All that food!
Children's sermon
Object:
one can of food
(Note: If your church or community sponsors a specific "food
bank" or relief agency, use that agency's name as the
illustration in this lesson.)
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know the story about Jesus feeding more than 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish? (Let them answer.) If you remember that story, you'll remember that all those people were fed and when the meal was finished there were 12 baskets of food left over! That's an amazing story from the Bible, isn't it? We call it a miracle story. No one but Jesus could feed more than 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. The loaves and fishes story is about sharing things.
I brought something I want to show you this morning. (Show the can of food.) I'm going to give my one can of food to the (name the agency here). That agency will see that a family who needs food will receive it. The family or person who gets this can won't pay for it. It is free. This is my way of sharing food like Jesus did with the loaves and fishes. The only problem is that my one can won't provide many meals. It's just one can of food. Even so, my one can is like one of those loaves of bread in the story of Jesus. Let's imagine that every one of you this morning brought one can of food to share for the (name the agency). (Count the children present.) That would be (name the number of cans) more cans of food. Then imagine that everyone in church this morning also brought one can of food for the (name the agency). That would mean many, many more cans of food. It would provide many, many more meals to people and families who can't afford to buy food. Just like Jesus' miracles with 12 loaves of bread and two fishes, all our cans of food together would be a miracle. When we share resources, everyone has enough. When that happens we all share in the miracle of the loaves and fishes. We get a glimpse of the kingdom of Heaven that Jesus talked about.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know the story about Jesus feeding more than 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish? (Let them answer.) If you remember that story, you'll remember that all those people were fed and when the meal was finished there were 12 baskets of food left over! That's an amazing story from the Bible, isn't it? We call it a miracle story. No one but Jesus could feed more than 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish. The loaves and fishes story is about sharing things.
I brought something I want to show you this morning. (Show the can of food.) I'm going to give my one can of food to the (name the agency here). That agency will see that a family who needs food will receive it. The family or person who gets this can won't pay for it. It is free. This is my way of sharing food like Jesus did with the loaves and fishes. The only problem is that my one can won't provide many meals. It's just one can of food. Even so, my one can is like one of those loaves of bread in the story of Jesus. Let's imagine that every one of you this morning brought one can of food to share for the (name the agency). (Count the children present.) That would be (name the number of cans) more cans of food. Then imagine that everyone in church this morning also brought one can of food for the (name the agency). That would mean many, many more cans of food. It would provide many, many more meals to people and families who can't afford to buy food. Just like Jesus' miracles with 12 loaves of bread and two fishes, all our cans of food together would be a miracle. When we share resources, everyone has enough. When that happens we all share in the miracle of the loaves and fishes. We get a glimpse of the kingdom of Heaven that Jesus talked about.
