Always changing!
Children's sermon
Object:
An ice cube
We are in the middle of winter and many places have snow and
ice today. Do you like to build things in the snow? (Or, if your
children are in regions of the country where there is not much
snow, ask if they have ever seen an ice sculpture. Extrapolate
from that along a similar vein as today's children's sermon.) One
can build forts or snow people. Snow makes a wonderful medium for
making things. Tell me some of the things you have made from
snow. (Let them answer.)
Snow is so much fun! But what happens to everything we build from snow? (Let them answer.) It melts! We can build the finest, biggest forts or the best snow people the world has ever seen, but they always melt until there is nothing left but a puddle of water!
Before worship this morning, I got an ice cube and brought it with me. Look at it. (Show the children what is left of your ice cube.) Some (much?) of it has melted! Before our worship service is over, it will be all gone! It was cold earlier this morning, but as the day goes on, it is melting! It will soon be no more! The only thing left of the ice cube is a puddle of water. But what happens to the puddle of water eventually? (Let them answer.) It evaporates and will no longer be there!
When the apostle Paul wrote to the people at the Corinthian church, he told them that everything in this world is very much like this ice cube or the snow we like to play in. It will soon be gone. He said about the world, "The present form of this world is passing away." It is changing.
The flowers we had at our Christmas service have all gone. The green grass on our lawns is no more. The green leaves on the trees are gone. Winter has come and the world has been changed.
As the world changes, so do we and everything we have and everyone we know. That is why we trust in someone who is greater than change. We trust in Jesus who does not change. He is the same he has always been.
Dearest Jesus: Thank you for always being there as you were long ago. When everything changes, we know that you stay the same. Amen.
Snow is so much fun! But what happens to everything we build from snow? (Let them answer.) It melts! We can build the finest, biggest forts or the best snow people the world has ever seen, but they always melt until there is nothing left but a puddle of water!
Before worship this morning, I got an ice cube and brought it with me. Look at it. (Show the children what is left of your ice cube.) Some (much?) of it has melted! Before our worship service is over, it will be all gone! It was cold earlier this morning, but as the day goes on, it is melting! It will soon be no more! The only thing left of the ice cube is a puddle of water. But what happens to the puddle of water eventually? (Let them answer.) It evaporates and will no longer be there!
When the apostle Paul wrote to the people at the Corinthian church, he told them that everything in this world is very much like this ice cube or the snow we like to play in. It will soon be gone. He said about the world, "The present form of this world is passing away." It is changing.
The flowers we had at our Christmas service have all gone. The green grass on our lawns is no more. The green leaves on the trees are gone. Winter has come and the world has been changed.
As the world changes, so do we and everything we have and everyone we know. That is why we trust in someone who is greater than change. We trust in Jesus who does not change. He is the same he has always been.
Dearest Jesus: Thank you for always being there as you were long ago. When everything changes, we know that you stay the same. Amen.
