Object: a bunch of grapes, or a picture of some grapes.

Boys and girls, look what I have here. Do you like grapes? (Let them answer.) They certainly do look good here in the bunch, don't they. Where do grapes come from? (Talk about it. Steer the conversation to the relationship between branches and vine.) You can't get grapes to grow if the branches aren't fastened onto the vine, can you! They might be really strong branches. But if they don't have a vine that gives them life, then the branches will die.

Now just suppose we had a really strong and healthy vine but the branches were weak. Could you get grapes then? No. You couldn't. It wouldn't make any difference if the vine was really strong. If all the branches s…