Purpose: To think about what it means to say, "One nation under God."

Materials: An American flag with gold trim.

Lesson: Today we are going to look at the American flag and see what symbols we can find here and what they might mean to us as Christians.

The stars remind us of shining and the blue makes us think of the sky or heaven. These two symbols together remind us that many people in our country want us to be a nation under God. Jesus told us to let our light shine before people, or we can say, before nations so that they may see our good works and give praise to our Father who is in heaven.

The gold trim reminds us of beauty and abundance and wealth. We have a beautiful nat…