Purpose: To show that even simple things can be used to serve God.

Materials: A real or toy sawhorse.

Lesson: Do you know what this is? It is a sawhorse and it is used by people who want to cut wood. The sawhorse holds the wood up high so that it can be easily cut. A number of years ago, a man who lived in Port Hope, Canada, used a sawhorse to serve God and his fellow man. His name was Joseph Scriven. He was born in Ireland; but he moved to Canada when he was a young man. The story is told of him that the death of a young lady he was going to marry, on the night before their wedding, caused him to turn to his father for comfort and reassurance. Some time later, he wrote a poem to share his experience with others, he wrote a poem to share his experienc…