PUPPET2PUPPET Puppet Play
Productions Presents:
HEAVEN NEEDS FIREMEN!
[Note to puppeteers: This play
takes a tough subject (Sept. 11th)
and puts it into a Christian context
for the kids to understand.
Because the play involves the
death of a parent, the ideal age
group is kids age 5-9.]
PLAY BEGINS:
SETTING – A HOME DINING ROOM
Present is MOM (a pretty yet
aging young woman who looks somewhat
bookish. In front of her is an open Bible. A yellow highlighter is
in one hand.)
Also present are BOY and
GIRL. This brother and sister are about
8 years old.
BOY and GIRL are eating breakfast
while MOM reads and highlights
her Bible.
Into the dining room walks DAD,
who is dressed in full fireman
regalia.
A calendar is prominently displayed on the
wall. The date is Sept.
11, 2001.
MOM (to DAD)
Going to work so early,
honey?
DAD (whispering
to MOM)
Keep the kids away from
the TV today.
It’s hell on earth in
midtown. I have
to try to keep the
flames at bay. The
captain himself called.
He said, “I need
firemen!”
BOY
Daddy! Are you telling
Mommy a secret?
GIRL
Ewww! This is usually
when there’s icky
kissing!
DAD
This is serious, kids.
I love you all, but
the captain needs
firemen. Sometimes, when
there’s real danger,
we’re called to do a
hard job for the man in
charge.
MOM
You have our love, and
you have God’s love.
You go fight those
flames and keep those
flames at bay. Honey, I
need you, but right
now this city, and your
captain, needs you
more. You’re a good
man.
DAD (looking
at MOM)
I must answer the call. And
keep those kids
away from the news.
DAD leaves and there is a moment
of uncomfortable silence. MOM
springs into action and asks BOY
and GIRL…
MOM
Are you two ready to
play the Bible game?
BOY and GIRL
Yay! The Bible game.
Let me! Let me!
MOM
No. Today I get to
pick.
MOM flips the Bible pages and
pokes her finger down on a page.
BOY and GIRL
Read it Mommy! What
does it say? What is God’s
message for today?
MOM
God said, “Fear
not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by
name; you are mine.”
Isaiah 43:1
GIRL
That’s just like Daddy
getting summoned to work by
his captain!
Telephone rings and MOM answers.
The words “building, collapse,
firemen, death, heroes” are
heard as if from phone. MOM hangs up.
Silence; then muffled sobs.
BOY and GIRL
What is it, Mommy?
What’s the matter?
MOM
It’s Daddy. He won’t be
coming home.
BOY and GIRL
Why not, Mommy? We love
Daddy!
MOM
Come close, kids.
Remember when I told you
all about Heaven and
hell?
GIRL
In Heaven you get to be
with Jesus!
BOY
And hell is on fire and
the devil lives
there. What does this
have to do with Daddy?
On a side-stage, Heaven and hell
are represented by fluffy clouds
and red flames, respectively.
Among the clouds are five firemen puppets, with DAD at the front holding a
spraying firehose (hose can be plugged into cloud). The firemen are
pointing the spray at the advancing fires of hell.
MOM
Your Daddy is in
Heaven.
GIRL
But why does Heaven
need firemen?
MOM
It’s complicated,
honey, but let me explain…
Sometimes, here in the
Big Apple, your Daddy
would get called in by
his captain to put out
a fire started by bad people.
BOY
That’s where Daddy went
this morning!
MOM
That’s right, but there
is an even bigger fire that
Jesus is fighting all
the time at the edges of Heaven.
GIRL
But who called Daddy if
it wasn’t his captain?
MOM
Jesus did. Jesus called
Daddy and all of his work- friends, because Heaven needs
firemen to battle back the flames of hell.
BOY and GIRL
Will we get to see Daddy
again?
MOM
Of course we will.
Daddy will keep Heaven safe, while we
live out our lives as
dedicated Christians. Then when our true Captain, Jesus, calls us,
we will be with Daddy again.
THE END
Puppet2Puppet has submitted this
puppet play to the Christian
Endeavor Union in New York City
to help Christian children understand their loss in a positive light.
IN GOD AND PUPPETS
WE TRUST
a puppet play
by
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