Jesus Food
Drama
Dinner With The King
Communion Dramas For Youth
Characters
Person 1-14 (fourteen young people, parts may be adjusted for almost any size group)
Props
Table
Papers
Church directory
Two cell phones
Notepad
Pencil or pen
Setting
A table with some papers and a church directory placed on it is in the center chancel area. Where there are blanks for names in the dialogue, they should be filled in with the appropriate names.
(Two young people enter the worship area. They may be talking about anything, such as, what has been happening at school, or what they had been doing the night before. As they reach the table in front, Person 1 searches his/her pockets.)
Person 1: Oh, no!
Person 2: What's the matter?
Person 1: I lost the recipe.
Person 2: Recipe? Recipe for what? You can't cook. If you tried to boil water, you would burn it.
Person 1: I can, too, cook. Last week I cooked a TV dinner. Not just any TV dinner, either, a "Hungry Man" TV dinner, an enchilada with spanish rice and refried beans.
Person 2: So the recipe you lost explained all about opening a box and turning on the oven?
Person 1: No! It was a recipe for bread. Remember Pastor _______________ read it at communion class? After class I asked him/her for it. I told him/her that I wanted to make the communion bread for our Maundy Thursday service. I put the paper in my pocket. Now I can't find it.
Person 2: Why not ask him/her for another copy?
Person 1: I can't. He/she told me that it was the only copy. He/she told me to be sure not to lose it.
Person 2: And you did. Boy, are you in trouble! They have a special place in hell for people who lose stuff their pastors give them.
Person 1: Hey, don't say that. Jesus will forgive me.
Person 2: But Pastor ____________ won't.
(Person 3 comes into the room, joins the pair in front)
Person 2: Hey ___________, guess what __________ did. He/she lost Pastor ____________'s recipe for communion bread.
Person 3: Really! I hear they have a special place in hell for people who do stuff like that.
Person 1: They do not! Now stop clowning and help me.
Person 3: Help you do what?
Person 1: Help me remember what was in that recipe for communion bread.
Person 3: How can I help you do that? When Pastor __________ was reading it, I was listening to a joke that ______________ was telling _____________.
Person 2: Was that the joke about the Rice Krispies, the can of Spam, and the band teacher?
Person 3: No, it was the joke about ...
Person 1: (interrupts) Stop talking about your stupid jokes and help me remember.
Person 2: We can't. Face it. You were the only one in the whole class listening to Pastor ____________ when he/she read that recipe. Why you listened is beyond me. Why would anyone pay attention to a recipe for bread?
Person 1: It wasn't just a recipe for bread. It was a recipe for communion bread, the body of Christ. I thought how neat it would be for Jesus to use the bread I baked and turn it into his body. That would give me a special place in his miracle. Don't you think that's exciting?
Person 2: When you talk about it that way, it really does. I can see why you wanted that recipe.
Person 3: Too bad you lost it!
Person 2: We would help you if we could.
Person 3: But we can't. Sorry.
Person 1: What am I going to do?
Person 3: Running away from home sounds like a good idea, or, joining another church.
Person 1: Stop trying to be funny. You have to help me. Remember what Pastor ___________ said. We are the body of Christ. The same love we share at communion, we ought to be sharing all week long. You are supposed to love me. If you love me, you have to help me.
Person 2: You make it sound like if we don't help you, we shouldn't take communion.
Person 1: I didn't say that.
Person 3: That's a relief.
Person 1: But the Apostle Paul does.
Person 2: Oh ... Okay ... How can we help?
Person 1: You can tell me what goes into bread.
Person 4: (enters) Milk, butter, flour, salt ...
Person 1: What?
Person 4: That's the stuff that goes into bread, I think, that and some other stuff.
Person 3: This isn't just any bread we are talking about. This is communion bread, the body of Christ. What kind of ingredients go into the body of Christ?
Person 2: Let's call some of the other kids in the communion class and see if any of them can tell us.
Person 4: Good idea. I've got my cell phone. I think there is a church directory in that stuff on the table. Bring it over. (opens the directory) Let's see ... I'll call ______________________. (dials)
Person 5: (in another area of the room, answers cell phone) Hello.
Person 4: Hi, __________________, this is________________. A bunch of us are at church and we're trying to find a recipe for communion bread. We need your help.
Person 5: My help? What do I know about communion bread?
Person 4: It's the body of Christ. What would be one ingredient in the body of Christ?
Person 5: God's love. The body of Christ has to be full of God's love.
Person 4: (to Person 1) Write down "God's love."
Person 1: (writes in note pad) God's love. Got it.
Person 4: Thanks, ________________.
Person 2: Let me call ___________________.
Person 4: Okay, go ahead. You need the directory?
Person 2: No. I know the number. (dials)
Person 6: (now has phone and answers) Hello.
Person 2: Hi, ________________, this is _______________.
