Object: Umbrella, one shoe, one sock, one key, one hymnbook, one belt, one tie. You will need a man who will sit very inconspicuously in the congregation without these items until such time as the sermon for children reaches the point where he is called upon.

Good morning, boys and girls. I was walking around the church early this morning before anyone else was here, and I thought that I would pick up some things that people often leave. You can't imagine all the things that people forget and leave in the church. For instance, here is something that we find often. What do you call this? An umbrella. And then I found this shoe. Can you imagine leaving a shoe? [Hand each item to one of the children to hold.] In another room I found one sock, and in still another I found a key, and in the ha…