Object: A checkered dish towel or small tablecloth and a heart cut out of wood.

Lesson: Love; communion; reconciliation.

After greeting the children, I ask, "What does it mean to have an enemy?"

"It means there's someone who doesn't like you," Carla answers.

"That's right ... and it could also mean someone you don't like," I respond.

"We've been going through Psalm 23 for several weeks, and today we've come to the fifth verse. It begins, 'You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies ...' That's why I asked what it means to have an enemy. It's fairly common when someone doesn't like us for us not to like them either. And if someone dislikes us enough to pick a fight, it's pretty normal to feel like fighting back. Since we're talking about this, I'd like all of you to mak…