The greening of Pentecost
Children's sermon
Object:
yellow and blue food coloring and water in a clear
container
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you enjoy mixing
water colors to see what new colors you can create? (Let them
answer.) There are some other ways to mix colors. Sometimes when
your parents are making cake icing, they may let you put food
coloring in the icing to create new colors. Have any of you ever
mixed food colors like that? (Let them answer.)
This morning we are going to mix yellow with blue. What color do you think we will get when the two mix? (Let them answer.)
We will get green. I brought some water in a container so that you may all watch. (Hold the glass container so that everyone can see it.) Let's imagine that the water in the container is the world. Right now the world is free from sin and all sorts of trouble. When God created the world Adam entered as the first man. Soon after Adam arrived, with him came sin, sickness and death. Let's add yellow to represent sin, sickness and death. (Add some drops of yellow food coloring and let the children watch as it turns the water yellow.) Now the world is full of bad things like sin.
The good news is that God sent his son, Jesus, to the world. When Jesus came, he brought many good things. One of those things was called "grace." It is a free gift to all who believe in him. Grace frees us from sin and death. Let's add blue to represent Jesus. Let's add Jesus to the world of sin and we will see what happens. (Add some blue food coloring to the water and let the children watch it turn green.) You can see that when Jesus entered the world things begin to change. The grace that Jesus brought helped us to change from sin to life. Green represents life. Many things that grow are green -- grass, trees, flowers, many vegetables -- and these things represent life. Green represents one more thing. We are in a season of the church year called Pentecost. This is the fifth Sunday of Pentecost. Green is an important color in the church. It is the color of Pentecost. Jesus entered a world of sin. The good news is that when he entered he brought grace and life with him and things began to change.
This morning we are going to mix yellow with blue. What color do you think we will get when the two mix? (Let them answer.)
We will get green. I brought some water in a container so that you may all watch. (Hold the glass container so that everyone can see it.) Let's imagine that the water in the container is the world. Right now the world is free from sin and all sorts of trouble. When God created the world Adam entered as the first man. Soon after Adam arrived, with him came sin, sickness and death. Let's add yellow to represent sin, sickness and death. (Add some drops of yellow food coloring and let the children watch as it turns the water yellow.) Now the world is full of bad things like sin.
The good news is that God sent his son, Jesus, to the world. When Jesus came, he brought many good things. One of those things was called "grace." It is a free gift to all who believe in him. Grace frees us from sin and death. Let's add blue to represent Jesus. Let's add Jesus to the world of sin and we will see what happens. (Add some blue food coloring to the water and let the children watch it turn green.) You can see that when Jesus entered the world things begin to change. The grace that Jesus brought helped us to change from sin to life. Green represents life. Many things that grow are green -- grass, trees, flowers, many vegetables -- and these things represent life. Green represents one more thing. We are in a season of the church year called Pentecost. This is the fifth Sunday of Pentecost. Green is an important color in the church. It is the color of Pentecost. Jesus entered a world of sin. The good news is that when he entered he brought grace and life with him and things began to change.
