Love & Love & SacrificeSacrificebased on Matthew 26:6-13based on Matthew 26:6-13

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Bob: JesseAnnie: AlissaCindy: NicoleEllen: AlleeDad: MattiasSecretary: AustinMime: Alleah

(Scene: Mime walks “February (Scene: Mime walks “February 13, in Bob’s room…” card 13, in Bob’s room…” card across stage. Bob is feverously across stage. Bob is feverously writing something, when his writing something, when his sister, Annie finds him.) sister, Annie finds him.)

Annie:Annie: Hey, little Hey, little brother, what are you up brother, what are you up to?to?

Bob:Bob: (Quickly covers his (Quickly covers his work.)work.) Oh, nothing. Oh, nothing.

Annie:Annie: Come on, you Come on, you can tell me! What are can tell me! What are you up to?you up to?

Bob:Bob: Go away.Go away.

Annie:Annie: Come on, Bob. Come on, Bob. I’m your big sister. You I’m your big sister. You can trust me!can trust me!

Bob:Bob: Right! Like the Right! Like the time you told mom and time you told mom and dad when I accidentally dad when I accidentally dyed my hair green.dyed my hair green.

Annie:Annie: That was great—That was great—the day before school the day before school pictures, and you look pictures, and you look like you dipped your like you dipped your head in a bucket of green head in a bucket of green paint.paint.

Bob:Bob: Well you shouldn’t Well you shouldn’t have said anything.have said anything.

Annie:Annie: Hey, it was only Hey, it was only a matter of time before a matter of time before they’d have asked you to they’d have asked you to remove that stocking hat remove that stocking hat you were wearing. So you were wearing. So what are you hiding now?what are you hiding now?

Bob:Bob: Nothing…I’m just Nothing…I’m just doing some…some doing some…some homework.homework.

Annie:Annie: Are you sick? Are you sick? It’s Friday night. You It’s Friday night. You never touch your never touch your homework until at least homework until at least Sunday afternoon. Come Sunday afternoon. Come on what are you really on what are you really working on?working on?

Bob:Bob: Okay, it’s a list. Okay, it’s a list. Now leave me alone.Now leave me alone.

Annie:Annie: A list of what?A list of what?

Bob:Bob: Don’t you have Don’t you have someone else to bug? someone else to bug? Aren’t you going to the Aren’t you going to the basketball game or basketball game or something?something?

Annie:Annie: Not until you tell Not until you tell me what you’re up to?me what you’re up to?

Bob:Bob: All right. I wanted All right. I wanted to get something for to get something for Donna for Valentines Donna for Valentines Day, so I’m going over Day, so I’m going over my options.my options.

Annie:Annie: My baby brother My baby brother has a GIRL friend?has a GIRL friend?

Bob:Bob: Donna’s not exactly Donna’s not exactly a girl friend. a girl friend.

Annie:Annie: Right! Well give Right! Well give it to me…what are you it to me…what are you thinking about giving her: thinking about giving her: a teddy bear, a box of a teddy bear, a box of chocolates, and a dozen chocolates, and a dozen roses?roses?

Bob:Bob: Are you kidding? Are you kidding? You think I’d tell you.You think I’d tell you.

Annie:Annie: Bobby, if there’s Bobby, if there’s one reason God gave big one reason God gave big sisters, it’s to advise sisters, it’s to advise little brothers on how little brothers on how women think. I could women think. I could save you a major save you a major embarrassment.embarrassment.

Bob:Bob: Okay, if I show you Okay, if I show you the list, will you leave me the list, will you leave me alone.alone.

Annie:Annie: Cross my heartCross my heart. . (He hands her the list. (He hands her the list. She reads through it, She reads through it, reacting with laughter.)reacting with laughter.)

Bob:Bob: What’s so funny?What’s so funny?

Annie:Annie: You’re such a You’re such a typical guy!typical guy!

