Object: A pair of shoes and some shoe strings which have been broken and knotted several times; a coat without buttons.

Good morning, boys and girls. Was it easy to come to church this morning? Were you prepared for church? Did you have all your clothes laid out, plenty of toothpaste for your toothbrush, and milk for your cereal? Well, if you had all of that, somebody at your house was well prepared. Who takes care of all those things at your home? Your mother? Isn't that wonderful that your mother thinks of all those things like food, toothpaste and clean clothes? Being prepared is very important, and our mothers and fathers are very good at helping us to be prepared.

I want to show you some things that I found over at Charley Careless' house the other day. First of all, old Charley…