Person 6: Hi, ________________. What's going down?
Person 2: (names Person 1) __________ is going down -- going down in flames unless we help.
Person 6: What's the problem?
Person 2: It's a long story, but we're over here at church and we're trying to remember what we learned about the body of Christ.
Person 6: The body of Christ? You mean, like communion bread? Well, it's Jesus, our Savior. That's where our salvation is, in Jesus.
Person 2: So there is salvation in the body of Christ?
Person 6: Well, duh ... Didn't you learn anything in communion class?
Person 2: Not much. I didn't think you did, either, you were always telling jokes.
Person 6: Just because I was talking to you doesn't mean that God wasn't talking to me. God has a way of making sure we hear the things he has to say.
Person 2: You're right. I guess I learned that, too, somehow, somewhere.
Person 6: Maybe from Pastor __________________.
Person 2: Well ... maybe. Anyway, thanks! (to Person 1) Write "salvation" down. ___________________ says that the body of Christ has a lot of it.
Person 7: (enters with Person 8, overhears) A lot of what?
Person 3: Salvation. The body of Christ has salvation in it.
Person 7: I guess the body of Christ has salvation in it. That's what it's all about, salvation.
Person 8: And forgiveness.
Person 7: What?
Person 8: And forgiveness. You were talking about salvation. Salvation and forgiveness go together. Remember what Martin Luther said, "Where there is forgiveness of sins, there is salvation."
Person 7: How do you know what Martin Luther said?
Person 8: Because I listened to Pastor _________________, that's how.
Person 7: (shakes head) Who said miracles don't happen?
Person 9: (walks in) What are you guys talking about?
Person 7: Miracles.
Person 8: Miracles and the body of Christ.
Person 9: That's kind of the same thing, isn't it? The body of Christ is a miracle. The body of Christ is full of miracles.
Person 2: (to Person 1) Write down "miracles." While you're at it, write down forgiveness, too. Then read us what you've got.
Person 1: God's love, salvation, miracles, and forgiveness. Is that all?
Person 3: Let's check with (Person 10) ____________________. What's the number?
Person 4: Here's the directory. Look it up.
(Person 3 dials)
Person 10: (with phone, answers) Bonjour.
Person 3: What?
Person 10: Bonjour ... It's French. It means, "Hello." Is this __________________?
Person 3: Si.
Person 10: What?
Person 3: Si ... It's Spanish. It means, "Get a life."
Person 10: Very funny. What's up?
Person 3: We need your help.
Person 10: Who is we?
Person 3: Our communion class. We need to know what's in the body of Christ.
Person 10: I am. So are you. When we were baptized, Christ made us part of his body. I'm a brain. I think you are ...
Person 3: Don't say it. I know what you're thinking and ... don't say it.
Person 10: But ...
Person 3: I asked you not to say it. (hangs up, to Person 1) Write down all our names. All of us are in the body of Christ.
Person 1: Okay. You know, this recipe is getting awfully messy.
Person 11: (enters with Person 12 and overhears) What's messy?
Person 1: The body of Christ.
Person 11: What's messy about the body of Christ?
Person 12: It's got sinners in it. That makes it messy.
Person 11: The body of Christ has sinners in it?
Person 12: Well ... it's got you in it, hasn't it?
Person 11: Are you calling me a sinner?
Person 12: No, I'm not calling you a sinner.
Person 11: Good.
Person 12: The Bible is.
Person 11: The Bible says I am a sinner?
Person 12: A sinner ... and a saint! You are a sinner who is in the body of Christ. That makes you a forgiven sinner --aa saint.
Person 11: Saint (says own name) ______________. I like the sound of that. So the body of Christ has saints and sinners in it. What a mess. (to Person 1) Better add all the names in that church directory to your list. The body of Christ won't be complete without that bunch of saints and sinners.
Person 13: (enters) The body of Christ? You guys talking about communion?
Person 1: We need to know what's in the body of Christ.
Person 13: Jesus food.
Person 2: Jesus food?
Person 13: The food Jesus gives us to make his body strong.
Person 2: You mean like "Wheaties"? Like, if we eat "Wheaties" we will get to be champions?
Person 13: The body of Christ we eat at communion is our "Jesus Food," the food Jesus knows will give us the strength to live as God's people.
Person 2: Sounds like Jesus feeds our bodies with his body.
Person 13: And his blood, and all the love of God, all the forgiveness, salvation, and miracles that Jesus brings with him.
Person 1: I give up. There are too many things in the body of Christ to make me a recipe for communion bread. Pastor ____________ is going to kill me.
Person 14: (enters with a box) Well, here it is!
Person 1: What's that?
Person 14: It's the stuff I got together so we can make the communion bread. Remember, you gave me the recipe. Here it is, by the way. Pastor _______________ told you to be sure not to lose it. Well ... what have you guys been talking about?
