Wow, Five Years? Really???
This year marks
the fifth anniversary for the institution known as Sunday School Dropouts. When
we started this website five years ago, we expected to take a lot of heat. We
were not planning to dish out the stale, cheese ball Christian drama skits, but
to smack people in the face with sarcasm, dark humor, and “Tell me they did not
just do that” moments. To our surprise, people have, by and large, loved us.
We tried to save
every comment received these last five years, good and bad, through our website
and Youtube channel. We’d like to share those comments with you… starting with
the good stuff:
“The first year [of our drama
ministry] was really hard because it was so hard to find skits that weren’t so
cheesy, but ever since I’ve found your site this year I have or my peer have
used most of the skits from this site. So thank you for being so bold and direct
about christianity and reminding us that we need to
take a step back and look how we are portraying ourselves to the world.”
- Becky
“You have no idea how long I have
been looking for scripts that were not incredibly lame. Thank you so much for a
site that has drama that high schoolers might actually find entertaining.”
- Nick
“Im looking on the web for Christian drama skits and find nothing!! There all so
cheesy and lame then I come across your site!! LOL I only red a few so far but I
wanted to contact you and let you know how much I am enjoying your website!”
- A different Nick
“I loved the crap out of [The Crap
Skit]. Her summary of genesis and the new testament
could be the ultra cliff notes, ha.”
- Bill
“Thank you so much for your help! [J. Marshall
Heatmiser - Attorney] was a hit! Have a wonderful Christmas and Healthy
& Prosperous New Year!”
- Crystal
“I presented my team with "The Bob Skit". The
reaction was interesting, but overwhelmingly positive. Some of the guys gave
me hugs, near tears of joy, thanking me for giving them this unique
opportunity. The girls walked around scratching their heads and looking
befuddled. I kept hearing... "this doesn't make sense."
Then they'd laugh and I'd hear, "I just don't get it." I think
it's perfect.”
- Dave
“Just to let you know - and hoping
it's okay! - we will be reading your sketch, Dr. Swil Meets Abraham - on the
next episode of the Church Drama Podcast. (episode #52). You've got some good
stuff. Thanks for your ministry.”
- The Church Drama Podcast
“I wanted to let you know that we loved the Peep
Skit and we are planning to do it for our church for Easter Sunday. Thanks for posting your material,
you guys are great!”
- Mike
(Regarding “The Crap Skit”) “holy
crap you're naked! lmao! awesome vid!”
-Fae
“Hi. Just wanted to let you
know that we are going to use [12 Days of Christmas - Megachurch Style] at
our Christmas Eve service for our Sunday School pageant. It is the adults who are
going to be doing this one. Thanks for the material and for letting us
use it.”
- Patsy
“My husband and I are in a small
group in San Antonio with 6 other couples who are
in our late 20s, early 30s. One of the girl's husbands is in Iraq right now and we are preparing a Christmas box for
him and his unit with lots of fun, interesting stuff. I found your
website and our small group is going to perform four of your skits on a dvd to
send in the package to Iraq. Thanks so much! I KNOW they will be a big
hit with the troops since their internet just got permanently cut off. :)”
- Suzanne
“I plan to use "No Happy
Holidays" during a Sunday morning service at
my church. I love your sense of humor, and I
think my church will "get it." Like you, I abhor cheeseball, churchy
stuff, and I am glad to have found something different to use with our team.”
- Sally
“Thanks for being so real and not
afraid to laugh at ourselves - we are pretty funny after all.”
- Beth
“Thanks for the smiles... makes
me wonder about Jesus walking along the road and talking with 12 men,... and
what DIDN'T get put into print...”
- Mark
Of course, you
can't please all the people all the time. Here are a few folks who didn't like
us so well, with brief comments from us.
I understand that [Homeschool Boy]
is supposed to be humorous, but you risk offending people when you discriminate
based on stereotypes. Keep in mind that not all home-schoolers are Christians,
and you could alienate them to the gospel. Also as a Home-school graduate I can
verify that most home-schoolers are not how you depicted them. You just might
want to put a note at the beginning of the skit explaining that your intention
is humor, not insult :)
- Bethany
Appreciate
the comments, Bethany, but we're going to leave it as is. We know some pretty
swell home school kids, and we've met some stinkers. As for explaining our
intent - if you've been on our site a while and don't get it, you're not going
to get it.
"I guess [Swear to God] made
it's point, but seriously, WTF??"
- Anonymous
The irony of
finding this comment attached to "Swear to God" with its
anti-swearing message speaks for itself.
(Regarding "Birth of the Messiah") "Very bad taste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Vivian
DUH!
And what email box would be complete without tender,
sweet messages like these?
“I spend my time thinking about you;
sometimes I am elated and hopeful, and sometimes I am down and blue, waiting
for these sweet dreams of us to come true. Please come and find me at my web
site [site name omitted]. I will always be right here waiting for you, my love,
and I do believe with all my heart that one day my dreams will come true.”
- Anyuta
“I am a banker by profession in BURKINA-FASO,
WEST AFRICA and presently holding the post of assistant foreign remittance
director in our bank. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of
($ 20.5) Million U.S dollars to your account within 14 banking days.”
- Abdel Zampal
“Baptismal Robes for sale!! 1-Day only!”
- Mary
Well, that was
fun. If you have a comment or thought to share, please feel free to email us at
ssdkids@yahoo.com. Please know that we treasure all praise
reports and compliments, and we take every criticism with a grain of salt and
two shakes of laughter.
Here’s to
another five years!
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