0602 Faith that Impacts

“ Faith That Impacts”Based on Mark 2:1-12: 

“ Faith That Impacts” Based on Mark 2:1-12 ©2006 David Skarshaug (www.alcames.org). Conditions for use: (1) If you use all or parts of this script in any form, please consider sending a suggested $25 donation check made out to “The ROCK” to the following address: Ascension Lutheran Church, 615 Kellogg, Ames, IA 50010. Reference the script title in the memo on the check. (2) Do not sell any part of this script, even if you rewrite it. (3) You may reproduce this script for internal use, but all copies must contain this copyright statement.

Mom: AlleahAmanda: AlleeBob Costas: TobyJane Lampley: NicoleMeggy Lemming: AlleeHeinrich (German): MattiasMario (Italian): AustinLuigi (Italian): MatthewJohanna (Swedish): Kelli Hanna (Swedish): LaurenRocky’s Trainer: MichaelRocky: Eric: 

Mom: Alleah Amanda: Allee Bob Costas: Toby Jane Lampley: Nicole Meggy Lemming: Allee Heinrich (German): Mattias Mario (Italian): Austin Luigi (Italian): Matthew Johanna (Swedish): Kelli Hanna (Swedish): Lauren Rocky’s Trainer: Michael Rocky: Eric

Setting: Teenager Amanda at home watching the Winter Olympic Games on television. Her mother tells her to get to bed. (Olympic music plays in background.): 

Setting: Teenager Amanda at home watching the Winter Olympic Games on television. Her mother tells her to get to bed. (Olympic music plays in background.)

Mom: Amanda, come to bed. You have Sunday School in the morning.Amanda: Oh, I wish I were like that beautiful Meggy Lemming, former Olympic champion.: 

Mom: Amanda, come to bed. You have Sunday School in the morning. Amanda: Oh, I wish I were like that beautiful Meggy Lemming, former Olympic champion.

Mom: Even Meggy needs her sleep before Sunday School.Amanda: But mother…it doesn’t make any difference if I attend Sunday School. There are more important things going on in MY life right now!: 

Mom: Even Meggy needs her sleep before Sunday School. Amanda: But mother…it doesn’t make any difference if I attend Sunday School. There are more important things going on in MY life right now!

Mom: Amanda, your attending Sunday School is not about YOU. It’s about GOD and living out your faith. You just can’t know what impact living out your faith will have not only on you, but on others.: 

Mom: Amanda, your attending Sunday School is not about YOU. It’s about GOD and living out your faith. You just can’t know what impact living out your faith will have not only on you, but on others.

Amanda: MOTHER! I have to stay up and see if Bodie wins the slalom. He is so dreamy and I just won’t be able to sleep if he doesn’t win the gold.Mom: Well, all right. Good night, Amanda.: 

Amanda: MOTHER! I have to stay up and see if Bodie wins the slalom. He is so dreamy and I just won’t be able to sleep if he doesn’t win the gold. Mom: Well, all right. Good night, Amanda.

Amanda: Good night, Mom. (Dream music…Amanda sleeps.): 

Amanda: Good night, Mom. (Dream music…Amanda sleeps.)

Bob Costas: I’m Bob Costas, your host to NBC’s telecast of the twentieth Winter Olympic Games from Boone, Iowa. (Pauses, as he cups hand over ear.) : 

Bob Costas: I’m Bob Costas, your host to NBC’s telecast of the twentieth Winter Olympic Games from Boone, Iowa. (Pauses, as he cups hand over ear.)

Bob Costas: What? Oh yeah, Torino, Italy. We have a new Olympic event we’ll be bringing into your living rooms this evening. So without further ado, let’s go to Olympic analyst, Jane Lampley. Jane?: 

Bob Costas: What? Oh yeah, Torino, Italy. We have a new Olympic event we’ll be bringing into your living rooms this evening. So without further ado, let’s go to Olympic analyst, Jane Lampley. Jane?

Jane: Thanks Bob. Welcome to our preview of the very first Winter Alpine Faith Race, bringing Christians from all over the globe, competing in amazing exhibitions of faith. : 

Jane: Thanks Bob. Welcome to our preview of the very first Winter Alpine Faith Race, bringing Christians from all over the globe, competing in amazing exhibitions of faith.

Jane: Joining me is former Olympic champion, Meggy Lemming. Meggy?: 

Jane: Joining me is former Olympic champion, Meggy Lemming. Meggy?

Meggy: Thanks Jane. Before tomorrow’s actual competition, I thought we’d take you into the world of training for these hopeful Alpine Faith Race medal winners. : 

Meggy: Thanks Jane. Before tomorrow’s actual competition, I thought we’d take you into the world of training for these hopeful Alpine Faith Race medal winners.

Jane: That’s right, Meggy. First, from Germany, Heinrich Kleinschmidt. Heinrich, show me how you train for the faith Olympics?Heinrich: Oh, thank you Jane. Well, first I start with God’s word…the Bible. : 

Jane: That’s right, Meggy. First, from Germany, Heinrich Kleinschmidt. Heinrich, show me how you train for the faith Olympics? Heinrich: Oh, thank you Jane. Well, first I start with God’s word…the Bible.