Person 1-14 (fourteen young people, parts may be adjusted for almost any size group)
Props
Table
Papers
Church directory
Two cell phones
Notepad
Pencil or pen
Setting
A table with some papers and a church directory placed on it is in the center chancel area. Where there are blanks for names in the dialogue, they should be filled in with the appropriate names.
(Two young people enter the worship area. They may be talking about anything, such as, what has been happening at school, or what they had been doing the night before. As they reach the table in front, Person 1 searches his/her pockets.)
Person 1: Oh, no!
Person 2: What's the matter?
Person 1: I lost the recipe.
Person 2: Recipe? Recipe for what? You can't cook. If you tried to boil water, you would burn it.
Person 1: I can, too, cook. Last week I cooked a TV dinner. Not just any TV dinner, either, a "Hungry Man" TV dinner, an enchilada with spanish rice and refried beans.
Person 2: So the recipe you lost explained all about opening a box and turning on the oven?
Person 1: No! It was a recipe for bread. Remember Pastor _______________ read it at communion class? After class I asked him/her for it. I told him/her that I wanted to make the communion bread for our Maundy Thursday service. I put the paper in my pocket. Now I can't find it.
Person 2: Why not ask him/her for another copy?
Person 1: I can't. He/she told me that it was the only copy. He/she told me to be sure not to lose it.
Person 2: And you did. Boy, are you in trouble! They have a special place in hell for people who lose stuff their pastors give them.
Person 1: Hey, don't say that. Jesus will forgive me.
Person 2: But Pastor ____________ won't.
(Person 3 comes into the room, joins the pair in front)
Person 2: Hey ___________, guess what __________ did. He/she lost Pastor ____________'s recipe for communion bread.
Person 3: Really! I hear they have a special place in hell for people who do stuff like that.
Person 1: They do not! Now stop clowning and help me.
Person 3: Help you do what?
Person 1: Help me remember what was in that recipe for communion bread.
Person 3: How can I help you do that? When Pastor __________ was reading it, I was listening to a joke that ______________ was telling _____________.
Person 2: Was that the joke about the Rice Krispies, the can of Spam, and the band teacher?
Person 3: No, it was the joke about ...
Person 1: (interrupts) Stop talking about your stupid jokes and help me remember.
Person 2: We can't. Face it. You were the only one in the whole class listening to Pastor ____________ when he/she read that recipe. Why you listened is beyond me. Why would anyone pay attention to a recipe for bread?
Person 1: It wasn't just a recipe for bread. It was a recipe for communion bread, the body of Christ. I thought how neat it would be for Jesus to use the bread I baked and turn it into his body. That would give me a special place in his miracle. Don't you think that's exciting?
Person 2: When you talk about it that way, it really does. I can see why you wanted that recipe.
Person 3: Too bad you lost it!
Person 2: We would help you if we could.
Person 3: But we can't. Sorry.
Person 1: What am I going to do?
Person 3: Running away from home sounds like a good idea, or, joining another church.
Person 1: Stop trying to be funny. You have to help me. Remember what Pastor ___________ said. We are the body of Christ. The same love we share at communion, we ought to be sharing all week long. You are supposed to love me. If you love me, you have to help me.
Person 2: You make it sound like if we don't help you, we shouldn't take communion.
Person 1: I didn't say that.
Person 3: That's a relief.
Person 1: But the Apostle Paul does.
Person 2: Oh ... Okay ... How can we help?
Person 1: You can tell me what goes into bread.
Person 4: (enters) Milk, butter, flour, salt ...
Person 1: What?
Person 4: That's the stuff that goes into bread, I think, that and some other stuff.
Person 3: This isn't just any bread we are talking about. This is communion bread, the body of Christ. What kind of ingredients go into the body of Christ?
Person 2: Let's call some of the other kids in the communion class and see if any of them can tell us.
Person 4: Good idea. I've got my cell phone. I think there is a church directory in that stuff on the table. Bring it over. (opens the directory) Let's see ... I'll call ______________________. (dials)
Person 5: (in another area of the room, answers cell phone) Hello.
Person 4: Hi, __________________, this is________________. A bunch of us are at church and we're trying to find a recipe for communion bread. We need your help.
Person 5: My help? What do I know about communion bread?
Person 4: It's the body of Christ. What would be one ingredient in the body of Christ?
Person 5: God's love. The body of Christ has to be full of God's love.
Person 4: (to Person 1) Write down "God's love."
Person 1: (writes in note pad) God's love. Got it.
Person 4: Thanks, ________________.
Person 2: Let me call ___________________.
Person 4: Okay, go ahead. You need the directory?
Person 2: No. I know the number. (dials)
Person 6: (now has phone and answers) Hello.
Person 2: Hi, ________________, this is _______________.
