All in one
Children's sermon
Object:
a boombox radio/cassette player and a cassette recording
of your congregation singing a hymn
Good morning! How many of you like to listen to music?
(Let them answer.) Good! I love listening to music. But have
you ever thought about all that is involved in making this music
possible? (Let them answer.) First you must have a cassette. I
don't know how this little plastic tape (show them the tape) can
make music. But it does. To do so, however, it needs all the
parts that are in this boombox. It needs wires and speakers and
all sorts of things. If any of these were missing, it wouldn't
work! All the parts are needed or else we wouldn't be able to
hear the music. The cassette is an important part, but it needs
all the other things -- plus power -- for it to work.
Let's see if all the parts are there. (Play the tape at
this point.) Good. All the parts are here and since they are
all here, it works fine!
The church is something like this boombox. The church needs
all kinds of people. It needs young people like you and it needs
older people like me. It needs white people and black people.
It needs people who speak English and it needs people who speak
Chinese. It needs boys and it needs girls. Like this boombox,
the church needs all these people parts for it to work.
That is why I am glad there are so many different kinds of
people here today. With all of us being different, we make our
own kind of music. This tape player makes music. (You can turn
it on again briefly if you wish.) But this congregation makes
music and so much more. Since we are all different, we all fit
together. If we were all alike, it wouldn't work. I'm glad for
all the differences in people. Are you? (Let them answer.)
Let's thank God for all the different people who make up the
church.
Dear God: Thank you for the wonderful music we make together as
the church because we are all so different. Amen.
(Let them answer.) Good! I love listening to music. But have
you ever thought about all that is involved in making this music
possible? (Let them answer.) First you must have a cassette. I
don't know how this little plastic tape (show them the tape) can
make music. But it does. To do so, however, it needs all the
parts that are in this boombox. It needs wires and speakers and
all sorts of things. If any of these were missing, it wouldn't
work! All the parts are needed or else we wouldn't be able to
hear the music. The cassette is an important part, but it needs
all the other things -- plus power -- for it to work.
Let's see if all the parts are there. (Play the tape at
this point.) Good. All the parts are here and since they are
all here, it works fine!
The church is something like this boombox. The church needs
all kinds of people. It needs young people like you and it needs
older people like me. It needs white people and black people.
It needs people who speak English and it needs people who speak
Chinese. It needs boys and it needs girls. Like this boombox,
the church needs all these people parts for it to work.
That is why I am glad there are so many different kinds of
people here today. With all of us being different, we make our
own kind of music. This tape player makes music. (You can turn
it on again briefly if you wish.) But this congregation makes
music and so much more. Since we are all different, we all fit
together. If we were all alike, it wouldn't work. I'm glad for
all the differences in people. Are you? (Let them answer.)
Let's thank God for all the different people who make up the
church.
Dear God: Thank you for the wonderful music we make together as
the church because we are all so different. Amen.