Jane: Aha, you read your Bible.: 

Jane: Aha, you read your Bible.

Heinrich: Oh, I don’t just read it. I study it. I start and end each day with daily devotions. Then I do intense personal studies of God’s word each day, and look for opportunities to gather with other Christians to study God’s word. : 

Heinrich: Oh, I don’t just read it. I study it. I start and end each day with daily devotions. Then I do intense personal studies of God’s word each day, and look for opportunities to gather with other Christians to study God’s word.

Jane: Truly inspiring, Heinrich. Back to you, Meggy. Meggy: Jane, I have with me, Torino’s own Mario Manicotti, and his coach Luigi Lasagna. Say hello to the television audience, Mario.: 

Jane: Truly inspiring, Heinrich. Back to you, Meggy. Meggy: Jane, I have with me, Torino’s own Mario Manicotti, and his coach Luigi Lasagna. Say hello to the television audience, Mario.

Mario: I’mma too busy, Meggy. I’mma practicing my versa memorization with’a my coach.Luigi: (Whistle.) Go, Mario, Go.: 

Mario: I’mma too busy, Meggy. I’mma practicing my versa memorization with’a my coach. Luigi: (Whistle.) Go, Mario, Go.

Mario: “For God-a so loved-a the world-a that he gave-a his only son-a, that whosever believe-a in-a him-a shall not perish-a but have a eternal life-a.” John-a three-a sixteen-a.: 

Mario: “For God-a so loved-a the world-a that he gave-a his only son-a, that whosever believe-a in-a him-a shall not perish-a but have a eternal life-a.” John-a three-a sixteen-a.

Luigi: (Whistle.) Five-a point-a two-a three-a seconds-a. Too much-a time-a. Faster, Mario, faster.: 

Luigi: (Whistle.) Five-a point-a two-a three-a seconds-a. Too much-a time-a. Faster, Mario, faster.

Mario: “Thy-a word-a have I-a hid-a in-a my-a heart-a, that I-a might-a not-a sin against-a thee.” Psalm 119:11.Luigi: (Whistle.) Too much-a time-a. Not-a so super-a, Mario. Faster-a.: 

Mario: “Thy-a word-a have I-a hid-a in-a my-a heart-a, that I-a might-a not-a sin against-a thee.” Psalm 119:11. Luigi: (Whistle.) Too much-a time-a. Not-a so super-a, Mario. Faster-a.

Mario: “Jesus-a wept-a.” John-a eleven-a thirty-five-a.Luigi: (Whistle.) That’sa better. Super Mario. Super!: 

Mario: “Jesus-a wept-a.” John-a eleven-a thirty-five-a. Luigi: (Whistle.) That’sa better. Super Mario. Super!

Meggy: Verse memorization is for champions. Back to you, Jane. : 

Meggy: Verse memorization is for champions. Back to you, Jane.

Jane: Meggy, I have with me Swedish faith champion, Johanna Johanson, and her coach, Hanna Hanson. Tell me what part of your training regimen you are working on, Johanna?: 

Jane: Meggy, I have with me Swedish faith champion, Johanna Johanson, and her coach, Hanna Hanson. Tell me what part of your training regimen you are working on, Johanna?

Johanna: Oh, I pray. I pray ven I git up, ven I go to ved, ven I eat, and true-out da day. You might say I’m in constant prayer vith God.: 

Johanna: Oh, I pray. I pray ven I git up, ven I go to ved, ven I eat, and true-out da day. You might say I’m in constant prayer vith God.

Jane: Any training techniques you can show us?Johanna: Hanna vill be leading me true some Lutheran calisthenics.: 

Jane: Any training techniques you can show us? Johanna: Hanna vill be leading me true some Lutheran calisthenics.

Hanna: On da pew. Fold your hands. Bow your head. On your feet. Fold your hands. Green hymnal. Red hymnal, blue hymnal, plaid hymnal. Just kidding…: 

Hanna: On da pew. Fold your hands. Bow your head. On your feet. Fold your hands. Green hymnal. Red hymnal, blue hymnal, plaid hymnal. Just kidding…

Jane: And Hanna, she does these calisthenics how long?Hanna: Until God answers her prayer for me to stop.: 

Jane: And Hanna, she does these calisthenics how long? Hanna: Until God answers her prayer for me to stop.

Jane: There you have it. Truly the heart of a champion. Back to you, Meggy.: 

Jane: There you have it. Truly the heart of a champion. Back to you, Meggy.

Meggy: Jane, I have with me a remarkable Faith champion, Rocky Balboa from the United States. Tell me, Rocky, I understand you have some unusual training methods to grow your faith.: 

Meggy: Jane, I have with me a remarkable Faith champion, Rocky Balboa from the United States. Tell me, Rocky, I understand you have some unusual training methods to grow your faith.

