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A youth skit on servingHumility, Take Two5 actors · 5–6 min

Easter · 5 actors · 5–6 minutes · Two teens and three adults

Humility, Take Two

The youth group is serving dinner at a shelter, and Caleb is filming a video about humility, one take at a time. Then the woman he keeps handing the same plate to has had enough. A funny, then serious skit for two teens and three adults on Mark 10:45.

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Running time5–6 minutes
Cast5 roles · Two teens and three adults
PrepOne rehearsal. Most lines can be taped to the tabletop or a clipboard; Rhonda’s part (about 110 words) is the one to learn by heart, so give it to your steadiest adult a week ahead.
Best forYouth group; a youth-led service or a Sunday before a serving project; a youth night during Holy Week; a message on serving or on Mark 10
ScriptureMark 10:45 (KJV)
ThemeJesus came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. He paid everything for people who could never pay Him back.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

The youth group serves dinner at a downtown shelter once a month. Lynn reads Mark 10:45 before the doors open, Mr. Hollis sets one rule (“No pictures of guests”), and Caleb, who is only filming himself, starts on his video about humility: low angle, steam, ladle in front. His first humble face looks sad, his second looks like a toothpaste ad, and the woman at the front of the line keeps getting asked to take the plate again.

Rhonda has had enough, and she says so plainly. Nobody steps in to tell Caleb what to do next, and the choice he makes is the turn of the skit. It rests on the half of Mark 10:45 that wouldn’t fit in his caption: Jesus came to give His life a ransom for many.

Two teens and three adults, about 5–6 minutes and one rehearsal. It fits a youth night during Holy Week or a Sunday before a serving project. The staging notes cover playing Rhonda as a regular woman and never as a lesson, name badges the congregation can read, and keeping every laugh on the filming.

Read the first page

LYNN: Okay, before doors open. Verse for today. Mark 10:45. (reading) "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." (closing the Bible) A ransom is the price you pay to set somebody free. Jesus paid with His life. For people who could never pay Him back.

NOAH: (low, to CALEB) That's your caption.

CALEB: Half of it. "Not to be ministered unto, but to minister." The rest won't fit.

LYNN: (not looking up) The rest is the part where He pays.

(NOAH and CALEB carry on as if they didn't hear.)

NOAH: Put "blessed" after it.

CALEB: Obviously "blessed."

MR. HOLLIS: Welcome, youth group. Gloves stay on. One scoop each. If anybody asks for seconds, the answer is yes. (beat) And one rule in my dining room. No pictures of guests.

CALEB: I'm only filming me.

(MR. HOLLIS looks at him for a long second. Then he turns to LYNN.)

MR. HOLLIS: Every youth group that comes through here, somebody films the ladle.

LYNN: He's a good kid.

MR. HOLLIS: They're all good kids. (calling off to the side) Two minutes!

(LYNN sets the Bible down, moves to the far right end of the table and gets busy with the stack of plates there. CALEB hands NOAH his phone. NOAH holds it up, filming CALEB.)

CALEB: (to the phone) Hey, guys. So today our youth group is serving dinner at the shelter. Because that's what Jesus did.

NOAH: Cut. More energy.

CALEB: (huge) Hey, guys!

NOAH: Less energy.

CALEB: (medium) Hey, guys.

NOAH: Perfect. We'll fix it later.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Caleb, 16, a good kid with a good heart, making a video about humility; can be a girl
  • Noah, his friend and camera operator, who loves a good take
  • Lynn, the youth leader, who reads the verse and knows when to say nothing; can be a man (Lee)
  • Mr. Hollis, runs the shelter’s kitchen; dry, kind and not impressed; can be Ms. Hollis
  • Rhonda, an adult woman who stays at the shelter and works its dish room; she’s had enough

Props

  • A serving table with a big pot, a ladle and paper plates
  • Hairnets and plastic gloves
  • Three large name badges: CALEB, NOAH and LYNN
  • A phone for Caleb
  • A Bible for Lynn and a clipboard for Mr. Hollis
  • A dish towel for Rhonda
  • A chair off to one side

What you get

  • The full script with stage directions
  • Cast list, props list and simple staging notes
  • Four discussion questions for a small group, youth group or Sunday school class
  • Performance rights for your church: perform it as often as you like and print copies for your cast

Performance rights

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