Growing Your Fruit Factor

Fruits of the Spirit
A 5-Part Series of Skits

Theme: A fun and engaging skit series based on the Fruits of the Spirit, featuring a family with a "Beverly Hillbillies" feel as they host children for a Vacation Bible School-style program.

Cast (5 m or f)

• Granny – The family matriarch
• Leroy – The father of the family
• Sue Ellen – The daughter of the family (m or f)
• Cousin Jim Bob – A goofy, country "hick" (m or f)
• Tracy – A less-than-enthusiastic teen from the city (m or f)

Bible Reference: Galatians 5:22-23

Production Details

Set: Minimal; decorate as desired.
Sound: Wireless mics if available.
Lighting: Standard.
SFX: None.

Music

• “Thank God For Our Happiness” (to the tune of “Thank God I’m A Country Boy”)
• Lyrics to “Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down In My Heart”
• “I Am So Glad” (lyrics to “This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made”)

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Props & Costumes

Props:

• Pocket watch
• Bible
• Banners or flags identifying the 9 Fruits of the Spirit

Costumes:

• Tracy wears contemporary clothing
• Others wear work clothing

Special Instructions:
Banners/flags for each Fruit of the Spirit should be large enough to be seen by all, but not overpowering.

Total Time: 60 minutes (10–15 minutes per segment)

Sample Script – Day 1: Joy & Peace

(Lights up. Granny enters, rubbing her eyes and yawning. She pulls out a pocket watch, focuses, and looks shocked.)

GRANNY (loud):
Leroy! … Jim Bob! … Sue Ellen! … Hurry! … Get outta bed! … We’ve gone and slept in!
(pounds on a pot with a wooden spoon)
It’s near to six o’clock in the mornin’! We’ve slept in!
(pounds harder)
You young-uns, outta bed, there’s chores to be done up!

(Leroy and Sue Ellen enter, yawning and rubbing their eyes.)

LEROY:
Granny, what are you caterwaulin’ about?

GRANNY:
Me caterwaulin’ is it? … About time some of you young-uns got your lazy bones outta bed! Here it is six AM, and the cows ain't been milked, pigs ain't been fed! It’s fruit growin’ season, and we best be up and at it if we want a good fruit crop!

SUE ELLEN:
How come we gotta be outta bed and Cousin Jim Bob ain't?

GRANNY:
That Jim Bob, he takes after his momma Geraldine. She was a hard one to rouse from bed. Many times, I had to pour a pail of cold water on that child to get her up. And I refuse to have that happen with her son!
(pounds furiously on a pot)
Jim Bob, you get outta bed and get your breakfast!

(Jim Bob rushes on stage, sleepy and startled.)

JIM BOB:
Who? … What? … Where? … Sounds like a war goin’ on somethin’ terrible.

SUE ELLEN:
No war, Jim Bob … Just Granny getting you outta bed.

JIM BOB:
Aww Granny, now that ain't fair. I was just havin’ the bestest sleep ever, dreamin’ of eatin’ a big ol’ fruit salad.

GRANNY:
Ain't gonna be no fruit for the fruit salad if’n we don’t get out there and get our chores done up!

(Tracy enters, looking annoyed.)

TRACY:
How am I supposed to sleep with all this noise out here?

GRANNY:
Good to see you up, Tracy! Was afraid you might sleep all day. We got farmin’ work to do.

TRACY (looks at watch):
It’s six o’clock—it’s the middle of the night!

LEROY:
Middle of the mornin’ is what it is, Tracy. Seems all of us slept in this mornin’ … except for Granny, that is. But you got an excuse, your momma bringin’ you out here late last night and all.

SUE ELLEN:
It sure is gonna be nice, you stayin’ with us here on the farm for the week. We sure do want to thank you for comin’.

TRACY:
Don’t thank me. It wasn’t my idea. My mother decided this is what I wanted to do. And I didn’t … and I don’t! Now, if you don’t mind too much … I am going back to bed!

(Tracy starts to move offstage. Leroy gently places an arm around Tracy's shoulders, leading them back.)

LEROY:
Us folks on the farm don’t stay in bed in the daytime. We usually get up at 5 AM to work in the orchard before the sun gets too hot.

JIM BOB:
For sure, you don’t want to be workin’ in the orchard in the heat of the day—it’ll give you heat stroke!

TRACY:
I do not want to work in the orchard at any time, day or night.

GRANNY:
How do you expect to get your fruit if’n you ain't workin’ in the orchard, boy?

TRACY:
I expect to get fruit from the supermarket—same as everyone else does.

LEROY:
How do you figure the fruit gets to the supermarket, boy?

TRACY:
Never thought much about it, but it seems to be doin’ just fine without my help.

SUE ELLEN:
You just stick with me, Tracy. I’ll have you knowin’ all there is to know about fruit in no time flat.

GRANNY:
Let’s all get goin’ and stop this here chin waggin’! The peaches and pears and apples ain't gonna look after themselves!

LEROY:
Granny is right! So let’s get to work!

SUE ELLEN:
Fine then, Pa. Why don’t you sing us a “get goin’ in the mornin’” song to get us started?

LEROY:
Well, maybe that for sure could help us out a little bit. So, here goes!

(Leroy sings. The others clap hands in time and dance around.)

Leroy, sings, the others clap hands in time, dance around:
We have such a good life, out here on the farm
All friends and family, workin’ arm in arm
We work and we play, and there’s no alarm
Thank God for our happiness!

Granny: That was a plumb good “get goin’ in the mornin’ kind’a song” Leroy. . .

Leroy: Well thanks a bunch for the compliment Granny, but fact is a “get goin’ in the mornin’ kind’a song” needs more than just one singer to be effective.

Jim Bob: Well shucks Uncle Leroy, . . why me and Sue Ellen and Granny and Tracy here, we can all join in and sing and dance ‘til your heart’s content!
(sings loud and off key, other actors react by making faces, covering ears)
We have such a good life, out here on the farm . . .

Tracy, shock:  What was that?

Leroy, interrupts Jim Bob’s singing:
Hey Jim Bob, for a fact we all do appreciate your singin’ boy, but way I see it we need a whole great big bunch of folks singin’ and dancin’ for to make real loud singin’.

Granny:      For a fact we do Leroy . . . We need a ton of singers for to cover over Jim Bob’s squawkin’ and screamin’!

Jim Bob:     Now Granny that ain't no way to talk about my singin’! . . . I will have you know that just last week I was asked to sing solo.

Granny:      My guess is folks asked you for to sing . .  so low . . that you couldn’t be heard.

SUE ELLEN:
Pa, you say you want a great big bunch of folks to sing and dance… Just where do you expect to get a great big bunch of folks way out here on the farm?

GRANNY (points at children in the audience):
Open up your eyes, girl.

JIM BOB:
Hey, doggies, will y’alls just see that?

SUE ELLEN:
For sure, a ton of folks.

JIM BOB:
I just had me an idea… Why don’t we have the ton of folks out there sing along and dance while I am singin’?

GRANNY (raises eyebrows):
For sure you are a genius, boy!

LEROY:
Boys and girls, would you help, sing and celebrate with me?

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