Brentwood Hills Church of Christ

Puppet Script for Children’s Worship Training

Lesson #10 – “Jesus Baptized”

Characters needed:

Lion	(either man or woman, but some kind of original voice)
Boy	(man talking like a boy, in a high-pitched voice)
Girl	(man or woman talking in a high-pitched voice)
Clucky	(the chicken - anyone comedic)
Dog	(sits there the whole time but says something at the end)

Dog:	(comes out, pants, moves around, then just sits there)
Girl:	(pops up, playing and singing happily) “La, dee, dah dee, dah…what a happy day…”
Boy:	(pops up, then runs across the stage into girl and knocks her down)
Girl:	(gets up and says angrily) “Hey! What’s the big idea? Why’d you knock me down?”
Boy:	(doesn’t really know what to say) “Uhhhhh, I dunno…ummmmm…my friend over there DARED me to and, well, I just couldn’t say no to a TRIPLE DOUBLE SUPER TREMENDOUS dare!”
Girl:	(appauled) “Huhhhhhhhh! I don’t BELIEVE it! You knocked me down because someone DARED you to? What kind of game is that? And where’d he go? He left you all alone to get in trouble? What kind of friend is that?”
Boy:	(sad and sorry) “Yeah, he took off. I guess I shouldn’t have done it. You’re a WAY better friend than he is anyway. (big pause) I…I…I’m sorry.”
Girl:	(still mad) “You’re SORRY?! SORRY? Look here, my brand new dress got all ripped and my new shoes got all scratched and I skinned my elbow when I fell down, and now you say you’re SORRY? That’s IT?”
Boy:	(still sad, hanging his head) “Yeah, I guess sorry doesn’t do a whole lot, does it? I’ll be seein’ ya…” (turns around to walk away when Lion pops up)
Lion:	(pops up, aware of the situation) “Hey wait a minute! Don’t leave, little boy! Being sorry CAN be very important, you know!”
Boy:	(sees Lion but is still sad) “Yeah, I know, but my friend doesn’t think so.”
Girl:	(still angry) “Yeah, he knocked me down…just because…just…for NOTHING!”
Lion:	“Yes, I know. I saw the whole thing, and let me tell you, that wasn’t very nice, was it?”
Girl:	“No! Not very nice at all!”
Lion:	“Have YOU ever done anything that wasn’t very nice?”
Girl:	(a little embarrassed) “Ummmmm, well, uhhhhhh, NOPE! Never! I’ve NEVER done anything that wasn’t nice!”
Lion:	(seeing through her lie) “Oh, come on now…anything at all?”
Girl:	(confessing) “Well, OK…I put Tabasco sauce in my brother’s underwear at camp last year…(pause)…but…hee hee…that was really funny!”
Lion:	“How do you think that made him feel? Do you think he thought that was very nice?”
Girl:	“No. I guess I shouldn’t have done it, and I DID feel pretty sorry when I saw him after I did it.”
Lion:	“See? We all do things that we are sorry for later. But do you know what?”
Girl and Boy:	(captivated) “What?”
Lion:	“We can be FORGIVEN.”
Girl:	“You mean you want me to FORGIVE him for running me over?”
Lion:	“Well, yes, that would be a good idea. It even helps YOU when you forgive other people, not just them, you know. But the really cool part is that we can be forgiven by God too…if we REPENT.”
Boy:	“Repent? Huh?”
Lion:	“That means that we are sorry about what we’ve done, and we promise to live our lives RIGHT from now on.”
Boy:	“Ohhhhh! So if I REPENT, then I should never run anyone over again, right? Even if it IS a TRIPLE DOUBLE SUPER TREMENDOUS dare, huh?”
Lion:	“Right! When we repent of our sins, we can be BAPTIZED, and this is our way of obeying God and telling him and everyone else that we are going to try to live like Jesus. In fact, EVEN JESUS, who was PERFECT was baptized.”
Boy:	“Really? But if he was PERFECT, he didn’t have to repent of his sins, because he didn’t HAVE ANY! So why’d he have to get baptized?”
Lion:	“Well, Jesus got baptized to show obedience to God, and to give us a good example to follow. Do you remember John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin?”
Girl:	(a little confused) “Uhhhh…which one was HE again?”
Lion:	“Well, you remember Jesus’ mommy Mary? Remember when she went to go visit Elizabeth while she was pregnant with the baby Jesus?”
Girl:	“Uhhhh, yeah, kind of…”
Lion:	“Well, Elizabeth had a baby boy, too, just like Mary. Only Elizabeth’s baby boy was John the Baptist.”
Boy:	“Hah, I guess he baptized a lot of people if they called him John the Baptist!”
Lion:	“That’s exactly right! Do you know what happens when someone gets baptized?”
Boy:	“Yeah, I know! The baptizer guy leans them back into the water, and then they come back up, and they’re all wet! Hee hee hee!”
Lion:	“Yes, you’re right about that. Do you know what happens SPIRITUALLY to a person who gets baptized?”
Boy:	(sheepish) “No, not really. I just know that they have wet hair when they’re done.”
Lion:	“Well first of all, the person getting baptized has to REPENT. They have to be sorry for everything they’ve done wrong and be willing to change their life to follow God. Then, when they are dipped into the water, everything bad about them is forgiven, and they come out of the water a new child of God!”
Boy:	“Wow! Cool!”
Clucky:	(pops up) “Brock!!! Brock!!! Brock-a-brock!! Repent, repent!!”
Lion:	“Haa haa haa, you’ve got that right, Clucky!! Maybe someday YOU’LL repent for running away from the Old Man so many times! Hardy har har har!! You run on home now!”
Clucky:	“Brock brock, repent, repent!!” (exits)
Lion:	“Ah that Clucky! He’s a funny one alright! Hey, that reminds me…do you know that when John the Baptist baptized Jesus that a BIRD showed up?”
Girl:	“A BIRD? You mean a CHICKEN?”
Lion:	“No, no, not a chicken. Actually, it was a DOVE. When Jesus came out of the water, God parted the clouds and told everyone how proud he was of Jesus for obeying him. And a DOVE came down from heaven.”
Boy:	“Wow!”
Girl:	“Yeah, that’s pretty amazing!”
Lion:	“GOD is pretty amazing. And when you give your life to him, amazing things can happen!”
Boy:	(to girl) “Well, I officially REPENT, and I hope you’ll forgive me for knocking you down…will you? Forgive me?”
Girl:	“Ah sure. I guess a ripped dress isn’t as important as a FRIEND!”
Boy:	“Oh good! I’ll never do it again, OK?”
Girl:	“OK, cool.”
Dog:	“Repent, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! Woof woof!”
Lion:	“You two run along and play now, and keep on forgiving each other. And tell your friends about the wonderful story of Jesus and how he obeyed God and got baptized.”
Girl:	“OK, we will. Maybe we could tell that story in class today! AND we could tell everyone how YOU REPENTED, and how I FORGAVE you.”
Boy:	“Yeah, good idea!”
Girl and Boy:	Bye-bye Lion! See you later! Bye-bye everyone!! (Girl, Boy, and Lion exit)