A Faith Worth Imitating

Remember the faith of our leaders in the church.

This puppet/ventriloquist script (could be used as a regular script) reminds us to not lose the knowledge of those in our churches who gone before us to establish our places of worship.  Useful for seniors functions or church gatherings.

If used as a puppet script the puppet voice could be offstage actor, extra rehearsal required.

Cast: 2 m or f

• Pastor Clamwell (old man puppet)
• Edna (puppeteer/ventriloquist)

Bible Reference: Hebrews 13:7

Set: standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song:

• Original song lyrics to the tune of Rainbow Connection
• (available many locations online)
• Contact DramaShare if assistance needed

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions: none

Time: 10

Sample of script:

Edna and Henry come on stage

Edna: Isn’t this just lovely Pastor Clamwell?

Henry: Is Clamwell here?.. I really must speak to him, it’s been a while . .

Edna: Uhh, Pastor Clamwell, uhh . . you are .. Pastor Clamwell.

Henry: I knew that . . . I knew that . . (looks around at Edna)... Have we met?

Edna: Pastor Clamwell, I am your friend Edna, remember?

Henry: Oh that friend Edna, I thought you were my other friend name of . . .

Edna: Edna.

Henry: Oh I would know you anywhere . . uhh...

Edna: Edna.

Henry, looks around: Who’s this bunch?

Edna: Oh Pastor Clamwell, isn’t it wonderful, being here at the (name of state) Baptist Convention.

Henry: Got some mileage on them, these folks, ain’t they?

Edna: That's not nice Pastor Clamwell! . .

Henry: See that guy there, may not be over the hill but likely can see the summit without wearin’ his glasses, you ask me.

Edna: Well some of the folks here are retired, just like you Pastor Clamwell.

Henry: You saying that I am retired?

Edna: Well yes you are Pastor Clamwell, you’ve been retired going on seven years now, remember?

Henry: Guess that explains why my keys didn’t work on the church doors yesterday.

Edna: Isn’t it wonderful, a roomful of Baptists?

Henry: Let’s have some fun with them, OK?

Edna: Some fun?

Henry: Yeh, you start singin’ and I’ll tell them to go grab their partner for the next dance.

Edna: Oh Pastor!

Henry: Pastor and his wife in North Dakota got kicked outta the church last winter.

Edna: Oh no! . . . What did they do to get kicked out of the church?

Henry: Pastor and his wife walked into the church, their boots was covered with snow, so they stomped their feet to get rid of the snow, folks in church thought they was dancin’.

Edna: Oh Pastor, you made that up!

Henry: Back when I was pastor folks were worried I might allow dancin’ in my church, but I smoothed that over.

Edna: Didn’t allow any dancing, right?

Henry: No way, we had dancin’ all the time, we just called it interpretive movement and no one ever caught on. . . Old widow Johnson she took to such gyrations one night she had herself a heart attack, flopped down flat out on the floor.

Edna: That is awful! . . What did the people do?

Henry: Nothing, they just danced around her.

Edna: That is terrible, you mean they didn’t see her lying there?

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"Main Central Stained Glass Of The Church Saint Etienne, Fecamp, Normandy, France" by MAMJODH is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .