sort of animal, and he loved to take photos of whatever he could find out in the bush.
So we’re all gong to go on a little bush walk, like this man, to see what animals we can photograph around the church.
Do you all have a camera here? You don't? I have some you can have. (hand out)
Made on Purpose
Discover who God created you to be
Adapted and expanded by Scott Wegener
and Melissa Presnall
from: Children's Sabbath 2026 program by NAD Children's Ministries
ACT 1: God loves me → My value (Mary
of Bethany - Marty)
Romans 8:38-39 "Nothing can ever separate us from God's love."
[Friendly, extroverted Host. Can have script on clipboard]
HOST: Good morning everyone! I’m super excited today, because look who we have joining us on stage…. HOLLY!
[excited pauses - pointing to machine, waiting for some kind of excitement from audience]
Oh, sounds like most of you don’t know what Holly is. This is a very clever hologram machine, named HOLLY. And Holly can share Bible stories with us by showing holograms of Bible charicters. In fact, the holograms look so realistic, you’ll think it’s a real person talking to you!
Now, these holograms use AI technology and can answer questions just as it thinks the Bible character would respond, so we can ask it questions about their life in Bible times and it will answer as if is the Bible character.
But wait, there’s more! Holly doesn’t just do Bible characters. Holly can also show holograms of people from any year, and actually, it can even preach a sermon, if we asked it to! You know what? If we really like it, it could do our sermons each week and Pr David could retire and play golf for the rest of his life! No, pastor David does MUCH more for our church than just preach his wonderful sermons. Your job is safe, Pr David!
Now, I brought Holly in to help everyone here discover that you were all made on purpose! God created each of you to be someone special. The Bible is full of messages from God that help us discover who God created us to be, so let’s get started.
One message we see in the Bible is that we are loved by God. Let’s use Holly to have a Bible character tell us about how they were loved by God. I wonder what Bible character Holly will choose.
“Hey Holly, have a Bible character tell us about how they experienced God’s love.”
[out walks older teen female actor, she smiles and speaks as if greeting friends from long ago.]
MARY: Hello, my name is Mary of Bethany. I’m one of Lazarus’ sisters. I had some amazing encounters with Jesus, which really made me experience God’s love for me.
One time, Jesus came over to my sister Martha’s house. I was meant to be helping Martha prepare food for the guests but…. well…. I couldn’t pull myself away from just sitting at Jesus feet and listening to what He was saying. Jesus was speaking with such wisdom, kindness and love. I was so moved by everything Jesus said. I just couldn’t leave.
[Dresses with a jacket with pockets]
“Good morning”
[Starts checking places for something important that is stopping you from proceeding]
Check:
“Welcome to [your] church”
“Has anyone ever lost an object really valuable object?
Maybe you lost it for a short time or maybe it’s still lost.
Is anyone willing to share? Ring? Keys? Passport.
Follow up questions:
Is it still lost?
Was there great joy when/if you found it?
Tell a story of your own lost and found and the great rejoicing.
[Forget why you’re on stage. Look for your note again and finder it fairly quickly this time and read it again, and leave.]
Presentation: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church - August 29, 2026
Starting out creating christian dramas plays and skits can be a daunting thought. And to be honest, without much thought put into on can be counter productive to the church service. But done well, will bring both enlightenment to audience members (who may never had received such via a sermon), and also brings blessings to those involved in the productions, where they may not have skills useful to, or be included in, any other part of the church.
The more you create Christian skits, the more people you will discover who can help in particular areas, and the easier and more creative your plays will be over time. I've compiled a bunch of pages to help the beginner, or even seasoned, church drama producer make productions that will reach people's hearts.
Below is a step-by-step suggestion guide on how to produce a church drama or skit, with some of these steps including links to pages with more in depth information
Preparation:
Afterwards:
Synopsis: A once esteemed Adventist is so badly hurt by church members he leaves the organisation and, becoming so disillusioned, throws away his faith altogether. Jesus, always chasing the lost, coordinates three angels to preach their messages, and ultimately have him choose to turn his eyes back on Jesus, who is there to receive him immediately.
ANGEL 1: Well, hello there!!
ANGEL 2: Oh hi, guys!
ANGEL 3: We’ll this is looking like an intriguing mission, to need all three of us!
ANGEL 1: Yeah, I wonder what it’s going to be
ANGEL 2: Find out shortly, I guess.
ANGEL 3: So, what have you two be up to? Haven’t seen either of you in a millennium!
ANGEL 1: Well, yesterday I had a mission holding back a mud slide, until the village was cleared.
ANGEL 2: Oh, that’s a messy one!
ANGEL 3: Good thing your clothing’s made of light!
ANGEL 1: Ohhhhh yeah.
ANGEL 2: How about you?
ANGEL 3: Oh, just general traffic light duty for me yesterday, keeping things to a close shave.
ANGEL 1: And how about you?
ANGEL 2: I’ve just finished a stint on heaven’s worship team actually, playing drums.
ANGEL 3: Oh! No wonder you’ve been sent back to earth!
[Jesus enters right of stage]
Jesus: Good morning, angels!
3 ANGELS: Good morning, Jesus!
JESUS: I'm sorry to pull you all into another mission so soon, but we've got a case that just can't wait.
{norm slide shows} Meet Norm. He’s a life-long Seventh-day
Adventist, previously involved in his church, and avid reader of Record
magazine.
Q: What are some things your mum does for you and your family?
One day you girls might end up being a mummy.
So today we’re going to do some training on being a mummy.
And you know what. You boys need trading too, because sometimes mummies get sick, or worse, and you might be left to do the jobs the mummy was doing.
Now it’s true the dads do a lot of these things were about to train in, but today we’re celebrating the mums of our church.
Oh! hang on, that wasn’t’ the mummy list! That was.. “a year before becoming a mummy!
God and Jesus sit on thrones on the baptismal balcony and watch the people praying below for the first two thirds of the drama.
Then at a specific point Jesus gives his crown to God and exits, races
down the stairs behind the scenes, and come up onstage, looks at the 4
people praying, looks up at the life size cross, and goes up to it and
holds out his arms on it as if nailed to it, and bows his head and dies
at the end of the music.
The goal of the drama is to show many
have unanswered prayers, of various extremes, that you would think God
should answer, but doesn’t, but Jesus came and died for us to fix the
ultimate problem causing those struggles.
NEWMAN: Oh, what a day. So tired. Shower or bed? Shower or… [yawns] bed!
[steps out back door, then there’s an instant knock]
You got to be kidding me. Better not be one of those sales people!
[opens fake door at front of sage]
Jesus?! Hey, come in! I’m so glad you’re here!
JC: I’m delighted to be here! Thanks for the invitation to move in with you.
NEWMAN: Wow, I can’t believe you’re here!
JC: What?
NEWMAN: [puzzled at first] Oh no! I believe! I believe - you’re here! Here, I’ve got a little bit of room for you, um, over there. I’m so excited to have you living with me!
JC: Yeah, me too! I’ve always wanted to hang you with you more than just Saturday mornings.
NEWMAN: Hey, now that you’re here, you can help me. Someone was reading something about you the other day at church.
JC: Oh-oh!
NEWMAN: Nah, nah, It’s all good. Let me find it… Where’s my Bible? Is it true that I can ask anything in your name and you’ll do it?
JC: Does the Bible say that?
NEWMAN: Yeah… here, look, here.
JC: Huh. So it does. Well… I guess if it is written then who am I to argue!
NEWMAN: There you go. So… I can ask anything, hey?
JC: Well… I know that’s literally what is translated, but...
NEWMAN: We’ll you’ll be a great house mate then, won’t you!
JC: [defeated] Ha, I guess so.
NEWMAN: [jokes] Could you pass the salt, please, Jesus?
JC: Here [hands salt from bag]
NEWMAN: Nice one! All I need now is some Mashed Potato, Jesus?
JC: Here. [hands mashed potato]
NEWMAN: What? Wow! You ARE good. What about some chips, Jesus?
An object lesson children's story on the theme of 1 John 2:1 "But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One."
Teaching how sin separates us from God and it is practically impossible to live perfectly since leaving the garden of Eden and the tree of life. But we are in trouble because we need connection to God to live - but wait.... Jesus to the rescue!
Kids come up for a children challenge
Who knows what this is? [hold up quoits pole]
Today this represents the Tree of Life, or God who gives us life
This ring [hold up quoit ring] represents your life. In order to live you need to connect to God.
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Everyone line up in front of this tree of life. [put stand on one extreme side of the stage]
We're going to take turns trying to put this ring, that represents your life, on the stand.
Let's go [the kids are so close they can literally place the ring on without missing.]
There we go, when humans were living in the Garden of Eden they were so close to God it was easy to connect with him.
[A Priest finishes a day’s work at the temple. Meets up with his trader mates for an evening drink.]
PRIEST: Wow what a day. Did you see that guy try and bring a pig in for sacrifice today!
TRADER: I did! Oh, the Blasphemy!
PRIEST: I know! I couldn’t believe it! Know the rules, pilgrims!
TRADER: The way you jumped on that table and ripped your clothes and demanded they remove the swine at once! Wow, epic show.
PRIEST: Did you like that?
TRADER: Mate, you even scared me for a moment there!
PRIEST: Hey, did you start charging to inspect people’s BYO sacrifices today?
TRADER: Sure did. I tell you, easiest money!
PRIEST: Really? People were happy to pay to get their pink parchment?
TRADER: Sure were. Well, not like they had a choice. They either pay or don’t get their sins forgiven.
