Object: A pitcher of water, a strainer, and an empty bucket.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have a small experiment for you, and I hope that by doing it, we will learn something about the ways of God and the ways of people. I brought along with me this pitcher of water and an empty bucket. I need to get the water from this place where the pitcher is, to the empty bucket, without moving either the pitcher or the bucket. I also brought along this thing that we call a strainer to help me get the water out of the pitcher and over to the bucket. Do you think it will work? (Let them answer.) You don't think it will work? Why not? (Let them answer.) You think it won't work because the strainer has holes in it! Do you want me to try? (Let them answer.) Some of you want me to try and others…