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An Easter skit for childrenThe Shortest Sermon6+ actors · 3–4 min

Easter · 6+ actors · 3–4 minutes · Children: two Angels 9–11, and women of any age

The Shortest Sermon

At the empty tomb, an angel has stayed up all night writing a nineteen-point speech for the women, and his partner keeps tearing pieces off the scroll. A funny Easter skit for children: two speaking angels, a crowd of women with no lines, and Luke 24 word for word.

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Running time3–4 minutes
Cast6+ roles · Children: two Angels 9–11, and women of any age
PrepOne rehearsal of about 30 minutes, for the scroll, the women’s entrance and their run. The Angels read the funny lines from the scroll and the tomb, and learn the six lines from Luke by heart.
Best forThe children’s moment on Easter Sunday, an Easter program, children’s church, Sunday school
ScriptureLuke 24:1–9 (KJV)
ThemeGod raised Jesus from the dead, just as Jesus had said He would. The best news ever told takes only a few words: “He is not here, but is risen.”
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

The First Angel has written a speech for this morning. It opens with “Beloved mortals,” it has nineteen points, and the scroll rolls across the floor and keeps going. Point one is the stone. Point two is more about the stone. On every “Shorter,” the Second Angel tears off another piece, while the women start up the aisle with their spice jars.

At the empty tomb the women are afraid and bow down, as Luke tells it, and the speech never gets past its first line. The two Angels say Luke 24:5–7 and nothing else, word for word, and the women run to tell the others. The button after that is a joke with good theology behind it.

Two Angels, 9–11, carry every line; the women can be any age, as many as you have. One 30-minute rehearsal. The staging notes cover making the scroll, where the one microphone goes, and coaching the women’s fear and their run.

Read the first page

(The two ANGELS stand beside the empty tomb, next to the microphone. The FIRST ANGEL holds the top end of the fat rolled-up scroll in one hand and the roll in the other, and clears his throat. The SECOND ANGEL keeps looking down the aisle. The sand timer sits on top of the tomb.)

FIRST ANGEL: (grandly, reading from the scroll) "Beloved mortals!"

SECOND ANGEL: Too long.

FIRST ANGEL: That's two words.

SECOND ANGEL: Still too long.

FIRST ANGEL: (louder) "Beloved mortals, who have come here at dawn—"

SECOND ANGEL: They're not here yet.

FIRST ANGEL: "…who will come here at dawn, any minute now—"

SECOND ANGEL: How long is this speech?

(The FIRST ANGEL holds on to the top and lets the roll drop. It unrolls across the floor toward the side, away from the center aisle, and keeps going.)

FIRST ANGEL: I worked on it all night.

SECOND ANGEL: (looking at the scroll on the floor) I can tell.

FIRST ANGEL: It has nineteen points.

SECOND ANGEL: Read me point one.

FIRST ANGEL: "Point one. The stone."

SECOND ANGEL: They'll see the stone.

FIRST ANGEL: "Point two. More about the stone."

(The SECOND ANGEL tears a long piece off the end of the scroll, wads it up and drops it behind the tomb.)

SECOND ANGEL: Shorter.

FIRST ANGEL: "Point three. Why we're so shiny."

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • First Angel, stayed up all night writing a speech; grand, and in love with every word
  • Second Angel, keeps a sand timer on the tomb; calm, dry and says “shorter” a lot
  • The Women, four or more children of any age, who came to the tomb with spices; no lines

Props

  • A 20-foot paper scroll from the fellowship hall’s table roll, and a spare
  • A sand timer or a small hourglass
  • A plastic spice jar for each woman
  • A table under a gray or brown blanket for the tomb
  • A cardboard stone, painted gray
  • White robes or T-shirts with silver tinsel
  • Headscarves for the women

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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