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One of my favorite ways to tell a Bible story is through what I call Impromptu Theater.

In order to host your own Impromptu Theater, first choose your Bible story. Count how many characters are involved (including all animals and inanimate objects). Without telling your students what they will be doing, ask for that number of volunteers. Pull these students aside and assign each of them a character, animal or object.

Introduce the story to the rest of the group, and tell them that as you read the story the volunteers will act it out. If there are speaking parts in the story, make sure that the volunteers deliver their lines (after you have read them, the actors will deliver them in character). Stress to your thespians to truly become their part.

If at all possible, include the rest of the group (the audience) by having them cheer the heroes and boo the villains; or say the lines of the crowd if there are any in the story.

The beauty of using Impromptu Theater is that there is little to no prep work; any student can pull off a part in the play; it is more fun than just reading the words on a page, and it truly brings the story to life.