Object: your ears.

Lesson: Jesus said to the man, "Ephphatha," which means, "Open up!"

Boys and girls, have you ever watched a television program in which the sound suddenly stopped? What was that like? (Let them answer.) All of a sudden you can see somebody's mouth moving, but you can't hear the words. It's hard to figure out what is going on, isn't it?

Let's try something right now to give us a good idea of what that is like. I want to have everybody here put your fingers into your ears so that you can't hear anything. I will put my fingers in my ears too. You keep your fingers in your ears until you see me take m…