Object: a puppet or dummy

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a friend with me today. You can help me make my friend talk. What would you like my friend to say? (Let them give suggestions.) Say hello to the boys and girls. (Make the puppet or dummy talk. If you change your voice, the children's eyes will most likely be on the puppet.) Hello, boys and girls. Tell the children why you are here. I came to tell you about how to love. How to love? How can you do that? I can talk to them and tell them how. That's interesting, because that's what our verse is about today. Verse? What verse? Listen to the verse:

"My children, our love should not be just words and tal…