Exegetical Aim: The evangelistic nature of Christianity.

Props: A fishing pole or rod with no line.

Lesson: [Two volunteers from the congregation to act like caught fish. The chairs of the evangelism committee and the outreach committee would be a good tie in. Otherwise, choose a male and female to represent the fish.] I have a question for you this morning. What do I have in my hand? (a fishing pole) What do you do with a fishing pole? (you catch fish with it) That's right. How many of you have been fishing? (response) Did you catch anything? (response) What kind of bait did you use? (response)

There's a story about some men who went fishing. They fished all night and caught nothing. So they gave up and were putting their fishing nets away and they were disappointed. No fish after all that w…