Object: Children making sounds with their voices. Different sounds can be made by using their hands over their mouths Indian style, racing their fingers back and forth across their lips, etc.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about a very interesting thing that happened a long time ago. It happened on Pentecost, which is the birthday of the Church, and it happened to a lot of people. Did you know that the Church had a birthday? It was quite a day. It started like almost any other day with people working and playing, shopping and visiting. There was a group of people sitting in a room, a little bit afraid. These were the disciples of Jesus. They missed him very much. Now you remember that they had seen him several times since his resurrection an…