Made on Purpose: Discover who God created you to be christian drama script

Adapted and expanded by Scott Wegener and Melissa Presnall 
from: Children's Sabbath 2026 program by NAD Children's Ministries
 

 

 

Jesus' Angels

Sermon topic:  The God who chases us. He seeks us. He wants us in the kingdom. He doesn't give up on us.

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.

Silent Prayers [an Easter drama script where Jesus dosen't answer all our prayers but did solve the source of all problems on the cross]

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. 

Jesus ATM [a church skit about if Jesus gave you everything you prayed for]

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?

Missed Messiah [Christmas skit]

[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.

A Father's Day Prayer [skit script of a dad praying for his family]

To show a father’s mind of love and care and worry and suffering for his family – though it probably isn’t seen on the outside.

 

[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.

Power Up Puppets [5-act puppet play about powering up ones christian walk]

~Act 1 ~ Tuesday ~

STEVIE: All right, have you got your full armour on?

DAVE:  Yep.

STEVIE: Ok, let's get this dragon. And try not to get killed this time.

DAVE:  Wait, wait… I Just need some more chips…

STEVIE: Oh yeah, better powerup!

[chips crunch]

STEVIE: Ok I'll count to three and I'll distract the dragon and you shoot it.

DAVE:  Let’s do it!

STEVIE: OK. 1….2…. THREE!!

DAVE:  Hey, wait up! I thought you meant after three!

STEVIE: It’s above you, Shoot it, shoot it!

DAVE:  I can’t see it.

STEVIE: Oh, it’s got me.

DAVE:  Augh nuts. Me to!

STEVIE: Oh man. That was over quick. This is so hard.

DAVE:  We need to powerup our armour more I reckon.

STEVIE: Yeah, or eat more chips…

DAVE:  Don’t mind if I do. I gotta go home. More Minecraft tomorrow?

STEVIE: Yeah, we should mine for more diamonds, so we can power up our amour to maximum.

DAVE:  Sound’s good, can’t wait. See you at school. We can talk strategy at lunch time.

STEVIE: See ya, Dave.

DAVE:  By!

[Dave leaves, Fiona enters]

FIONA:  Hey Stevie, Can I borrow your headphones?

STEVIE: No. You’ll just break them.

FIONA:  NO I WONT!

STEVIE: Fiona, you break everything! It’s like it’s all you know how to do.

FIONA:  No I don’t

STEVIE: Well use YOUR headphones then!

FIONA:  I can’t.

STEVIE: Why not?

FIONA:  Because… I broke them.

Silent Sabbath

 Somber music plays.

Puts bible and keys on a table after coming home. Very still and sad.

Calls on phone, can hear the ringing and voicemail in main speakers

Hi you’ve called... [beep beep beep]

Hi you’ve called Jesus of Nazareth, I can’t answer your call right now, but... [beep beep beep]

Hi you’ve called Jesus of Nazareth, I can’t answer your call right now, but leave a message and I’ll get back to ... [beep beep beep]

Hi you’ve called...

[Slams phone on table when last message just starts and leaves before hearing the whole message in full]

...Jesus of Nazareth, I can’t answer your call right now, but leave a message and I’ll get back to you once I’m raised on the third day. Chat soon. I love you.

Presentation: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church - April 19, 2025 

Make Room [ 2-hour, 4 sessions of 7 short acts each: total 28 acts]

G’day Cabin Actors!
With your help, over the next 4 days we are going to present a fantastical continual story through earth’s history - with up to 28 acts over 4 days!
Each day will have the same two angel actors (played by camp staff) conversing for Act 1 and ending alone together in Act 7. The two angels have requests from God to visit different settings in a section of earth’s history, looking for people who will make room for God in their life.
Your cabin will not only be acting out acts 2 to 6 on one of the days, but also writing some of the organise chaos that will take place within the act!
You will find listed for each act a particular setting, some characters and some scene plot suggestions it’s best if you include. You will need to write two or three minutes of script for each act and cast them and rehearse them to be performed by the members of your cabin to the whole camp.
The end of your cabin’s invented scene needs to continue on into the supplied script to end off the act. In this pre-scripted ending, one of the angels will join your cabin and interact in the script with the characters the cabin was given. Do blend in your cabin’s invented script into the existing scripted script. You may or may not get to rehearse with the real angel actors beforehand.
Many acts have room for extras to take part without any set lines. This is for if there are too many cabin members to include line parts for, or so lead actors can be extras in other scenes.
At the end of the cabin acts (2 to 6), the angel will invite a round of applause, and everyone in that act takes a bow and vacates for the next act’s cast to get up on stage.
 

