Object: patches (enough for each child), a smaller patch of the same material.

Have you ever had anything shrink? Do you know what I mean when I tell you that my socks shrank? (Wait for answers.) That's right, it means that they got smaller. A lot of times when you put some clothes into the wash for the first time they shrink. The material pulls closer together so that it is not the same size that it was.

Jesus told a very interesting story about how you should be very careful with the kind of material that you use to patch an old favorite, like a dress or a pair of pants. You can't just use any piece of material for a patch. No sir, your patch has got to be shrunk before you use it. If it isn't used then it will shrink and when it shrinks it will tear away from the cloth and make the ho…