Object: Football; Heart-shaped candy box or piece of construction paper; Card stock printed with scripture reference and verses; Heart-shaped candy (optional)

What’s this? (Show the football and let the children answer.) It’s a football, and it’s used to play a game called football.

What’s this? (Show the heart.) It’s a heart. The heart beating inside your body isn’t really shaped like this, but we call this a heart shape, and it’s often used to remind us of love.

Every winter, usually late in January or very early in February there’s a very famous football game played on television. This year it was on (date). Does anyone know what it’s called? (Let the children answer.) It’s called the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl is all about football. Coming up is a holiday that’s all about love. …