Church Skits for Anytime Dramas, by Tanis Harms

TO SEE AND HEAR – by Tanis Harms, © 2016 .....use in address bar: churchskits.blogspot.com (Ideal for a kids’ creative arts camp, with many bit parts and talent numbers to go around. See organization ideas .) STYLE: Talent show and fun vignettes (11 pages) PREMISE: While kids try to plan a talent show for the neighborhood, a few of the kids keep seeing singing and dancing animals. When they try to tell the rest of the kids, they do not believe them until the very end. TOPIC: Faith, belief. SCRIPTURE: Job 13:1; Proverbs 1:2,5,6; Matthew 11:15; Luke 10:23b; John 20:29; Colossians 1:23; Hebrews 1:1, 11:3,6 CHARACTERS (LINE COUNT) DESCRIPTION: (4) NARRATOR – intensely dramatic (could split into 4) SCENE 1: (1) RECITER 1 – confident, clear speaker (1) RECITER 2 – confident, clear speaker (1) RECITER 3 – confident, clear speaker (0) MOUSE 1 – shy, miming only (optional role) (0) MOUSE 2 – compassionate, miming only (optional) (0) 8-10 MICE – comical, sing & dance (6) KID 1 – curi...

ORGANIZING A CREATIVE ARTS CAMP This is an idea for an outreach program where kids can come to not only learn about God’s Word, but also learn how to sing, dance and act while having fun putting together a program for the parents and other family members to see. EXAMPLE HEADER FOR AN EXCEL DATE for action DATE needed DONE ACTION ITEM  (for a one-week kids' camp) PERSON RESPONSIBLE NOTES / IDEAS (And then, the following suggested schedule items can be copy-pasted into your “ACTION ITEM” column.) ALL OF THE TO-DOs... CHOOSE A WEEK TO SCHEDULE THE CAMP (a good suggestion is Sunday to Friday, every evening from 5:40 to 8:00 pm) DETERMINE WHICH AGE OR GRADES ARE TO BE INVITED (maybe this has to wait until you see how many kids you’ll be able to accommodate, after finding out how many committed volunteers you have in total) SECURE YOUR LOCATION FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK - a theater with seating - a gym o...