Doing Outreach

Missions Outreach, three scenes, (with comedy), show the need for all of us to get involved.

Cast: 7

• 7, any age, gender
• Mildred
• Joanne
• Bev
• Rhonda
• Tanya
• Marie
• OSV Off stage voice

Bible Reference: Matthew 9:37

Set: standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting: spot(s)

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions:

• Three scenes, 2 actors in each scene sitting on chairs side by side, each scene somewhat distanced from others
• All 6 actors are on stage for the entire skit, all actors will be frozen when not in the current scene
• At end of each scene spot off for a few seconds then back on for next scene

Time: 9

Sample of script:

First scene, spotlight up on Mildred and Joanne

Mildred: Oh, Joanne, (emphasizing) daaaaling! How ever have you been? I had heard that you have been quite ill for over a month!

Joanne: You didn’t hear, Mildred? (disappointed) I’ve been away in Africa for 6 weeks!

Mildred: Africa? Six weeks, you say! Well, (laughing, embarrassed), well, I guess I didn’t get my facts from a reliable source!

Joanne:: No, I guess you didn’t. Seems like we haven’t really kept in touch that well!

Mildred: Sometimes I wonder if we should get involved in ways that can keep us more in touch with our friends.

Joanne: Yes, one thing I learned in Africa is that we need to be more in touch, not just with friends, but with people around the world.

Spot off, Mildred & Joanne freeze, spot up on Rhonda & Bev, not acknowledging each other.
NEXT SCENE:
Rhonda looking through her purse, a book falls out. Bev picks it up, looks at the cover.

Bev: (reads the cover out loud) Spray-painting chimneys 101. Is this your book?

Rhonda: (embarrassed, quickly puts it back in her purse) What? Oh, no! I’m just . well,. . holding it for someone.

Bev: (disappointed) Oh, I thought that I actually found someone else who loved chimney spray-painting.

Rhonda: You mean you like to spray-paint chimneys?

Bev: Well of course! I realize it is something not many people are into lately, but I love it!

Rhonda (excited): Me too! I was so embarrassed to tell anyone because it is such an extraordinary thing to be interested in! Some of my friends call me a chimney thumper!

Bev: I know what you mean! My family doesn’t understand what I see in it – they think all chimneys should be brown!

Rhonda (gasps, disbelief): No! Why does everything else in the world get to be colorful, and chimneys get to be brown?!

Bev: That’s my feeling exactly! Oh, I wish I would have known this about you sooner! We have so much to talk about!

Rhonda: We must get together soon! You have to come to my chimney workshop! We are in touch with people from all over the world who want to learn more about chimneys.