PRIEST: And after charging them for the inspection, you still rejected most of their animals - no matter their condition?
TRADER: Of course. We can’t sell them premium livestock if their sacrifice is approved, can we!
PRIEST: Genius. Double offering.
TRADER: Yep! CA-CHING!
PRIEST: What is CA-CHING?
TRADER: It’s the sound of shekels being dropped in a basket!
PRIEST: Our lord will be so happy with the money we are raising for his temple.
TRADER: Minus deductions, of course.
PRIEST: Of course. Wink, wink. Say no more.
TRADER: Any news on a messiah coming?
PRIEST: There’s a couple of hopefuls out there, actually. There’s one with some royal blood, who is quite the worrier. Man can he swing a sword. I suspect he might be the one.
Here's a set of questions that will help lead to the most effective script for the occasion. The early questions are essential, but many are simply to know what options we have to take things to the next level.
A big part of making a Christian drama interesting and memorable is by having either a creative format the play is presented though, or an effective setting for the story to play out in, a creative situation that drives the story, or compelling characters to lead the story. It may be that having a super creative setting, situation and characters makes the story a little overwhelming, but having at least one of the three as a creative flare for your play will go along way to making you production memorable.
Sometimes the setting may not exist at all, just two people taking on stage. That can work but you're left with only the situation and the characters (and their dialogue and actions). Finding a setting for the drama that either complements the story (eg allows some puns, or a good through provoking punchline at the end for being in a certain setting) or refreshes the story (eg not using a stereotypical setting, but somewhere 'left-field' no ones ever seen a situation play out in before).
So, before you even write a line of dialogue, you can be creative! Once you have the format, setting, situation and characters, then comes the dialogue, costumes, props, sets and sound effects and lighting - as needed.
Below I've compiled a collection of ideas as a jumping point for coming up with a good setting, situation and characters for your Christian drama, skit or play.
Here are some tips on things to consider to end up with a high quality Christian Drama:
[Dad and child walk in stage door, dad holding the ‘L’ plates gets a microphone (pre organise what colour you’ll pick up with sound person), and calls out to child, who never stopped and is walking down the isle to leave through glass doors.]
DAD: Good job with your driving home tonight. Soon you’ll be driving as well as Tiger Woods!
[child roles eyes practically at the glass doors by now]
CHILD: Whatever [call out loudly, no mic needed]
DAD: Golf joke!? [sighs and talks to himself] Dumb joke. See you in the morning
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[Dad kneels down and voiceover plays.]
Hi God,
Another day done, hey.
Thank you for your leading today. For safety, and for strength to get through today’s challenges.
Thank you for the blessings in my life. For a job, somewhere to live, A peaceful society where we’re able to freely worship you.
Thank you for blessing me with beautiful family.
Please help me find ways to motivate Lisa to get up in the morning. I really don’t like the daily battle trying to get her up and out the door to school. Please give me more patience with her. I try and be patient but sometimes she makes me late for work, which causes trouble for me. Help me to keep calmer. Help me to know how to connect with Lisa. It breaks my heart how we no longer talk much.
And thank you again for stepping in, again, during Lisa’s driving lesson this week. And thank you that insurance has agreed to cover all damages to the traffic light poles… and the Porche.
Here's a collection of tips to consider when casting for Christian dramas and skits.
Try to involve new cast though the year you've never tried before. This not only gets more people involved but also acts like a secret audition for when you have a larger more important role in the future - you can picture who is capable of such role, having seen them in action before.
Auditions are probably a daunting thought for most church members but might be needed to know if someone is going to be able to bring the character to life as needed. However, a subtle way to hold auditions or tryouts is to cast the people you think might be good for a significant drama in a smaller skit earlier - and see how they perform without them knowing they are actually auditioning for a larger part in the future!
Welcome to our Church service today
If you’re watching online, welcome
If this is your first time here, welcome
If you’ve been attending Castle Hill most of your life, welcome
If you’re a sinner, welcome
If you think you’re perfect, I just welcomed you 3 seconds ago.
If you have a receding hairline, welcome
If you are hearing impaired. ( Auslan gesture, two hands stretched out and figures ‘come here’ )
If you have burning questions for God, and why his didn’t step in and prevent the massive hurt that’s taken or taking place in your life, welcome
If you don’t particularly want to be here, and are already scrolling Insta, welcome
If you like or dislike coriander, welcome
After church today I encourage you to go and say G’day to someone you’ve never really spoken to before, make a new friend. Find out if they like coriander, and love them whatever their answer.
Castle Hill 9/8/2025
During a Church Welcome segment, go through some fictitious suggestions and vote as a congregation whether to implement.
eg. install massage pews.
Well, you can Google for yourself methods of remembering lines, but let me share how we operate to perhaps ease any stress regarding the daunting aspect of learning lines for christian dramas.