Bob:Bob: What do you mean?What do you mean?

Annie:Annie: This may come This may come as a surprise to you, but as a surprise to you, but a $10 gift certificate to a $10 gift certificate to Lowe’s isn’t something Lowe’s isn’t something that would exactly sweep that would exactly sweep a girl off her feet?a girl off her feet?

Bob:Bob: Hey, I was just Hey, I was just brain storming, okay?brain storming, okay?

Annie:Annie: A set of open-A set of open-end wrenches?end wrenches?

Bob:Bob: You think she You think she already has a set?already has a set?

Annie:Annie: Ah, no. Tell me, Ah, no. Tell me, Romeo, what would Romeo, what would possess you to come up possess you to come up with a gift like that?with a gift like that?

Bob:Bob: Remember how Remember how grandpa gave me a set grandpa gave me a set for Christmas, but I for Christmas, but I already had a set.already had a set.

Annie:Annie: You’re not, You’re not, Romeo…you’re Scrooge! Romeo…you’re Scrooge! What a cheapskate!What a cheapskate!

Bob:Bob: Hey, there are Hey, there are other things on the list other things on the list that are plenty that are plenty expensive.expensive.

Annie:Annie: Wow, you’d Wow, you’d really give her a Fender really give her a Fender guitar? She plays guitar guitar? She plays guitar like you?like you?

Bob:Bob: Well, not exactly.Well, not exactly.

Annie:Annie: Oh, I get it…the Oh, I get it…the old “I’ll give her old “I’ll give her something I’d like to something I’d like to use” gift.use” gift.

Cindy:Cindy: (Cindy and Ellen (Cindy and Ellen Enter room.)Enter room.) Hey Annie, Hey Annie, ready to go to the game? ready to go to the game?

Annie:Annie: Hi, Cindy. Hi Hi, Cindy. Hi Ellen. Yeah, I’m about Ellen. Yeah, I’m about ready. I’m just giving ready. I’m just giving Bob some advice on Bob some advice on Valentines Day gifts.Valentines Day gifts.

Cindy:Cindy: Little Bobby is Little Bobby is dating?dating?

Annie:Annie: Not for long if I Not for long if I don’t rescue him from his don’t rescue him from his judgment.judgment.

Ellen:Ellen:Oh, I know how Oh, I know how that goes. You know that goes. You know what my little brother what my little brother gave his girlfriend for gave his girlfriend for her birthday last week?her birthday last week?

Annie:Annie: A gift certificate A gift certificate to Lowe’s?to Lowe’s?

Ellen:Ellen: I told you?I told you?

Annie:Annie: Just a lucky Just a lucky guess.guess.

Dad:Dad: Hi kids.Hi kids.

Annie:Annie: Oh, hi Dad.Oh, hi Dad.

Dad:Dad: Hi kids, you all Hi kids, you all getting ready to go to getting ready to go to the game?the game?

Annie:Annie: Well, I gotta go, Well, I gotta go, Little Bro.Little Bro.

Bob:Bob: So what about my So what about my list.list.

Annie:Annie: Two words…Two words…start over. See you later.start over. See you later.

Ellen & Cindy:Ellen & Cindy: Bye Bye Bobby! Bobby! (Girls exit.)(Girls exit.)

Dad:Dad: So, what’s this list So, what’s this list all about?all about?

Bob:Bob: Well, I’m trying to Well, I’m trying to come up with some ideas come up with some ideas of things to give a girl for of things to give a girl for Valentines Day. Any Valentines Day. Any advice, Dad?advice, Dad?

Dad:Dad: Hmm. Well, if it Hmm. Well, if it was for me, I’d say a gift was for me, I’d say a gift certificate to Lowe’s certificate to Lowe’s would be great…but would be great…but you’ve got to you’ve got to understand, son, the best understand, son, the best gifts are those that gifts are those that involve some kind of involve some kind of sacrifice.sacrifice.

