Discipleship
Drama
Lectionary Scenes
56 Vignettes For Cycle C
Theme
What is the price of discipleship?
Summary
A father and mother question their son as to what he learned in Sunday school. "Hate your father and mother," he replies, and this unnerves them until they find out the real meaning is -- love Jesus more than others.
Playing Time
3 1/2 minutes
Setting
A home
Props
Bible
Costumes
Contemporary, casual
Time
The present
Cast
ROBBY -- a child
WILMA -- his mother
BURT -- his father
ROBBY: (WILMA AND BURT ARE STANDING CENTER STAGE. ROBBY ENTERS LOOKING FOR HIS MOM AND DAD) Daddy, Mom?
WILMA: Here we are, honey.
BURT: Hello, son. Where are you going in such a rush?
ROBBY: Out to play.
WILMA: Wait a minute.
BURT: Don't you have a hug and kiss for us?
ROBBY: Oh, sure. (HUGGING AND KISSING BOTH OF THEM) Thanks. I'm going outside.
WILMA: Wait, wait a minute. Tell us what you learned this week in Sunday school. (TO BURT) They always teach him the cutest things.
BURT: Well, what did you learn this week?
ROBBY: I hate you! (ROBBY MUST STAY INNOCENT THROUGHOUT)
BURT: What? "I hate you!"
WILMA: (GETTING EMOTIONAL) Oh, no.
ROBBY: I hate you both!
BURT: What are you saying, young man? You just come right over here.
ROBBY: Yes, sir.
WILMA: Why are you saying that?
BURT: Young man, would you please repeat that?
ROBBY: Sure, Daddy. I hate you both.
WILMA: Where did we go wrong? Tell me, where?
BURT: Son, you are about to get some punishment.
ROBBY: That's what I learned in Sunday school.
WILMA: Who's his teacher?
BURT: Who's your teacher?
ROBBY: Mrs. Ames.
WILMA: Gretsie!
BURT: Gretsie! Gretsie Ames!
ROBBY: I hate Mrs. Ames!
WILMA: Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
BURT: Young man. You just march right up to your room. I'll be up to deal with you later.
ROBBY: Yes, sir. (BEGINS TO EXIT)
WILMA: Our son is going bad. He's probably hanging around with the wrong crowd at church.
BURT: I'll talk to the boy. I don't understand it.
WILMA: Neither do I.
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain it to you?
BURT: What?
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain what it means?
BURT: What?
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain what it means?
BURT: I thought I told you ...
WILMA: Wait. Let's hear what he has to say.
BURT: Oh, all right, but it better be good.
ROBBY: It is. Mrs. Ames said if a person doesn't -- (RECITING LESSON) "hate his mother and father, wife and children, brothers and sisters and come after me, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."
WILMA: That sounds like the gospel.
BURT: It sure does. I wonder where that is?
ROBBY: Luke 14:26.
WILMA: Look it up. Look it up!
BURT: (GRABBING HIS BIBLE) Okay. I am. Here it is. Yes, he's right. It's right in here. I wonder what it means?
ROBBY: Mrs. Ames said it doesn't mean we want any harm to come to people we love, but it just means we have to love Jesus more than anyone else.
WILMA: What a relief.
BURT: I see. That's what it means, eh?
ROBBY: That's what it means. May I go play now?
BURT: Yes, I think you may. You've earned some play time. You're a good boy. And a smart one, too.
ROBBY: (GIVING THEM BOTH HUGS AND KISSES) Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Mom. (HE BEGINS TO EXIT. STOPS, TO AUDIENCE) Wait till they get to the part about carrying their own cross.
What is the price of discipleship?
Summary
A father and mother question their son as to what he learned in Sunday school. "Hate your father and mother," he replies, and this unnerves them until they find out the real meaning is -- love Jesus more than others.
Playing Time
3 1/2 minutes
Setting
A home
Props
Bible
Costumes
Contemporary, casual
Time
The present
Cast
ROBBY -- a child
WILMA -- his mother
BURT -- his father
ROBBY: (WILMA AND BURT ARE STANDING CENTER STAGE. ROBBY ENTERS LOOKING FOR HIS MOM AND DAD) Daddy, Mom?
WILMA: Here we are, honey.
BURT: Hello, son. Where are you going in such a rush?
ROBBY: Out to play.
WILMA: Wait a minute.
BURT: Don't you have a hug and kiss for us?
ROBBY: Oh, sure. (HUGGING AND KISSING BOTH OF THEM) Thanks. I'm going outside.
WILMA: Wait, wait a minute. Tell us what you learned this week in Sunday school. (TO BURT) They always teach him the cutest things.
BURT: Well, what did you learn this week?
ROBBY: I hate you! (ROBBY MUST STAY INNOCENT THROUGHOUT)
BURT: What? "I hate you!"
WILMA: (GETTING EMOTIONAL) Oh, no.
ROBBY: I hate you both!
BURT: What are you saying, young man? You just come right over here.
ROBBY: Yes, sir.
WILMA: Why are you saying that?
BURT: Young man, would you please repeat that?
ROBBY: Sure, Daddy. I hate you both.
WILMA: Where did we go wrong? Tell me, where?
BURT: Son, you are about to get some punishment.
ROBBY: That's what I learned in Sunday school.
WILMA: Who's his teacher?
BURT: Who's your teacher?
ROBBY: Mrs. Ames.
WILMA: Gretsie!
BURT: Gretsie! Gretsie Ames!
ROBBY: I hate Mrs. Ames!
WILMA: Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
BURT: Young man. You just march right up to your room. I'll be up to deal with you later.
ROBBY: Yes, sir. (BEGINS TO EXIT)
WILMA: Our son is going bad. He's probably hanging around with the wrong crowd at church.
BURT: I'll talk to the boy. I don't understand it.
WILMA: Neither do I.
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain it to you?
BURT: What?
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain what it means?
BURT: What?
ROBBY: Do you want me to explain what it means?
BURT: I thought I told you ...
WILMA: Wait. Let's hear what he has to say.
BURT: Oh, all right, but it better be good.
ROBBY: It is. Mrs. Ames said if a person doesn't -- (RECITING LESSON) "hate his mother and father, wife and children, brothers and sisters and come after me, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."
WILMA: That sounds like the gospel.
BURT: It sure does. I wonder where that is?
ROBBY: Luke 14:26.
WILMA: Look it up. Look it up!
BURT: (GRABBING HIS BIBLE) Okay. I am. Here it is. Yes, he's right. It's right in here. I wonder what it means?
ROBBY: Mrs. Ames said it doesn't mean we want any harm to come to people we love, but it just means we have to love Jesus more than anyone else.
WILMA: What a relief.
BURT: I see. That's what it means, eh?
ROBBY: That's what it means. May I go play now?
BURT: Yes, I think you may. You've earned some play time. You're a good boy. And a smart one, too.
ROBBY: (GIVING THEM BOTH HUGS AND KISSES) Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Mom. (HE BEGINS TO EXIT. STOPS, TO AUDIENCE) Wait till they get to the part about carrying their own cross.
