Single Mom
Mark 12:41-44, Mark 12:35-40
Drama
by Robert F. Crowley

Theme: The single parent has pressures and stresses that are overwhelming. The church should be helping.

Summary: Sarah, a single mom, is in over her head. The baby is crying, her ex-husband won't send the support check, she is trying to raise a teenage daughter, and is taking a course at the university.

Playing Time: 3 minutes

Setting: Sarah's apartment

Props: A Phone

Theme:
paper for class
a storybook

Costumes: Contemporary, casual

Time: The present

Cast:
Sarah -- mom
Evie -- her teenage daughter
Tiff -- another daughter, younger

SARAH: (ENTERS, ON THE PHONE) Well, you've got to, that's all. I need the money! (EVIE ENTERS. TO EVIE) Did you get her to bed?

EVIE: I got her to bed but she's standing up.

SARAH: Standing up!

EVIE: Yes, standing up.

SARAH: Standing up in bed.

EVI…

CSS Publishing Company, Lectionary Scenes: 58 Vignettes for Year B, by Robert F. Crowley