Object: Rocks, weeds, hard chunks of dirt and some good soil.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today the children's sermon will be in the form of a little play. That's right, I am going to tell the story and you are going to be the actors. Let me show you what I mean. God says that when he speaks, his word is like a seed. That's right, a seed. Have you ever thought of God being like a farmer? Well, that is what he says he is like. Now if God is the farmer, then what are we? Well, in the story that Jesus told about God as a farmer, he said that we are like the different kinds of soil.

Now comes your part in the play. I want some of you to be different kinds of soil and we will see what kind of seed will grow in you. The first kind of soil is like this. [Hold up the big chunks of hard ground.…