Object: Transfers (pictures that are bought at stores and when moistened leave an image on the skin of a child).
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been on a bus ride? I mean a city bus. If you have ever ridden in a bus in the city and you had to change busses, you will remember getting a little piece of paper called a transfer. That means that when you get off one bus and ge...
Object: A dusty, smeared mirror and some window cleaner.
Good morning, boys and girls, How many of you feel that you have changed since you were born? Are you the same as you were when you were two years old? You are not the same today as you were last week, or even yesterday, are you? We are growing up, and when we grow up we change our looks. We know more, and we have different friends.
Everyt...
Object: a thank you note, an envelope, an inkpen
Good morning, boys and girls. This morning, I want to write a thankyou note to God. Will you help me? There are just so many things to thank God for. What are some things you're thankful for? (Let the children answer freely, and jot their answers down in the note) Those are wonderful things. And let's ask the rest of the congregation what they're t...
Object: A parachute. [Tie some strings to a handkerchief and attach a weight.]
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been rescued? [Let them answer.] Some of you have had some pretty close calls. When I think of being rescued, I think of firemen, policemen or people who are extra brave and help others even where there is great danger. Sometimes there are things that rescue us as...
Object: A stopwatch.
Good morning, boys and girls. How fast can you run? (Let them answer.) Have you ever had anyone time you in a race with a watch? (Let them answer.) I brought with me a very special watch this morning. It is called a stopwatch, and people use it to find out who the fastest runner is in a race, or how fast anyone is when they just want to run around the block all by themselves....
Object: badges for everybody; each reads, "Kids of the Kingdom."
Texts: God brought us from the power of darkness into the kingdom of his dear Son (Colossians 1:13, TEV). Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city. (Revelation 21:27, TEV)
(As the children gather, put a badge on each one - or give one to each and have them put them on themselves.) How ...
Object: A map
Boy and girls: Imagine a world without roads. This road map is just filled with lines. What are each of them? That's right roads. We would be in trouble, wouldn't we? Two hundred years ago there were no roads in much of our country, particularly west of the Mississippi. I heard about a farmer who decided to do something about that. He decided to begin a road from his little town to ...
Purpose: To show that the type of world we live in affects us.
Material: The wildflower, Queen Anne's Lace. Red food dye.
Special Procedure: Cut two flowers from the wildflower known as Queen Anne's Lace. Place one cut stem in water colored with red food dye. Let it remain in the water until the flower is colored. (If Queen Anne's Lace is not available, you might try another white flower to see ...