Object: A canning jar and lid

Lesson: Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.

Good morning, boys and girls. Have any of you seen a lot of this kind of jar at your house lately? (Wait for show of hands.) It's that special season of the year when, if you have a large garden, you see this jar a lot! It's canning time in many parts of the country. How many of you have to help with canning? (Wait for show of hands.) Canning is usually quite a family activity. It starts way back with planting the garden, weeding the garden and then it seems like all the fruits and vegetables all get ripe one after the other. Sometimes two or three kinds are ready all at once! Then it really gets busy! Do you know how to can fruits and vegetables…