Puppet Ministry with Noah's Ark
by Richard W. LaFountain, all rights reserved.

"Clean Up Your House"

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copywrite Richard W. LaFountain, all rights reserved.
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Characters:
   MC: Master of Ceremonies
   Puppet: Any puppet will do

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MC: Kids, to day we are going to visit Milton's house, or at least his
room in the Ark. He invited us to visit him so let's go. (Knocks on
the side of the Ark. The front of the Ark should be strewn with
garbage and lots of messyness. )  Milton! We are here for a visit!

PUPPET: (Angrily) Go away, leave me alone! I don't want to buy
anything today.

MC: But Milton, I'm not a salesperson. I'm _____ (name goes here) your
friend.

PUPPET: (Puppet lifts up head and peaks over the window ledge) Oh,
Good morning. Wow! You really came to visit me. Com on in!  Sit a
spell.

MC: (She steps carefully closer to the window looks around the room
and makes a face.) OK, bu... where?

PUPPET: Ooops! I'm sorry! Let me arrange a place for you. (Ducks down
into ark and throws even more trash out the window. ) There, that's
better.

MC: ... Not really!  But here, I found a seat (sits on a high stool
next to the window). Excuse me Milton. I don't mean to offend you but
is your house always this... messy?

PUPPET: Oh, no... normally its even messier. I hope you like it. I
love my house like this. It's really ... homey, you know its
comfortable, relaxed. Would you like something to drink.

MC: Sure! I'd like a glass of water please.

PUPPET: OK, just a minute. (Ducks out of sight for a moment making
lots of noise with pots and pans.) Okey dokey - Here we are. Sorry to
take so long but I had to wash a glass. Everything was dirty. But no
problem I just dipped it in the ditch out back.

MC: A ditch? You get this water from the ditch behind your house?

PUPPET: Yeah. We use the ditch for everything. It's quite handy you
know. Everyone uses it to wash dishes, wash clothes, rinse chamber
pots, taking a bath, etc.

MC: (Suddenly spits out the water she is drinking) Milton!!!  How can
you live like this in the middle of all this filth? Your house is a
pig pen! You could get sick living in all this filth.

PUPPET: Woah! Su much hostility!  You don't have to be mean about it.
You're going to hurt my feelings.

MC: I don't want to hurt your feelings Milton, but I'm your friend and
someone needs to tell you that you need to clean this place up, wash
the dirty dishes, do the laundry, and vacuum the floor once in a
while. (She sniffs him) Whew!  Milton you smell of BO !

PUPPET: (Sadly) I'm sorry Marilyn. I didn't realize you didn't like
me. But I have always lived like this. It's so... comfortable. I guess
I'm used to my mess.

MC: Milton, your house reminds me of the lives of some girls and boys.

PUPPET: Oh great!  Do they stink too?

MC: No!

PUPPET: Do they have messy rooms?

MC: No. Your messy house reminds me that some children invite Jesus to
come into their hearts but still continue to live just as they did
before. Their hearts are still messy with sin and they think Jesus is
comfortable with that.

PUPPET: Let me guess - Jesus doesn't like me either.

MC: No, not exactly. Jesus doesn't like sin. Sin is dirty and ugly.
And though Jesus loves you he doesn't want to live in a dirty house or
a dirty heart. Jesus hates sin!

PUPPET: SIN, did I leave that laying around here too? (Looks around)

MC: No I don't see sin but Jesus sees the sins in our hearts. To him
it is like living in a dirty pig pen like this. It makes him very sad.
Jesus is no comfortable with evil, dirty thoughts in our minds, or TV
programs that are evil, or comic books that dwell on violence and
crime. Jesus doesn't like that filth. Do you think Jesus would be
happy living in your house?

PUPPET: Oooo... I didn't realize that. I guess not.

MC: OK, how about we work together to clean up this mess and clean
house for Jesus?

PUPPET: OK Marilyn. I want Jesus to be happy to live in my house.
Excuse me kids. I've got a lot of work to do. See you next week!

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