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24 Impromptu Skits That Bring Bible Stories to Life

Uproarious, no-prep skits your kids will love to perform — in Sunday school, Bible studies, camps, retreats, anywhere!

Authors: Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Laurie Polich

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Description

You know them as hilarious, boisterous skits that get kids involved, whether they’re hamming up front, or in the audience cheering for the good guys, hissing the bad guys, and getting nearly as animated as the onstage actors. Better yet, these no-rehearsal skits are comic takes on 24 classic Bible stories, from Babel to Zacchaeus.

Use these skits to take your students into or out of your Bible lesson — for the humor never buries the central message of the Bible passage. Inside you’ll find 12 Old Testament and 12 New Testament stories — like these:

  • The First Tongue Twister (the Tower of Babel)
  • Josephine’s Dream (Joseph and his brothers)
  • The Young and the Hairless (Samson and Delilah)
  • Dave, the Wave, and the Giant Kahuna (David and Goliath)
  • Dances with Lions (Daniel)
  • World Serious: The Empire Strikes Out (the temptation of Jesus)
  • Good Sam, the Levis, and Judas Priest (parable of the Good Samaritan)
  • Showdown at Tombstone (Jesus and the demon-possessed man)

Unchurched teenagers who can’t tell Samson from Solomon, or long-time youth group kids — everyone will love not merely hearing or reading Bible stories, but doing them. Welcome to more than a year’s worth of slapstick, pratfalls, and melodrama. These Bible-story skits are anything but solemn, but they’ll make Bible stories memorable for your students.

Authors

Doug Fields has been a pastor to teenagers and a ministry leader for over 30 years. He’s the author of more than 50 books, including the award-winning Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry. Beyond youth ministry, Doug’s life is filled with great times with his wife Cathy and his own three amazing teenagers, Torie, Cody, and Cassie.

Duffy Robbins is a professor of youth ministry at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He’s also the bestselling author and coauthor of Enjoy the Silence, Speaking to Teenagers, Memory Makers, This Way to Youth Ministry, and many more. A thirty-five year veteran of youth ministry, Duffy speaks around the world to teenagers and people who care about them. He’s made it this long in youth ministry because he figured out the secret to budgets, dealing with parents, and working with church staff!

With 15 years of youth ministry experience, Laurie Polich serves as pastor of small groups and discipleship at Ocean Hills Covenant Church, in Santa Barbara. She¹s the author of several books including Help! I’m a Small-Group Leader training curriculum and book, Studies on the Go: John, and Small Group Qs, and she speaks frequently to students and youth workers across the country.