Object: Rope. If possible, have some children or youth help demonstrate your point.

Lesson: Those of us who love God, especially those of us in the church, should pull together as a team. We should not pull against each other and we should not try to pull anyone down. 

I need a few helpers this morning. (Select several children and/or youth, and arrange them in equal teams on each end of the rope.) Have you ever seen a tug-of-war competition? There are two teams, one on each side of the rope. There is a line in the dirt or sometimes even a mud hole between the two teams. Each team …