Object: A mask

Lesson: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Key verse: 42.

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a mask with me this morning. (Put the mask on your face and as you do, ask the children to tell you who you are.) If I wore this mask in church and you thought that you knew who I was you might still ask me, "Who are you?" (Take off the mask.)

The reason I brought my mask is that it reminds me of this morning's lesson. In the lesson people thought they knew wh…