Rocky: Well, I usually start my day by drinking a few raw eggs. Meggy: Well, I bet that get’s your system running.: 

Rocky: Well, I usually start my day by drinking a few raw eggs. Meggy: Well, I bet that get’s your system running.

Rocky: Then I go on a run through the dangerous streets of the city in the early morning hours. Trainer: Come on, Rocky. You call that running?: 

Rocky: Then I go on a run through the dangerous streets of the city in the early morning hours. Trainer: Come on, Rocky. You call that running?

Rocky: If God brings me through the eggs and the run, then I visit my buddy at the meat locker and beat the sides of beef until I can’t stand it no more.: 

Rocky: If God brings me through the eggs and the run, then I visit my buddy at the meat locker and beat the sides of beef until I can’t stand it no more.

Meggy: Can’t stand it no more? You mean the workout from punching the meat?Rocky: No, the cold temperature. That meat locker is as cold as Iowa on a day in January.: 

Meggy: Can’t stand it no more? You mean the workout from punching the meat? Rocky: No, the cold temperature. That meat locker is as cold as Iowa on a day in January.

Meggy: Is that it, then? Rocky: No, then I head over to a dark, smelly gym where guys try to knock my head off while my annoying little trainer shouts at me.: 

Meggy: Is that it, then? Rocky: No, then I head over to a dark, smelly gym where guys try to knock my head off while my annoying little trainer shouts at me.

Trainer: Come on, Rocky. You call that punchin’?Meggy: Wow, to survive all that without going completely nuts you must have to rely on God.: 

Trainer: Come on, Rocky. You call that punchin’? Meggy: Wow, to survive all that without going completely nuts you must have to rely on God.

Rocky: Yeah, you know it. You gotta’ live your faith, man.Meggy: So there you see some of the front-runners of the Alpine Faith Race competition. Now back to Bob Costas at the studio.: 

Rocky: Yeah, you know it. You gotta’ live your faith, man. Meggy: So there you see some of the front-runners of the Alpine Faith Race competition. Now back to Bob Costas at the studio.

Bob: So we’ve seen that this year’s competitors are training their faith through things such as Bible study, verse memorization, prayer, and relying upon God to bring them through their every day trials. But Jane, ultimately, who will win the competition? : 

Bob: So we’ve seen that this year’s competitors are training their faith through things such as Bible study, verse memorization, prayer, and relying upon God to bring them through their every day trials. But Jane, ultimately, who will win the competition?

Jane: That’s the odd thing about this event, Bob. With the Alpine Faith Race, there should be lots of winners.Bob: Your loosing me Jane.: 

Jane: That’s the odd thing about this event, Bob. With the Alpine Faith Race, there should be lots of winners. Bob: Your loosing me Jane.

Peggy: You see, Bob, having a faith that impacts is like an Olympic event. If we just train, but never put our faith in practice, only we benefit. But if we train AND put our faith in practice, a lot of people benefit.: 

Peggy: You see, Bob, having a faith that impacts is like an Olympic event. If we just train, but never put our faith in practice, only we benefit. But if we train AND put our faith in practice, a lot of people benefit.

Heinrich: Yah. If I just read my Bible on my own, I can impact my own relationship with God, but my real reason for that training is to better prepare to exhibit my faith by serving others.: 

Heinrich: Yah. If I just read my Bible on my own, I can impact my own relationship with God, but my real reason for that training is to better prepare to exhibit my faith by serving others.

Mario: And-a that’sa why I put-a God’s word in-a my heart. So I am-a ready to share it with others when-a the time-a is-a right-a.: 

Mario: And-a that’sa why I put-a God’s word in-a my heart. So I am-a ready to share it with others when-a the time-a is-a right-a.

Johanah: Yah, Yah, oond dat’s vy I spend so much time in prayer, so zat I am ready at all times for God to use me as a vitness to uders.: 

Johanah: Yah, Yah, oond dat’s vy I spend so much time in prayer, so zat I am ready at all times for God to use me as a vitness to uders.

Rocky: Yeah. But like if I just spend all my time in the Gym, then I can’t have impact on others. : 

Rocky: Yeah. But like if I just spend all my time in the Gym, then I can’t have impact on others.

Trainer: Rock’s right. You know, it’s like them guys in that one Bible story that carried their paralyzed buddy to see Jesus. You got to get out there and live out your faith to make an impact on others.: 

Trainer: Rock’s right. You know, it’s like them guys in that one Bible story that carried their paralyzed buddy to see Jesus. You got to get out there and live out your faith to make an impact on others.

Bob: I think I get it. (Music as dream ends..): 

Bob: I think I get it. (Music as dream ends..)

Mom: Amanda, it’s morning. Wake up. You spent the whole night here in the living room. I don’t suppose you want to go to Sunday School, do you.: 

Mom: Amanda, it’s morning. Wake up. You spent the whole night here in the living room. I don’t suppose you want to go to Sunday School, do you.

Amanda: Mom, are you kidding? I wouldn’t miss it for the world. (Olympic Music).: 

Amanda: Mom, are you kidding? I wouldn’t miss it for the world. (Olympic Music).