Exegetical Aim: Peer pressure can divert us from doing what is right and cause us to do evil.

Props: A baseball, a skateboard, name brand sunglasses, and an opened pack of cigarettes. You may use any combination of items. The cigarettes are the necessary props. Alternative: If space allows have someone ride a skateboard down the isle and flip the skateboard up in the air before the children and then ride out of the sanctuary.

Lesson: Good morning! (response) Can anyone tell me what you have to do to be cool? (response) Are there any cool people here today? (response) Are any of you cool? (response) Is there anyone sitting out there point to the congregation that’s cool? (response) Who? (response)

At eight years old my friends told me that if I wanted to be cool I would have to learn how to pl…