Bob:Bob: What do you mean What do you mean Dad?Dad?

Dad:Dad: Remember the Remember the story in the Bible about story in the Bible about the woman who came to the woman who came to Jesus and put expensive Jesus and put expensive perfume on his head?perfume on his head?

Bob:Bob: You think I should You think I should pour perfume on Donna’s pour perfume on Donna’s head, Dad?head, Dad?

Dad:Dad: Well, not exactly, Well, not exactly, Bobby. But there are Bobby. But there are several things that story several things that story illustrates about the way illustrates about the way we should give to God—we should give to God—and maybe some of these and maybe some of these might even help you in might even help you in figuring out how to give figuring out how to give to other people too. to other people too.

Bob:Bob: You’re losing me, You’re losing me, Dad.Dad.

Dad:Dad: Well, first the Well, first the woman’s gift was woman’s gift was voluntary. voluntary.

Bob:Bob: It was a sincere It was a sincere expression of her expression of her gratitude?gratitude?

Dad:Dad: Right, she just Right, she just showed up and gave. showed up and gave. Second, she gave Second, she gave sacrificially.sacrificially.

Bob:Bob: What does that What does that mean?mean?

Dad:Dad: She didn’t give out She didn’t give out of a surplus of wealth, of a surplus of wealth, but rather in spite of her but rather in spite of her poverty.poverty.

Bob:Bob: Hmm…not just a Hmm…not just a spare wrench set that her spare wrench set that her grandpa gave her for grandpa gave her for Christmas?Christmas?

Dad:Dad: Exactly. Thirdly, Exactly. Thirdly, she gave spontaneously. she gave spontaneously.

Bob:Bob: You mean she You mean she didn’t just give him the didn’t just give him the perfume because it was perfume because it was Valentines Day, or his Valentines Day, or his birthday, or a holiday.birthday, or a holiday.

Dad:Dad: Right. She just Right. She just gave because she felt gave because she felt called to give: called to give: unexpected and unexpected and unannounced. Lastly, she unannounced. Lastly, she gave extravagantly.gave extravagantly.

Bob:Bob: Didn’t the disciples Didn’t the disciples pick up on that?pick up on that?

Dad:Dad: Right. In fact, they Right. In fact, they criticized her for the criticized her for the extravagance of her gift. extravagance of her gift.

Bob:Bob: But Jesus said the But Jesus said the extravagance was extravagance was appropriate right?appropriate right?

Dad:Dad: Think about it: if we Think about it: if we want to spend a lot on a want to spend a lot on a person we love, how person we love, how much is too much when much is too much when giving to the person who giving to the person who created us and has given created us and has given us all we have?us all we have?

Bob:Bob: So our love for God So our love for God should cause us to give should cause us to give voluntarily, sacrificially, voluntarily, sacrificially, spontaneously, and spontaneously, and extravagantly?extravagantly?

Dad:Dad: So does this help So does this help you in deciding what to you in deciding what to give Donna?give Donna?

Bob:Bob: No, but It did give No, but It did give me another idea.me another idea.

(Scene: Church Financial (Scene: Church Financial Secretary on phone to Secretary on phone to pastor. Mime walks “That pastor. Mime walks “That Monday at the Church Monday at the Church Office…” card across Office…” card across stage.)stage.)

Secretary:Secretary: Pastor, I just Pastor, I just finished counting the finished counting the offering from the Sunday offering from the Sunday service. service. (Pause.)(Pause.) Yes, Yes, everything is fine, but I everything is fine, but I have the strangest have the strangest dilemmadilemma. (Pause.). (Pause.)

Secretary:Secretary: How do I How do I record the offering of a record the offering of a $100 gift certificate to $100 gift certificate to Lowe’s, a gift certificate Lowe’s, a gift certificate for a Fender guitar, and for a Fender guitar, and a set of open end a set of open end wrenches?wrenches?