Object: Albrecht Durer's "Praying Hands" (either a small statue of "Praying Hands" or a picture)

Our minister will talk this morning about Simeon, one of the people who knew Jesus as a baby. Simeon was also one who prayed a great deal, and it was through prayer that Simeon found out that Jesus was the Son of God and the Savior of the world.

But I want to talk this morning about another man who prayed a great deal, and was honored for his prayers by his friend drawing a picture of his hands folded in prayer.

I have in my hands a famous statue (picture) called "Praying Hands." It is really a copy of a famous picture painted by Albrecht Durer who lived over 500 years ago in Germany. He painted many other pictures but this is his most famous.

Albrecht was a part of a large family which was…