Primary Skits

My Valiant 9/10 class is big and I they love to act. It's our turn for sharing time this week and when I did not find a skit I liked I just wrote one. I thought maybe others could benefit from it. I am also including one we did earlier this year about the unmerciful servant for you to share if you like. Thanks. Yael Hickok (Anchorage O'Malley Ward, Anchorage Alaska)

Thank you Yael for sharing your talent with all of us!!

• Primary Skit: The Unmerciful Servant

• Keeping Covenants: The Stripling Warriors Skit

Primary Skit: The Unmerciful Servant

Primary Skit: The Unmerciful Servant

NARRATOR:

SERVANT 1:

SERVANT 2:

SERVANT 3:

MASTER:

NARRATOR: One day Peter asked Jesus, “how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?” Jesus answered back to Peter, “say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.” Then Jesus taught using the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant:

One fine day there was a master who had many servants. This was a good master and she let her servants borrow some money. In those days money was called talents and pence. The day came for the master to collect her money back. She called for one servant who owed her ten thousand talents…

Servant 3 leads servant one into the room to stand in front of the master.

MASTER: You owe me ten thousand talent and it is time for you to pay me back.

SERVANT 1: I do not have the money to pay you back today, Master.

MASTER: I have to have that money back. If you do not have it to pay me back, then I will have to sell you and your husband and your children, and all that you have in order to get that money back.

Servant 1 falls down to her knees and begs:

SERVANT 1 (pleading): Please have patience with me, Master, and I will pay back all that I owe you.

Master looks down and thinks for a few seconds, looks kind and concerned.

MASTER (lovingly): I am moved with compassion toward you. I will forgive you of your debt. I will not sell you or your family, and you do not need to pay me back.

SERVANT 1 (grateful): Oh, thank you, Master.

Servant one walks away from the Master to the other side where Servant 2 is standing.

SERVANT 1: You owe me one hundred pence and I want you to pay me back NOW!

SERVANT 2: I do not have your money….I can’t pay you back today.

Servant 1 grabs Servant 2 by the neck and looks like she will choke her.

SERVANT 1 (angry): Pay all you owe NOW!

Servant 2 falls down to his knees and begs:

SERVANT 2 (pleading): Please have patience with me and I will pay you back everything I owe.

SERVANT 1 (angry): No, I will not have patience with you. You owe me the money and you cannot pay it back, so you are going to prison until the money is all paid back.

Servant 1 grabs Servant 2 by the arm and leads her away, pretending to throw her into a prison cell and closing the door. Servant 2 falls on the floor and cries. Servant 3 stands nearby and sees all this.

SERVANT 3: That is not right! I can’t believe she did that! I think the Master needs to know about this.

Servant 3 walks over to the Master.

SERVANT 3: Master, I have to tell you something that has happened. The servant that owed you ten thousand talents; the same servant that you just forgave of all her debts, threw another one of your servants into prison because she could not pay back the one hundred pence that she owed.

MASTER (angry): Go and bring me the servant whom I forgave!

Servant three walks over to Servant 1

SERVANT 3: The Master wants to see you now.

Servants 1 and 3 walk over to the Master together.

MASTER: Oh, you wicked servant! I forgave you all of your debt. I showed mercy to you. Shouldn’t you have had compassion on your fellow servant, the way I had pity on you? You owed me ten thousand talents and she only owed you one hundred pence! Now I am angry with you. I will deliver you to the tormentors until you are able to pay me back all that you owe.

Servant 1 covers his face crying. Servant 3 leads Servant one away by the arm. Everyone except for the Narrator walk away.

NARRATOR: Jesus taught Peter, and all of us, “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses”. Let us all learn from this story and not be like the unmerciful servant. Let us all forgive everyone the way we want to be forgiven of our Heavenly Father.

Keeping Covenants: The Stripling Warriors Skit

Keeping Covenants: The Stripling Warriors Skit in word

Parts

Helaman:

Captain Moroni:

Ammonite Men:

Ammonite Mother 1:

Ammonite Mother 2:

Stripling Warriors:

Ammonite daughter 1:

Ammonite daughter 2:

Props:

large empty box, toy or cardboard swords or weapons, sheet or towel, headbands or other simple costumes for actors

Helaman: I am Helaman

Moroni: And I am Moroni, Captain of the Nephite Army.

Helaman: We want to tell you about a wonderful miracle that I saw with my own eyes.

Moroni: This miracle happened because of people who kept their covenants at baptism, and we hope you will also keep you baptism covenants every day.

Helaman:  But first we need to tell you about the People of Ammon. They were also called the Anti-Nephi-Lehites. These people used to be Lamanites. They were wicked and liked war and killing. But when Ammon and the other sons of Mosiah came to their land, they taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ.  The people accepted the gospel, repented of their sins and were baptized. They made important covenants with God.

Man:  We have repented of our sins and want to make an oath that we will never shed blood again.

Mother 1: We would rather die than kill another person; that is our promise to God. We will prove this by burying our weapons in the ground.

(Ammonite men and mothers place weapons in a box in the center of the room and put a sheet or towel over the box)

Mother 2: We will no longer be called Lamanites. We are descendants of Laman but we no longer want to behave like the other Lamanites. We will call ourselves the Anti-Nephi-Lehites.

Mother 3:  We now teach our children about Heavenly Father and the gospel of Jesus Christ. We teach our children to have Faith in God and he will protect you always.

Moroni: We, the Nephites promised to help the People of Ammon and gave them a place to live away from other Lamanites. We protected the People of Ammon even when other Lamanites attacked them.

Helaman: But the People of Ammon felt bad that the Nephites were getting killed for their protection.

Man: It is not right that others are dying to protect our freedoms. Maybe we should dig up our weapons and help the Nephites to fight for our freedom.

Helaman: I told them they should not break their covenant with God. If they broke their covenant and used those weapons, then God would no longer be with them.

Stripling Warrior:  Father, you made a covenant not to shed blood, but we did not make this covenant. If we go to battle we will not be breaking any covenants. Instead we will make a covenant to fight for our freedom and for the freedom of all Nephites. Even if it means we lose our life, we will fight for what is right.

Daughter 1: Yes, Father, our brothers will fight for the freedom of all the followers of God and if we all have faith in God, he will protect them and us.

Daughter 2: There are two thousand of our brothers. They have asked Helaman to be their leader and they are very brave. God will be with them.

Helaman:  I though of these boys like they were my sons, and they thought of me like their father. These young men were valiant, brave and strong. They were also honest and trustworthy and kept the commandments of God.

Moroni: Helaman led his 2000 young warriors to battle. Even though they never fought before, they were not afraid. They followed what their mothers had told them and had faith in God. Helaman and his army fought several battles against the Lamanites. They followed all of Helaman’s orders. They drove away the enemy.

Helaman: After the battle I checked on my brave young warriors. They were all hurt, but none had been killed. It was a miracle. God had protected them because they had faith and did what was right.

All together: We hope you liked our skit. We hope you will remember to always keep the covenants you make with God.