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Mandy's Debut

Album: 34: In Your Wildest Dreams

Episode: 448

Lesson/Theme: Responsibility

Bible Verse: Matthew 25:23

Characters: Mandy, Bernard, Connie, Eugene, Whit

Writer:

Sound Designer: Rob Jorgensen

Original Air Date: May 27, 2000

Last Air Date: October 1, 2009

Description:
The Little Theatre is packed at Whit's End as Mandy Straussberg premieres two plays that she has written, each one starring the characters at Whit's End. The first play begins as Nathaniel rushes into the main room at Whit's End worried about how Whit ended up in the hospital. Suddenly, Mandy, Connie, Eugene and Bernard all think that somehow they had caused Whit to get hurt and explain what they thought had happened. Connie explains that Whit ate a sandwich that may have had poisonous mayonnaise. Eugene theorizes that lifting a heavy box may have hurt his back. Mandy thinks that her hampster may have bitten Whit and Bernard thinks that Whit fell on his slippery floor that he just mopped. Just then, Whit shows up and explains that he was actually at the hospital to visit a friend, though he's glad that the Whit's End patrons are starting to take their responsibilities seriously. The second play begins as Whit is heading out of town for a day. He gives Connie instructions to make ice cream with the old ice cream maker, Eugene to fix a program in the Bible Room, Bernard to wash the windows, and Mandy to clean the Little Theatre. However, the next day finds most of them doing anything but Whit's instructions. Bernard wants to put off doing the windows until tomorrow, Eugene is going to re-do the entire Bible Room program and Connie tries to use a new ice cream maker instead of the old one. While Eugene has opened up his computer in the Bible Room, Connie starts the new ice cream machine, but it doesn't work the way she thinks it will. It grabs her sweater and begins to pull it in. She yells for Eugene, who pulls the power cord and nearly gets electrocuted in the process. Just when it looks like it can't get worse, Bernard comes in to say he was hosing down the windows and accidentally sprayed in the Bible Room. Alarmed, Eugene runs to find his computer in ruins. Just then, Whit shows up and questions them why they weren't doing what they were supposed to do and sets them back to work.

Questions:
What were Bernard, Connie, Eugene and Mandy supposed to do while Whit was gone? Who actually did their job? Read the parable of the servants in Luke 24 that Whit mentioned. What do you think Jesus is telling us in this parable? Why did Bernard, Connie, Mandy and Eugene think they were each responsible for putting Whit in the hospital? What should they have done before they jumped to conclusions?