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I Can't Do It, It's Just Too Hard!
Overview/Theme:
This
play is designed to help you teach a memory verse to your class by
having them
teach it to the puppet. It will help to have the verse written out on a
card
large enough for the class to see. It uses an emcee and a puppet, but
you could
use two puppets. Cast—1 or 2 Puppets.
Hank: (Walks
in slowly with
head down, sobbing a little)
Emcee: Hank!
What’s the matter?
Hank: Oh…nothing…I’m
fine…
Emcee: You
don’t look fine or act fine. What’s the
problem?
Hank: Well,
I’ve memorized all the verses so
far, but I can’t learn today’s—it‘s just too hard!
Emcee: How
hard have you tried?
Hank: Well…
not real hard.
It’s just that… well I… I just can’t do it!
Emcee: What
makes this verse so hard?
Hank: I
looked at it and it
looks hard. It has words I don’t understand and is too long. I give up!
I quit!
Emcee: How
about if we help you memorize it?
Hank: You
would do that for
me?
Emcee: Of
course we would. (Look at children)
Wouldn’t we boys and girls? What’s the verse?
Hank: (Give
reference.)
You’ve got it right there on that card.
Emcee: You’re
right. (Ask a child to come up and
read the verse out of your Bible while Hank and the children follow
along with
the visual.)
Hank: That’s
it… see I told
you it was a hard one.
Emcee: Don’t
think it’s hard just by looking at it.
Let’s take a closer look. First of all, (point to the visual) Hank,
where did
these words come from?
Hank: The
Bible!
Emcee: Do you
boys and girls agree? You are right.
These words came right from the Bible, God’s Word. To help us remember
where it’s
found, let’s all repeat the reference (address) 4 times.
Hank: That’s
great, but how
are you going to help me learn this verse?
Emcee: Well,
to begin with, you need to understand
what it means. (Take the time needed to explain the words and concepts
of the
verse to Hank and the children)
Hank: I’ve
got it! That’s not so hard now that
it has been explained to me. Thanks! Now that I understand it, maybe it
won’t
be so hard to learn it.
Emcee: Before
you work on memorizing it, there is
one more thing that will help.
Hank: What’s
that?
Emcee: You
need to see how you can use this verse
in your own life. (Present an application of this verse to the saved
child and
the unsaved child)
Hank: Now
I think I’m ready
to start memorizing this verse.
Emcee: I
think you are right. Let’s start out by
having all of us say the verse with the address 2 times. (Say the verse
– face
the card so the children can see it but not Hank.) Now, Hank, see how
much of
the verse you can say without looking.
Hank: OK…
Ummm…(Say
reference and first couple of words in the verse.)
Emcee: That’s a
great start. Let’s all say it together and have Hank listen closely.
(Say verse
together.)
Hank: I’ve
got it. (Say
reference and first three or four words in the verse.)
Emcee: Great
Hank. You got farther that time. Let’s
help him again boys and girls. (Repeat verse)
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