Bethlehem TV/Radio Commercials [christmas filler scripts]

Very short commercial breaks to put in-between segments in a Christmas program.
Can be presented live or pre-recorded on video.
Could have some cheesy background music.
Ideally announced with "And now, time for a  word form one of our sponsors".

Stable Stench Freshener
Does your stable smell of donkey do-do?
Does working in your stable for more than a few minutes make you nauseous?
Do you want to have guests over, but you’re embarrassed by the reek in your stable?
Cleanse the foul odour in your animal shelter with: Stable-Stench Fresheners!
Simply hang the Stable-Stench Freshener from the roof and the room’s smell will be neutralised with the delightful aroma of dried fish.
Never again will your guest complain of an overpowering smell of poop.
Stable-Stench Fresheners - Available now from all good two-shekel shops.

Lakeside Love [the types of love tought in a gameshow drama script]

HOST: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to ‘Lakeside Love’ the game show where we try and find someone willing to love you.
Before we get to our contestants, let’s meet this week’s love specialists!
[walk in and line up]
FILL-EE-YA: Hello, My name is FILL-EE-YA, and I love all the people around me, my friends, people in my church, or people in need.
If you’re someone who deserves some love… I give my love to you!

STOR-GAY: Hello, my name is STOR-GAY, and I love anyone in my family. I love my mum and dad. I love my grandparents, and I love my brother and sister.
If you’re in my family – I give my love to you.

AIR-ROSS: Hello, My name is AIR-ROSS, and I love people who look beautiful, people I’d love to hug and kiss, *mowa mowa mowa*!!.
If you’re very attractive, baby, I give my love to you. [slowly rises eyebrows twice]

AH-GAR-PAY: Hello, My name is AH-GAR-PAY, and I love everyone - no matter what. Friends, family, rich or poor, Pastors and politicians, Friends or Foes, People who are naughty, people who are nice, and even people who like pineapple on pizza.
If you’re anyone at all, I give my love to you.
HOST: Thank you love specialists
For those watching, this game is quite simple, we bring in contestants one by one, and trying and find a love specialist who will offer to be loving towards them in the future. If a love specialist is willing to love them they must simply hold up their heart.

Option 1: Choose Jesus (a four-act submarine adventure script for young kids)

Cast:

1. JOE – Cautious Caption (Lead Actor, able to confidently work the audience)
2. NAV – Nervous Navigator
3. MOP – Comical Cleaner
4. SPANNER – Clever Mechanic
5. FLIPPER – Ambitious Cook 
   

Be Full of Good Works [Script about Tabitha/dorcas helping people]

Each time two Christians walk side by side across the stage, and along their journey, while talking, they pass either side a poor person in the middle of stage, wearing old clothes, and no jacket, looking obviously cold. The Christians each time say “excuse me” as they bypass the poor person, showing they noticed the poor, but did nothing.

C1: …and do you know who it was? The Jacksons! On sabbath!!!! And I thought they truly loved our Lord!

[stop up close and look at poor person, say “excuse me”, and pass either side]

C2: Oh wow, they were doing that on Sabbath? How terrible. I was so sure they were a chance to get to Heaven. It’s so hard to judge people.

[Tabitha comes in and stops at poor person.] 

Tabitha: Hello, wow you look cold. Have you got a jacket?

Poor: No, I had to flee my home. I have nothing

Tabitha: Oh, I’m so sorry. I’ll be right back.

Mr Bean Bakes [Mr Bean MasterChef social script]

 

“Hi Guys. Welcome to a masterclass on how to make quick and easy meringues. Honestly, the method I’m going to show you today is so easy, anyone can do it. And to prove that to you, let's have our member from the audience join me, please.”

Bean wonders in rather obliviously

"Over here, sir. What's your name?"

"Bean"

[Phone rings] “Oh excuse me, Mr, Bean. [“Hi, I’m a little busy. You’re what? Ok, I’ll come out to you.”] Sorry folks I just have to duck out to the car park. Be right back!”

 

A Mother's Hospitality [Mother's Day script]

 [A Mother’s Day skit with a them of hospitality... and a twist!]

[Airplane seating, 4 chairs in a grid with an isle, all facing the side door end of the stage.]
[A hostess stands and waits at the back of the chairs.]
[ a Man walks in the side stage door with a child hurried along in front of him]

HOSTESS: Welcome aboard!

DAD: There you go, I’ll see you later. 

[Child flops in a back row chair, audience side. Dad leaves the same door and closes it]

HOSTESS: Well, hello there! I’m so excited to have you aboard. Sit back and relax, and if there’s anything I can get you, just ask. [walks to back of plane]

CHILD: Excuse me. 

HOSTESS: Yes, how can I help you?

CHILD: Can I get something to eat? 

HOSTESS: Sure, what would you like?

CHILD: What have you got?

HOSTESS: Anything you like.

CHILD: Aaaaanything???

