Church Skits & Plays
A Christmas skitOut of Place3 actors · 4–5 min

Christmas · 3 actors · 4–5 minutes · Two adults and a child (9–12)

Out of Place

Christmas Eve in the back row of a small church: a foster family three weeks into life together, and a kid who won’t take off a backpack. A tender skit about belonging, the flight to Egypt and the Christmas story read together.

$8USD, tax included
  • Instant PDF download, yours to keep
  • Performance rights for your whole church
  • 30-day refund if it doesn’t fit your church
Running time4–5 minutes
Cast3 roles · Two adults and a child (9–12)
PrepOne rehearsal. The Bible verses are read straight from the pew Bible.
Best forChristmas Eve service, small-church Christmas service, the Sunday before Christmas
ScriptureMatthew 2:13–14; Luke 2:8–11; Psalm 68:6 (KJV)
ThemeGod puts lonely people into families, and Jesus Himself knew what it was to be far from home.
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

Rob thinks everybody is looking at them. Jen thinks nobody is. Devin, three weeks into living with them, sits in between with the backpack still on, holding the strap.

Then the pastor reads Matthew 2: Joseph getting up in the night and taking the child and His mother to Egypt. Devin has a question, and Rob has to find the right answer fast. The skit ends with the family reading Luke 2 together, one verse each.

Three actors and three chairs. The staging notes open with a word about foster and adoptive families in your church, and they cover microphones for low voices and casting Devin as a boy or a girl.

Read the first page

(Lights up. ROB and JEN come in and slide into the three chairs with DEVIN between them. They're a few minutes late. JEN hands DEVIN a bulletin. DEVIN sits down with the backpack still on one shoulder, holding the strap.)

JEN: (low) You can take your backpack off, bud.

DEVIN: I'm good.

(ROB looks around the room.)

ROB: (low) Everybody's looking at us.

JEN: Nobody's looking.

ROB: The lady in purple is looking.

JEN: She's smiling.

ROB: That's how they get you.

JEN: Rob.

ROB: (to DEVIN, trying) Small church, huh? Forty people. At our old church there were forty people in the parking lot.

(DEVIN shrugs.)

JEN: (looking down the rows, to ROB) Every family in here has, like, nine grandkids in matching sweaters.

ROB: We could do matching sweaters.

DEVIN: No.

ROB: Noted.

(DEVIN opens the bulletin and reads.)

DEVIN: There's a potluck.

ROB: There's always a potluck.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • Jen, a foster mom who keeps checking that everything’s okay
  • Rob, a foster dad who cracks jokes when he’s nervous, which is right now
  • Devin, a boy or girl, 9–12, three weeks with Jen and Rob; says very little
  • Pastor, a voice only; your own pastor is perfect

Props

  • Three chairs set like a back pew
  • A backpack for Devin
  • A church bulletin
  • A pew Bible
  • Winter coats

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.

Who is the seller on my receipt?

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