Church Skits & Plays
A sermon illustration on graceNo Fine Print2 actors · 3 min

Easter · 2 actors · 3 minutes · Adults

No Fine Print

A dad comes to the school office to pay his son’s lunch balance and finds out somebody already paid it, along with every other lunch balance in the school. A short, funny two-person sermon illustration on grace that leads straight into the reading of Ephesians 2:8–10.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time3 minutes
Cast2 roles · Adults
PrepOne walk-through. Mrs. Hutchins reads from the counter; Mr. Dunn’s short lines are best learned, with an index card in his checkbook.
Best forRight before a sermon on grace or on Ephesians 2:8–10; the Sundays after Easter; any time of year
ScriptureEphesians 2:8–10 (KJV)
ThemeGod saves us by grace, as a gift, and never sends a bill later. The good works He prepared for us aren’t the payment; they’re how people live once they’ve been given everything.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

Mr. Dunn comes into the school office with his checkbook already open. He forgot to put money on his son’s lunch account, three times, and the balance is eleven-forty. Mrs. Hutchins looks it up: zero. Somebody paid every lunch balance in the school on Friday, and nobody knows who. He wants the fine print. There isn’t any, unless you count a smiley face.

So he tries everything else: working it off, leaving his watch as collateral, paying the tax. Mrs. Hutchins keeps not taking any of it, and she never preaches. Then he slows down long enough to ask what he’s supposed to do now. The pastor reads Ephesians 2:8–10 right after, and the skit has set it up without quoting it.

It goes right before a sermon on grace, in the Sundays after Easter or any time of year. Two adults, one walk-through, about three minutes; either part can be a man or a woman. The staging notes cover keeping the middle fast, giving the quiet turn its pause, and keeping it clear that nobody in the skit is poor.

Read the first page

(MR. DUNN comes in fast, checkbook already open, pen ready.)

MR. DUNN: Morning. I'm here to pay off my son's lunch balance. Mason Dunn, third grade.

MRS. HUTCHINS: (looking it up) Mason Dunn… zero.

MR. DUNN: No, there's a balance. I got the email. Eleven-forty. I forgot to put money on the account. Twice. (beat) Three times.

MRS. HUTCHINS: It was eleven-forty. It's been paid.

MR. DUNN: By who?

MRS. HUTCHINS: Anonymous. Somebody paid off every lunch balance in the school on Friday. Every kid. All zeros.

MR. DUNN: (beat) Why?

MRS. HUTCHINS: Didn't say.

MR. DUNN: Was it the PTA?

MRS. HUTCHINS: Didn't say.

MR. DUNN: Was it you?

MRS. HUTCHINS: On my salary?

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Mr. Dunn, a third grader’s parent; responsible, a little frazzled and deeply suspicious of anything free; can be Mrs. Dunn
  • Mrs. Hutchins, the school secretary, calm and unhurried, with reading glasses on a chain; not a preacher; can be Mr. Hutchins

Props

  • A table for the counter, with a sign-in clipboard and a cup of flower pens
  • A chair
  • A one-page letter with a smiley face on the back
  • A small stack of late slips
  • Reading glasses on a chain
  • A checkbook and a pen
  • A wristwatch that comes off in one move

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.

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