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The Lost Sheep Skit
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The Lost Sheep Skit

Choose one child to be the shepherd. The rest of the children will be the sheep (and later in the skit, the shepherd's friends). Have the shepherd close his or her eyes while you quietly choose one child to be the lost sheep. As you narrate the story, you will give instructions (shown in parentheses) to the shepherd.

When it is time to find the lost sheep, the shepherd must guess which child you chose. Once the shepherd "finds" the lost sheep, continue with the story. You may wish to dress the shepherd in a vest and give him or her a shepherd's staff.

Narrator: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

(Shepherd, go find your lost sheep.)

And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.

(Take your sheep with you, Shepherd, and go home.)

Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Come celebrate with me; I have found my lost sheep!'

(Shepherd, go tell your friends that you've found your lost sheep!)

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who do not need to repent."

Discussion

What do you think Jesus wants us to understand from this story of the lost sheep? (Receive answers.)

People who do not know Jesus are like lost sheep who need to be found. Jesus loves and cares for every single person. He is the Good Shepherd who seeks those who are lost and invites them to come to Him.

What do you think it means to repent? (Receive answers.)

To repent means to turn away from your sin and turn to God. Jesus wants us to understand that when someone who does not trust and follow Him repents—turning from sin and placing their faith in Him—there is great rejoicing in heaven because that person has been found.

This skit is part of Lesson One from Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve.

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