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| | | | |  | | ANGELO AND ANGELA, ANGEL APPRENTICES | | Parable: The Wheat and The Tares | | By: Christine Ferguson | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 1 female, 1 male, 1 either, 3 total cast) | | Two angels think all ungodly people should be zapped until the history professor alludes to Saul, the Crusades, and Martin Luther. Things aren’t always as they seem—so judgment should wait until the harvest is ready. |
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| |  | | THE BAKER'S APPRENTICE | | Parable: The Leaven | | By: Tracy Wells | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 2 either, 2 total cast) | | It’s a comedy of errors as a klutzy newbie baker tackles cinnamon rolls. She is genuinely baffled, though—how can tiny grains of yeast make a big batch of dough rise? (Bonus recipe included!) |
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| |  | | THE BALLOON PARTY | | A parable about using your spiritual gifts | | By: Monica B. Hilder | (Duration: 30 minutes; Speaking Cast: 14 either, 14 total cast;
Flexibility: 1-15 extras, gender flexible) | | Why don't people celebrate their spiritual gifts? Step into the fairy tale world of a king, who gives all his subjects brightly colored balloons that symbolize a unique aspect of their personalities. But in time the balloons pop or get lost, and some people even forget they own one. The King decides to host a grand balloon party to build up the flagging spirits... read more |
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| |  | | CALLED OR CULLED | | Parable: The Sheep and the Goats | | By: Patrick Rainville Dorn | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 1 female, 1 male, 2 either, 4 total cast) | | At a job interview, Billy boasts incessantly about his ambition, trophies, and karaoke skills, while Eunice shares about organizing a food drive, her family, and singing at the county jail. Guess who got the job? |
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| |  | | THE DITCHING | | Parable: The Lost Sheep | | By: Jane Jeffries, Jim Jeffries | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 1 female, 1 male, 2 total cast) | | When slacker student Cid cuts class, Ms. Fulkerson reaches out, listening to his problems without judgment. She convinces him through kindness and humor to rejoin the others. |
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| |  | | DRAGNET | | Parable: The Casting of the Net into the Sea | | By: Patrick Rainville Dorn | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 5 either, 5 total cast) | | “And the winner is…?” The lure of an Alaskan cruise prize exposes the shady pasts of several sweepstakes entrants. |
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| |  | | FINED | | Parable: The Two Debtors | | By: Patrick Rainville Dorn | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 3 either, 3 total cast) | | One library patron owes a 35¢ fine while the other, whose textbooks were water damaged in a flood, owes $350. When the librarian cancels both fines, guess who is more grateful? |
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| |  | | GET THAT GROOM! | | Parable: The Wise and Foolish Virgins | | By: Tracy Wells | | (Duration: 10 minutes; Speaking Cast: 3 females, 2 males, 5 total cast) | | An eligible bachelor on a game show interviews three women vying to be his bride. Their show-and-tell items reveal who is best suited to receive half his heart and who just wasn’t ready. |
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