Object:
An offering plate (either empty or full -- adapt
according to whether your offering is before or after your
children's sermon)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Why do we have a Thanksgiving holiday?
(Let them answer.) We want to give thanks because we feel so
grateful for all that we have. What are some things you have for
which you are thankful? (Let them answer.) For food, clothing,
school, church, parents, friends -- there are so many things we
are thankful for, aren't there? I don't even think we could count
them all.
If we are thankful, who are we thankful to? (Let them
answer.) We are thankful to God, aren't we? We know that all
things come from God. That is the main reason we come to worship