Object: Some party napkins and some Pepsi or Coke

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like a party? (Let them answer.) How do you feel when you go to a party? (Let them answer.) Do you feel happy? Do you feel good? Are you almost always sorry when it is over? That is the way I feel when I go to a party.

Many years ago, Jesus was invited to a party after one of his friends was married. It must have been a big party, be cause he took some of his disciples with him. His mother was there and also his brothers and sisters. The party was going very well, when his mother came and told him a mistake had been made and they had run out of refreshments. Now a party is not much of a party if you don’t have refreshments. So what did Mary expect of her son, Jesus? Did she want him to run to …