Youth's skit on Christian family life..

Yesterday’s main service had the Youth kickstarting YCKC’s family month with a witty, relevant skit on Christian family life. The skit featured two Christian families and revolved around Michelle and Michael Tan(Olivia and Clement) spending some time at Ben Lee’s(David Chu) house while their parents go on a short holiday. Basically, over the course of them staying over, the Tan kids see how unloving Ben’s parents are with each other, and how how both parents’ relation ship with God (or lack thereof) affect their marriage and Ben’s growth emotionally and spiritually.

The plot utilizes a very basic set of family stereotypes (Godly parents with kids who seem to pray incessantly, ungodly couple always in conflict at the expense of the long-suffering only-child) to show how the two families make vastly different choices with regards to God and each other.

It is probably this use of these well-known stereotypes that allowed the audience to instantly connect and relate to the characters presented- they know what each character represents and what he’s going to do. This doesn’t make the skit less pertinent; in fact, it forces us to come face to face with ourselves- I’m sure every family has elements of both ‘Tan’ and ‘Lee’ families. Of course, many families may not be as devout as the Tans (Daryl & Charmaine) or brimming with distrust like the Lees. However, because we can relate to the characters, what is right and wrong should be very clear to us and serve as examples we should avoid or work towards.

The scenes last Sunday, thankfully, were a mix of light-hearted and intense moments. There were a few funny moments like Mrs. Lee’s (Cat Chong) jab at Mr. Lee’s (Jeremy) choice of TV programme (Victoria’s Secret?? My idea, heh), and her sardonic punch line after he tries to defend his show(Yes, ABSOLUTELY intellectual!). Also memorable was the scene with the Tan kids and Ben (David Chu) playing video games got the audience cackling with laughter at the realism of it all.

This may sound like a separate note altogether, but when humor is used illustrate a point or teach us a biblical lesson- I thank God.

Also, towards the end where Mr. and Mrs. Lee have a huge argument, the kids huddle together and pray after Mrs. Lee storms out of the scene. It was intense, loud, even jarring. But seeing the kids praying was reminiscent of real-life moments where we are pushed to a corner with our problems and struggles till we cry out to the Lord with the very basic of faith, child-like faith.

I remember another youth skit I saw many years back, also focusing on family. That skit was so packed with intense arguments that I could barely make out what the skit was trying to say. It felt like a Die Hard double-bill. This skit, however, wasn’t like that at all. It was clear and clean and said what it had to say. It was NOT like that from the beginning, I assure you. Many couldn’t remember their lines; David Chu and Clement didn’t enunciate their words or project their voice, to name a few obstacles. To God be the glory, then, that the result was such so true and resounding.

If you’re wondering why I didn’t quote scripture, I’m leaving that to Ronald ☺
See ya’ll.


-David.

p.s. the skit was written and directed by ethel & ronald, with God's guidance.