Stewardship – Make ‘Em Laugh! 

 

Here I am playing “Edythe,” the chair of the parish Budget Committee. I’m reacting with surprise
and delight when my Guardian Angel (played by parishioner Mary Davies) shows up for the first committee meeting.

Edythe’s guardian angel attends the meeting of the parish Budget Committee, played by parishioners
Will Kalb and Ginny Ford.

  

Below you’ll find three sets of original skits that you can download for use in your church community. Each set includes three skits that take about five minutes each. The skits are designed to inspire, inform, and make people laugh.

We developed these skits in three sets so that they could provide programming for three years of stewardship drives, and we decided to use the familiar convention of Year A, Year B, and Year C to group them. However, the skits are not tied to the church calendar and may be used during any liturgical year. And though they do contain some common characters, each set stands on its own.

The Year A set, “Edythe’s Gifts,” follows new member Edythe as she moves deeper into parish life and grows into her own God-given generosity, with the help of her guardian angel.

In the Year B set, “Ever Blessing, Ever Blest,” Edythe takes on the chair of the parish’s singing Budget Committee, accompanied by her ever-faithful guardian angel.

In the Year C set, “Abundant Love, Abundant Life,” Edythe learns how to let go and let God as she completes her third year as Stewardship Committee chair and hands off the reins to a new committee.

At St. Paul’s, we performed these skits during a festive evening of rich desserts, testimonials from parishioners, fellowship, and fun. Feel free to modify the skits to fit your own church’s needs and use them however you like. I’d love to hear back how they work for you — at .

Religion and money. Now there’s a pairing to raise the hairs on the back of your head … which is exactly what makes it so funny.

Best wishes for your stewardship program in the coming year. And make ‘em laugh!

 

                   

 

Year A

"Edythe’s Gifts"

Three Skits for Stewardship
by Margaret D. McGee

 

 

Cast:

    EDYTHE, a new member at St. Paul’s
    ANGEL
    HOWARD, canvasser and parish

        treasurer
    BETSY, canvasser and

        on the budget committee
    THE REV. TED, canvasser

        and retired clergy
 

Set: 

    Edythe’s living room.

    Two chairs and a small table or desk.

Props:

    File folder, empty plate, pledge card,

    envelope, phone, calculator.

 

Year B

"Ever Blessing, Ever Blest"

Three Skits for Stewardship
by Margaret D. McGee

Lyrics by M. D. McGee and Linda Nolan

 

Cast:

    EDYTHE, vestry member and

        Budget committee chair
    HOWARD, Budget committee member
    BETSY, Budget committee member
    TED, Budget committee member
    CAROL, Budget committee member
    ANGEL
 

 

Set: 

    A church meeting room.

    One table with 6 chairs.

Props:

    Papers on the table

    Plunger for a toilet

 

Music: 

    Accompaniment for hymns.

 

 

Year C

"Abundant Love, Abundant Life"

Three Skits for Stewardship
by Margaret D. McGee

 

 

Cast:

    EDYTHE, retiring chair of the parish

        Stewardship committee
    ANGEL

    HOWARD, new Stewardship committee

        member
     CAROL, new Stewardship committee

        member
     TED, new Stewardship committee

        member
 

Set: 

    1: Edythe’s bedroom, cot or rollaway bed.
    2: Meeting room, table with four chairs.
    3: Parish Hall, audience seated

        at tables with food.

Props:

    1: Old-fashioned quilt; hair rollers.
    2: Files and papers.
    3: Boom box, CD for line dance, small

        bag of potato chips, basket of apples,

        votive candles.
 

Music: 

    CD for line dance, accompaniment

        for final song.

 
Skits as web pages:

 

  Edythe’s First Gift

  Edythe’s Second Gift

  Edythe’s Third Gift

 

 

Skits as web pages:

 

  Possibilities, Possibilities

  But How Will We Pay For All That?

  Ever Blessing, Ever Blest

 

 

Skits as web pages:

 

  What's Enough?

  Called to Order

  Abundant Love, Abundant Life

 

 
All three skits in a PDF file:

 

  Year A: "Edythe's Gifts" (PDF)

 

All three skits in a PDF file:

 

  Year B: "Ever Blessing..." (PDF)

 

All three skits in a PDF file:

 

  Year C: "Abundant Love..." (PDF)

 
 

In most browsers, clicking any of the PDF links above will display the file in a new window. Within that window, you can print or save a copy of the file in Adobe Reader (PDF) format.

 

Or you can right-click a link (Ctrl-click on a Mac) and choose "Save Target As..." to save the PDF file directly to your computer.  If you need to install Adobe Reader, click here.

 

 

  

All three skits in an MS Word file:

 

  Year A: "Edythe's Gifts" (DOC)

All three skits in an MS Word file:

 

  Year B: "Ever Blessing..." (DOC)

 

All three skits in an MS Word file:

 

  Year C: "Abundant Love..." (DOC)

 
 

Right-click any of the links above (Ctrl-click on a Mac) and choose "Save Target As..." to save the Microsoft Word (DOC) file directly to your computer.

 

  

 

                   

 

For more thoughts on grappling with the attachment to material goods, see Margaret's Bench, "The Comfort of Old Flannel," and the homily "When Salvation Comes, or, Just Exactly How Many Pairs of Black Pants Do I Really Need?"