Exegetical Aim: True life only comes through death.

Props: A grass stalk with seeds or some other plant that prominently displays many seeds.

Lesson: Opening: I don't know if you've noticed but is there something growing outside? (response) Have you seen all the plants and grass. They have buds all over them and some of them have actually already grown their new leaves and shoots. Can any body tell me what this is? (response) It's some kind of grass and it has something on the end of it. What are all these things? (response) You think they are seeds? (response) Let's take a few off and look at them. Allow each child to pull off a seed.

Can anyone tell me how a seed grows? (goes into the dirt and then grows) How does it get into the dirt? (falls off) S…