A Sunday School Quiz Show

This skit requires five well-known and respected leaders of your parish who will be good sports about being foils for a young student.  Insert the real titles and names of these church leaders where appropriate.  Also, adopt the information to fit your situation. It is great if you can perform it before adult parishioners in your community.

M.C.: We are proud to present an exciting contest of Bible knowledge featuring some of our best-known parish leaders -- our Pastor (P), Youth Director (Y.D.), Choir Director (C.D.), Diocesan Delegate (D.D.), and Parish Council Chair (P.C.) -- against a typical student from our Sunday School.  That sounds about even.  So, parish leaders, are you ready?

Parish Leaders: Yes! Sure! Let's do it!

M.C.: Hagop (substitute the name of your student), are you ready?

Hagop: I sure am!

M.C.: The first question is for our pastor.  After the battle of Jericho, where did Joshua bury the survivors?

P: The Dead Sea?  Get it…the Dead Sea?

M.C.: Try again, Der Hayr/Hayr Soorp.

P: (Name of a local cemetery)?

M.C.: Sorry, Der Hayr/Hayr Soorp.  Hagop, do you know where Joshua buried the survivors of the battle of Jericho?

Hagop: You don't bury survivors!

M.C.: Correct!  One point for Hagop -- and our next question is for our Youth Director.  Who was the shortest man in the Bible?

Y.D.: Zacchaeus?  The little man who climbed the tree to see Jesus?

M.C.: Sorry.  Hagop, who was the smallest man in the Bible?

Hagop: That's easy! Bibdad the Shuhite. Get it? The shoe-height!?

Leaders: Groan.

M.C.: Right again Hagop! You have two points.  Now let's see how our Choir Director can do on this next question.  How many animals did Moses take on the ark?

C.D.: According to Genesis 6 and 7 he took two of each species that was considered unclean and seven pairs of every clean species.

M.C.: Sorry, wrong. Hagop, how many animals did Moses take on the ark?

Hagop: Moses didn't take any animals on the ark, Noah did!

M.C.: You're on a roll Hagop! Let's see how our Diocesan Delegate does with this next question.  Where was Abraham when the lights went out?

D.D.: Egypt? Haran? Hebron? Mount Sinai?

M.C.: Good try, but wrong. Hagop, do you know where Abraham was when the lights went out?

Hagop: In the dark!

M.C.: Boy, you're sharp today, Hagop. Let's see if our Parish Council Chair can win this last point for the leaders.  Who were the first three men Jesus chose to be his epistles?

P.C.: Peter, James, and John.

M.C.: I'm really sorry, but no.  Hagop, who did Jesus chose to be his epistles?

Hagop: Jesus didn't choose any epistles. He chose Apostles!

M.C.: Wow, Hagop, how did you get so smart?

Hagop: Well, I never miss Sunday School every Sunday morning.

M.C.: Are all the kids who come to Sunday School this smart?

Hagop: Oh, no! I'm the smartest!

M.C.: I see.

Hagop: I'm also the best singer in the assembly.

M.C.: I see.

Hagop: And I graduated with highest honors from kindergarten.

M.C.: I see.

Hagop: And all the teachers say the like me best!

M.C.: I see.

Hagop: And I win more awards than anyone in the Sunday School?

M.C.: I see. Anything else we should know about you?

Hagop: Besides my naturally curly hair?

M.C.: Besides that.

Hagop: And my captivating smile?

M.C.: Not counting that.

Hagop: Well, I'm also very good at being humble!

M.C. (to audience) Not all of the kids who participate in our Sunday School are as exceptional as Hagop, but they are all very special to God -- and to us.  If you're a parent, one of the best things you can do for your child is to bring him or her to Sunday School regularly.

(to Hagop) Hagop, is there anything you'd like to say to all these nice people about our Sunday School?

Hagop: I thought you'd never ask! (to audience) I'd just like to say, we need grown-ups like you to be our friends, to learn our names, and say "Hi" when we run -- I mean walk -- past you.

M.G.: Good idea, Hagop.

Hagop: And we need some of you to be our teachers and aids on Sunday morning in Sunday School.

M.C.: Thank you, Hagop.

Hagop: (to audience) So before you leave, talk to ____________, our superintendent, and find out how you can help our Sunday School.

M.C.: I guess he said it all. Thank you.