Servers: The Skit
based on Ephesians 2:8-10 & Mark 10:45
Spencer:
Mrs. Server:
Peter:
Simon:
Mr. Server:
Ryan
Sawyer
Zach
Matt
Chandler
Peter:
(Arrives with 4 papers in hand and a tennis racket &
jacket.) Hmm. 777 Service Street. Welcome to the
Server Home. This must be the place. (Knocks on
door.)
Spencer:
MOM, Can you get the door?
Mrs. Server:
Well, hello Peter. So nice you could come to our
home tonight.
Peter:
Hello, Mrs. Server. I found these papers in your
driveway. I’d have carried more, but my hands were
full. Are they yours?
Mrs. Server:
Oh, yes. The dog used to get our paper for us and
bring it in every day, but ever since he ran away, we
just don’t seem to get the paper picked up as often
as we’d like.
Peter:
Your dog ran away? I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve
never heard of a dog running away from home.
Mrs. Server:
It’s just as well. He expected us to feed him EVERY
day, and that was getting a little old. I’ll let Spencer
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know you’re here, Peter. (Turns & shouts.)
Spencer…Peter’s here!
Spencer:
Coming mother.
Mrs. Server:
So tell me, Peter. How did you meet Spencer?
Peter:
The tennis team.
Spencer:
(Spencer enters.) Hi, Peter.
Peter:
Hi, Spencer. Thanks for having me over tonight.
Spencer:
Oh great, you brought your tennis racket. Just drop
it on the floor anywhere. Hey, great coat, Peter!
Peter:
Oh, thank you. (Removes it to hand to Spencer, who
completely ignores it, so he looks at audience &
drops it on floor.) So what are we doing tonight?
Spencer:
Come on into the family room. We’ll play some pingpong until supper is ready. Then maybe after supper
we’ll go to the park and play some tennis. (Boys
prepare to play ping pong.)
Peter:
So, shall we ping to see who serves first?
Spencer:
No, you just serve. I’m not into that.
Peter:
Not into what?
Spencer:
Serving.
Peter:
You never serve?
Spencer:
Hey, it’s not my thing, okay? It’s the same when I
play volleyball and tennis.
Peter:
So that’s why you never serve at tennis practice.
Spencer:
That’s right. I never want to serve.
Peter:
Doesn’t that…well, kind of limit your game?
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Spencer:
Oh, we all have our strengths. Serving just just isn’t
my gift.
Peter:
You should consider trying to serve, Spencer.
Spencer:
It’s not my gift, but…I’ll pray about it.
Mrs. Server:
Boys, supper’s ready.
Peter:
Oh great. Boy it sure smells good. I can hardly wait.
Spencer:
Come on into the dining room, Peter. (All enter to sit
at the table.)
Mr. Server:
Well, Spencer, introduce us to your guest.
Spencer:
Oh, sure Dad. This is my brother Simon and father,
Sam. And you’ve met my Mom, Sally.
Mr. Server:
Welcome to the Server home, Peter. Glad you could
join us for dinner.
Mrs. Server:
Sam, let’s start with prayer.
Mr. Server:
Surely, Sally. Let’s pray. (All bow heads.) Lord,
thank you for the smell of the food you have
provided, and for the fellowship of our guest, Peter.
Amen.
Spencer:
What did you fix for supper, Mom? Wait, let me
guess (takes a big sniff.) Hmm, smells like that
delicious golden sautéed chicken breast.
Simon:
(Takes a sniff.) With corn, peas, smashed potatoes
and gravy.
Spencer:
(Takes a big sniff.) And homemade bread—don’t
forget the homemade bread. That’s the best part.
Mr. Server:
Boy oh boy, you’ve outdone yourself this time,
honey. Dinner smells just great.
Simon:
Sure wish we had someone to serve it to us.
(Everyone laughs. Long awkward pause.)
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Spencer:
My stomach’s growling. I sure wish someone had set
the table. (Long pause.)
Peter:
Mrs. Server, can I help you in the kitchen or get
something for you?
Mrs. Server:
Oh, that’s okay. You’re our guest, Peter and we don’t
want to put you out. (Long awkward pause.)
Peter:
Well, I don’t mean to be rude, but is supper ready?
Mrs. Server:
Oh, it’s ready. I took the chicken & bread out of the
oven nearly ten minutes ago. (Long awkward pause.)
Peter:
Pardon me for asking, but would you like me to set
the table?
Mr. Server:
Peter, we wouldn’t think of asking you to set the
table. You’re our guest. (Long awkward pause.)
Peter:
So, does your family have all your meals like this?
Spencer:
Oh no, we used to have a cook that would serve us
our evening meals.
Simon:
But ever since she left, we usually have a walkthrough meal.
Spencer:
But Mom said we had to sit at the table for this meal,
because we were having a guest.
Peter:
Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to change your routine.
Mr. Server:
No trouble…no trouble at all. (Long pause.)
Peter:
Well, pardon me again, but I’d really enjoy setting
the table and serving the food. Really, I kind of like
helping out.
Simon:
Where do you get these ideas, Peter?
Peter:
Well…I’m a Christian.
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Mr. Server:
So are we. We’re Lutherans. And us Lutherans
always live by Ephesians 2:8-9: “For it is by grace
you have been saved, through faith — and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works,
so that no one can boast.”
Mrs. Server:
That means it doesn’t matter what we do, it only
matters what we believe.
Peter:
Pardon me, Mr. Server, but verse 10 goes on to
complete Paul’s thought: “For we are God’s
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Simon:
Wow, sure glad I only memorized vs 8-9! That verse
10 sounds like work.
Peter:
Well, when you throw in verse 10, we see that
although we are saved by faith, God still expects us
to do good works--to serve—in gratitude for His
grace.
Spencer:
Hey, maybe that’s why you sometimes hear people
call Jesus the Servant King.
Simon:
SERVANT King. Nonsense, kings HAVE servants;
they’re NOT servants themselves!
Peter:
Actually, Spencer is on to something. In fact, in
Mark 10:45, Jesus identified himself as the Servant
King.
Simon:
Hey, that’s a confimation memory verse: “For even
the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
SERVE…”
(Everyone in room gasps in unison.)
Simon:
“…and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Spencer:
So, it’s okay to serve?
Peter:
It’s more than okay. It’s expected. If we call
ourselves Christians, by definition we’re called to be
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servants, like Christ.
Mr. Server:
So serving—like forgiving--is a way of life for us.
Mrs. Server:
So being a Christian and not serving is as crazy as…
Simon:
It’s as crazy as preparing a great meal and never
eating it.
Spencer:
It’s as crazy as having the last name Server and not
serving?
Mr. Server:
Hmm. Serving Servers? That sounds so crazy it just
might work. Hey, let’s go get the food.
(All exit.)
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