Church Skits & Plays
A skit before CommunionI’ll Pass2 actors · 3½ min

Easter · 2 actors · 3½ minutes · Adults

I’ll Pass

An usher with a Communion tray tells the man on the aisle to take one and pass it down, and Steve says he’ll pass. A short skit for two adults, funny and then quiet, to play right before your pastor begins the Lord’s Supper.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time3½ minutes
Cast2 roles · Adults
PrepRead from the script, with one walk-through. Frank’s lines sit on a card in the top of the tray, and Steve’s are in his bulletin.
Best forRight before Communion on a Communion Sunday, before the pastor begins the Lord’s Supper; a Maundy Thursday Lord’s Supper, if your service that night isn’t a somber Tenebrae-style one
ScriptureLuke 22:19–20, 22:31–34; 1 Corinthians 11:28 (KJV)
ThemeAt the very table where Jesus gave His disciples the bread and the cup, He told Peter he would deny Him three times, and that He had prayed for him. Jesus knew, and He gave it to him anyway.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

Steve had a bad week. He yelled at his son about a dent in the minivan, in the driveway, while Mrs. Ortiz watched from her porch with her coffee, and he has already said he’s sorry. When he starts on who else isn’t ready, Frank, the usher holding the tray, knows something good about every one of them. Ron parks across two spaces. Ron also unlocks at six and turns on the heat.

Then Frank brings up who was at the first one: Peter. In his own words he tells Luke 22, the bread and the cup and what Jesus said to Peter at that same table, and Steve answers with 1 Corinthians 11:28. From there it plays straight, and Steve’s last line answers his first.

Two adults, a tray and a short pew, with one walk-through. The laughs are only about church life, never about the Supper. The staging notes explain that the skit takes no position on who may come to the Table, leave the words of institution to your pastor, and give a version for churches that come forward to receive.

Read the first page

(FRANK comes up the aisle with the tray and stops at the end of STEVE's pew, half a step behind his shoulder.)

FRANK: Steve. You're on the aisle today. When it comes down the row, take one and pass it on.

STEVE: I'll pass.

FRANK: That's what I said.

STEVE: No. I'll pass. Not today.

FRANK: (beat) What happened?

STEVE: I yelled at Connor this week. About a dent in the minivan. In the driveway. Mrs. Ortiz came out on her porch with her coffee.

FRANK: Ah.

STEVE: I told him I was sorry. He hasn't said ten words to me since. I'm not ready, Frank.

FRANK: Who is?

STEVE: (looking around the room) Plenty of people. (His eyes land on someone.) Okay, not Ron. Ron parks across two spaces.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Frank, an usher who has carried the tray down the same aisle for years; unflappable; can be Fran
  • Steve, a longtime member on the aisle who had a bad week; can be Stephanie

Props

  • An empty Communion tray, or a spare one under its cover
  • A card with Frank’s lines
  • A bulletin for Steve
  • A short pew or two chairs
  • A small side table, away from the Communion table

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

One purchase covers one church or ministry. Perform it as many times as you like, make copies for everyone in the cast and crew, adapt the lines and include it in your livestream. Please don’t resell the script or share the file publicly. Read the full license.

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Questions

Can I change the names or lines?

Yes. Change names and genders, trim lines for time or adapt a joke for your church. The script is yours to fit to your people.

Can we record and stream the performance?

Yes. You can include it in your livestream and post the recording on your church’s own channels.

How do I get the file after I buy?

Right after checkout you get a download link on the confirmation page and by email. It works for up to 20 downloads, and each copy is marked with your order so it stays licensed to your church.

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