HOSTESS: Anything you like.

CHILD: Oh cool! Well, could I have some coffee ice cream and pickles please?

HOSTESS: I’ll see what I can do.

[on radio] Can we please get some coffee ice cream and pickles down here please?

For God so Loved [Easter drama auction script]

[An auctioneer sells off the human race for the greatest cost possible. Written for an Easter service, focused on John 3:16 - in a very lateral way. Never turn your back on the audience they say... and God has never turned his back on you!] 

[auctioneer has his back turned on the audience, speaking to the universe.]

AUCTIONEER:
Creations of the universe, Welcome to Galactic Auctions!

[SLIDE - Galactic Auctions logo]

We have some amazing lots to offer you today.

· There’s some huge galaxies, which would take you several thousand light years to travel across.

· Some spectacular nebula’s you have to see to believe.

· We also have some black holes for sale,

· and there’s even some rare inter-galactic comets.

Brobot Support [AI IT technical support robot script]

[Written for a specific office (SPD), adapt for your office!]

Tech 1: Morning.

Tech 2: Morning.

T1: Ready for another day of Tech Support? One minute till the phones open!

T2: Let’s see. “Testing, testing, one two…Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried turning it off and on again?”… yep! ready to go.

[Bro-bot walks in like a robot, with awkward hinged joint mobility]

T1: Hello, can we help you?

BOT: Hello, I’m Bro-bot, your new IT support specialist. Where will I sit?

Joseph Forgives [a modern day script of Joseph forgiving his brothers]

Narrator: competent and clear
Joe: Most general lines
Dad: one line
Brothers (and/or sisters) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:  have lines.
Extras:  Can be added for participation as brothers or sisters.
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NARRATOR: There once was a family in New Zealand that had many children.

[family walks in one at a time, spaced out a little between each other as they enter the room, taking turns saying hello as they enter.]

ALL: Hello, hello hello, hello….

NARRATOR: This big family had a sheep skin business. They made all sorts of things from sheep skin.

1.    I make sheep skin jackets
2.    I make sheep skin pants
3.    I make sheep skin hats
4.    I make sheep skin shoes
5.    I make sheep skin scarves
6.    I make sheep skin swimmers

NARRATOR: There was one brother that didn’t make anything, but he had lots of ideas that he loved to share with his family.

JOE: Hey guys, what about sheep skin letterbox?

Jingle Beans [Mr Bean christmas script]

Assistant sets up chairs, stands, music, Trumpet on stand.

• Bean walks past, notices instruments at a glance.
• Comes back intrigued at trumpet, looks around and sits down.
• Pulls out teddy and shows.
• Puffs out cheeks, showing off to teddy, then gives teddy turn
• Plays with valves, then gives teddy turn jumping on valves
• Says “hello” in bell, Teddy falls in bell and is wedged in.
• Violinist comes out and trumpeter. Trumpeter, ignored by bean and they walk away confused.
• Jingle Bells chorus played by violin and stops waiting for trumpet “Hey”, but muted by Teddy, Bean confused but finds teddy and pulls out, and mouthpiece falls out while removing teddy
• Misses next hey, because no mouth piece, gives verbal “hey”
• Jingle bells verse played, Bean chases mouthpiece beneath chairs. Buzz “hey” under chair with mouthpiece.
• Back to chair, inconveniently in between stands and player.
• Last Hey is ‘fart sound’ - amusing Bean but not violinist.
• 12 days of Christmas (or Deck the halls) played by violinist
• Bean gets bored after a while, starts shaving face and forehead, and nose - but get;s stuck on nose hair.
• After pulled out, noes is left tickled, and hints at sneeze - that goes away temporarily.
• Sneezes, no tissue, hints at using teddy to wipe noes but aborts, sneaks sheet of music from violinist.Blows noes long an loud, and puts in pocket.
• Violin gets near end of song and runs out of music mid musical phrase, looks for it.
• Bean looks around then realizes the music in hsi pocket, hesitantly hands scrunched music from pocket, violinist takes, Bean sneaks off, violinist squeals and leaves..

Performance: Castle Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church Christmas Social - Dec 9, 2023

"God will never allow more trials than we can handle" [Putting Bad Theology on Trial Sermon Drama Series 4/4]

To play out like a courtroom scene, immediately before a sermon that exposes the misquoted verse about God will never allow more TEMPTATIONS than we can handle.
This is one of four dramas for a "Putting Bad Theology on Trial" Sermon Series:

1. You can’t be sure of your salvation
2. God promises to guide and prosper us in all our daily living
3. Reverence must mean silence
4. God will never allow more trials than we can handle.

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Judge: OK, our first case for the morning is a complaint from a student that their teacher is giving them too much homework. Would the student please take to the stand and deliver their statement.