Round and round
Children's sermon
Object:
a ring
Good morning, boys and girls. I'd like to try to sit in a circle today because we're going to talk about round things. (help them form a circle) Can you name some round things? (let them answer) Some ideas might be: balls, pancakes, muffins, rings, drinking glasses, coasters, a circle, wheels, tires, door knobs, buttons, and steering wheels. These are a lot of round things. All these things have something the same about them. They're all round. Some are round and flat like a button and some are round all over like a ball. But they are all round.
Our lesson today is about round things. The verse is some words that God said to one of Jesus' friends named John. John had a special dream and in it God said, "I am the Alpha and the Omega." Those are two funny words: ALPHA and OMEGA. Have you ever heard them before? (let them answer) Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet. What's the first letter in our alphabet? (let them answer) That's right, it's A and the last letter is Z. So if we said this verse in our language, we would say, "I am the A and the Z." That would still sound kind of funny. What it means is that God was always there forever and ever and God will always be there forever and ever. Look at this ring. (show the ring) Does it have a beginning? (let them answer) If you said the top is the beginning, then if I turn it around and around, where's the top? (let them answer) This ring doesn't have a top or bottom or a beginning. This is what God was saying to John, "I have no beginning and no ending. I always was and always will be God forever and ever!" We have this lesson the week after Easter, because we remember the resurrection of Jesus and how Jesus lives again forever and ever. Rings and other circles go round and round always and forever just like God.
Our lesson today is about round things. The verse is some words that God said to one of Jesus' friends named John. John had a special dream and in it God said, "I am the Alpha and the Omega." Those are two funny words: ALPHA and OMEGA. Have you ever heard them before? (let them answer) Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet. What's the first letter in our alphabet? (let them answer) That's right, it's A and the last letter is Z. So if we said this verse in our language, we would say, "I am the A and the Z." That would still sound kind of funny. What it means is that God was always there forever and ever and God will always be there forever and ever. Look at this ring. (show the ring) Does it have a beginning? (let them answer) If you said the top is the beginning, then if I turn it around and around, where's the top? (let them answer) This ring doesn't have a top or bottom or a beginning. This is what God was saying to John, "I have no beginning and no ending. I always was and always will be God forever and ever!" We have this lesson the week after Easter, because we remember the resurrection of Jesus and how Jesus lives again forever and ever. Rings and other circles go round and round always and forever just like God.