Person 6: Hi, ________________. What's going down?
Person 2: (names Person 1) __________ is going down -- going down in flames unless we help.
Person 6: What's the problem?
Person 2: It's a long story, but we're over here at church and we're trying to remember what we learned about the body of Christ.
Person 6: The body of Christ? You mean, like communion bread? Well, it's Jesus, our Savior. That's where our salvation is, in Jesus.
Person 2: So there is salvation in the body of Christ?
Person 6: Well, duh ... Didn't you learn anything in communion class?
Person 2: Not much. I didn't think you did, either, you were always telling jokes.
Person 6: Just because I was talking to you doesn't mean that God wasn't talking to me. God has a way of making sure we hear the things he has to say.
Person 2: You're right. I guess I learned that, too, somehow, somewhere.
Person 6: Maybe from Pastor __________________.
Person 2: Well ... maybe. Anyway, thanks! (to Person 1) Write "salvation" down. ___________________ says that the body of Christ has a lot of it.
Person 7: (enters with Person 8, overhears) A lot of what?
Person 3: Salvation. The body of Christ has salvation in it.
Person 7: I guess the body of Christ has salvation in it. That's what it's all about, salvation.
Person 8: And forgiveness.
Person 7: What?
Person 8: And forgiveness. You were talking about salvation. Salvation and forgiveness go together. Remember what Martin Luther said, "Where there is forgiveness of sins, there is salvation."
Person 7: How do you know what Martin Luther said?
Person 8: Because I listened to Pastor _________________, that's how.
Person 7: (shakes head) Who said miracles don't happen?
Person 9: (walks in) What are you guys talking about?
Person 7: Miracles.
Person 8: Miracles and the body of Christ.
Person 9: That's kind of the same thing, isn't it? The body of Christ is a miracle. The body of Christ is full of miracles.
Person 2: (to Person 1) Write down "miracles." While you're at it, write down forgiveness, too. Then read us what you've got.
Person 1: God's love, salvation, miracles, and forgiveness. Is that all?
Person 3: Let's check with (Person 10) ____________________. What's the number?
Person 4: Here's the directory. Look it up.
(Person 3 dials)
Person 10: (with phone, answers) Bonjour.
Person 3: What?
Person 10: Bonjour ... It's French. It means, "Hello." Is this __________________?
Person 3: Si.
Person 10: What?
Person 3: Si ... It's Spanish. It means, "Get a life."
Person 10: Very funny. What's up?
Person 3: We need your help.
Person 10: Who is we?
Person 3: Our communion class. We need to know what's in the body of Christ.
Person 10: I am. So are you. When we were baptized, Christ made us part of his body. I'm a brain. I think you are ...
Person 3: Don't say it. I know what you're thinking and ... don't say it.
Person 10: But ...
Person 3: I asked you not to say it. (hangs up, to Person 1) Write down all our names. All of us are in the body of Christ.
Person 1: Okay. You know, this recipe is getting awfully messy.
Person 11: (enters with Person 12 and overhears) What's messy?
Person 1: The body of Christ.
Person 11: What's messy about the body of Christ?
Person 12: It's got sinners in it. That makes it messy.
Person 11: The body of Christ has sinners in it?
Person 12: Well ... it's got you in it, hasn't it?
Person 11: Are you calling me a sinner?
Person 12: No, I'm not calling you a sinner.
Person 11: Good.
Person 12: The Bible is.
Person 11: The Bible says I am a sinner?
Person 12: A sinner ... and a saint! You are a sinner who is in the body of Christ. That makes you a forgiven sinner --aa saint.
Person 11: Saint (says own name) ______________. I like the sound of that. So the body of Christ has saints and sinners in it. What a mess. (to Person 1) Better add all the names in that church directory to your list. The body of Christ won't be complete without that bunch of saints and sinners.
Person 13: (enters) The body of Christ? You guys talking about communion?
Person 1: We need to know what's in the body of Christ.
Person 13: Jesus food.
Person 2: Jesus food?
Person 13: The food Jesus gives us to make his body strong.
Person 2: You mean like "Wheaties"? Like, if we eat "Wheaties" we will get to be champions?
Person 13: The body of Christ we eat at communion is our "Jesus Food," the food Jesus knows will give us the strength to live as God's people.
Person 2: Sounds like Jesus feeds our bodies with his body.
Person 13: And his blood, and all the love of God, all the forgiveness, salvation, and miracles that Jesus brings with him.
Person 1: I give up. There are too many things in the body of Christ to make me a recipe for communion bread. Pastor ____________ is going to kill me.
Person 14: (enters with a box) Well, here it is!
Person 1: What's that?
Person 14: It's the stuff I got together so we can make the communion bread. Remember, you gave me the recipe. Here it is, by the way. Pastor _______________ told you to be sure not to lose it. Well ... what have you guys been talking about?
