Object: a globe.

Lesson: How is it ... that all of us hear the disciples speaking in our own native languages?

Boys and girls, today is the Day of Pentecost. This is one of the most exciting days in the year for us Christians. This is a day we remember how God did some amazing things. All of Jesus' faithful followers were in the big city Jerusalem, where Jesus had died and come back to life. They were all in one place, celebrating a day something like Thanksgiving (in their church in those days, they called it "the Day of Pentecost"). Suddenly all kinds of amazing things began to happen.

First there was a loud and noisy sound like a tornado. It must have sounded like the roof was about to blow off. That must have sent shivers down everybody's back. The next thing they knew, something li…