Thirty 5-10 minute skits with simple, straightforward dialogue, facial expression symbols, emphasis words in capital letters, roles suitable for any acting ability level, scripture references, and discussion-starter questions.

80 sure-fire scripts and other onstage fun to illustrate your lessons and enliven your events! - Just for Fun . . . Short stunts, funny skits, sight gags, easy prep -- we've got 'em all. If you have even one or two students who love hamming it up and making spectacles of themselves, you'll find plenty of funny fodder here. - Spontaneous Melodramas . . . Fueled by groans, catcalls, cheers, and boos from your small or large audience, student actors in these no-rehearsal melodramatic spoofs will bring down the house. Don't know what spontaneous melodramas are? Plunge into an entertaining and instructive explanation of what they are and how to use them for the most effect, beginning on page 51. - Sketches with a Point . . . Drama is an ideal medium for grabbing people's attention and priming them for a meeting, a talk, or a Bible study. Have a particular topic in mind? Find your topic (in the topical index, page 7), and you're on your way to just the right script. Whether you're a youth worker or recreation director in a church, school, club, or camp -- Drama, Skits, & Sketches is your storehouse of proven, youth-group tested ideas.

Use these quick plays at meetings, camps, rallies, church services, outreach events, informal Bible studies and more...whenever you need a little extra punch to wake up your kids, get 'em laughing, and learning a Bible lesson in an unforgettable, hilarious way Book jacket.

Laugh more. Have deeper discussions. Your best youth skit collection from ministry experts has just arrived! 20 creative skits pull the superficial answers off stage and put the spotlight on where teenagers stand in their own faith. Use drama and storytelling--powerful, relevant ways to communicate God's truth and lead teenagers in exploring current spiritual topics as they grow closer to Jesus. Skits are funny, surprising, and thought-provoking--anything but "preachy" or "cheesy". Skits are 5 to 10 minutes long. You get detailed information for setting up, casting, and carrying out relevant skits, including: Details for set up and casting. Ways to customize skits to fit your ministry in many settings. An experiential devotion and discussion--including Scripture passage and questions for teenagers to explore together for each skit. Bonus ideas for expanding skits. Plus, great ways to take decorating, costumes, and props to the next level. Customize the skits to fit your youth group! Skits that vary in tone, style, and pace--from hilarious to surprising to emotionally moving. Great for all youth group settings: large group meetings, Sunday school classes, outreach events, and message illustrations. The Top 20 Skits for Youth Ministry is a powerful tool for teenagers to share their faith with non-Christian audiences. CD with background sound effects and downloadable print pieces to enhance the skits. Indexed by Topic and Scripture.

At last -- no-fail skits that GRAB your kids' attention -- and HOLD it!

Using Improv to Create Memorable Moments in MinistryThe Skit Guys bring you more than 200 skits to use in your youth group. Indexed by topic and Scripture reference, you can illustrate just about any lesson you want. Plus, each skit is ready to go and will allow all your students to participate in the teaching, whether or not they can act. They’ll laugh, they might cry, and in the end, they’ll learn something important.

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.