Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the necessity of all our gifts in the body of Christ.

Props: A long stem rose, and another rose that has been pulled apart; petals, leaves, stem, and thorns. Place both the rose and the pulled apart rose in a box so that they cannot be seen.

Lesson: Good morning friends. How many of you like flowers? (response) O good, I like flowers, too. Well guess what I brought with me today? Let’s look in the box and find out. (Pull out the stem, with no thorns or leaves or petals) Isn’t this a pretty flower? (response) No? What’s the matter with it? O, it’s not all together is it? Hmm. Wait a minute. I know what it needs. (Pull some of the greenery out) Now it looks like a flower doesn’…