Object: Some cooking pan lids and some spoons.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like noise? (Let them answer.) Do any of you ever make noise or play with noisy people? (Let them answer.) Most boys and girls I know make a lot of noise. It is not very often that you can make as much noise as you are going to make this morning. I brought along some old pan lids and some big spoons and I want you to pretend that these are cymbals or drums and make some real noise. While you are making that noise I am going to talk to you about some of the wonderful things that God has done for me in the past week and I want to see if you can hear what I say while you are making the noise.

(Begin to let them bang on the pans. While they are banging away, begin to talk softly about the good things…