Where are you planted?
Children's sermon
Object:
a pot of soil and a handful of seed (corn would work well
since it is large)
(Editor's note: Have some fun with this lesson. As you tell
this story walk around the front of the sanctuary. Drop seeds in
spots where the children will easily realize that seeds won't
grow.)
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever planted something in a garden? (Let them answer.) It's fun to plant things and watch them grow. If you plant corn seeds like I have here (show your seeds) you will have roasting ears later in the summer. If you plant flower seeds or bulbs you will have fragrant flowers to smell. One thing that is needed to get seeds to grow is to know where to plant them.
(Stand up and walk around the front of the church.) What would happen if I spread my corn seeds over here? How about over here? (Go to a different spot.) How about over here? (Return to the front to your pot of soil.) What would happen if I planted my seeds in this pot of soil? The seeds would grow, wouldn't they? Why wouldn't they grow in those others spots? (Let them answer.) They wouldn't grow because there is no soil there.
Jesus once told a story. He said each of us is like one of these seeds. When we fail to listen to God's word we are like a seed that falls over there. (Point to a spot in the church.) When we listen to God's word we are like a seed that falls in good soil. We will hear what God has to say to us. We will understand the word. We will become followers of Jesus. We will become caring people. This week I want you to think about where you would want to be planted if you were a seed. Think about hearing God's word and doing what God asks.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever planted something in a garden? (Let them answer.) It's fun to plant things and watch them grow. If you plant corn seeds like I have here (show your seeds) you will have roasting ears later in the summer. If you plant flower seeds or bulbs you will have fragrant flowers to smell. One thing that is needed to get seeds to grow is to know where to plant them.
(Stand up and walk around the front of the church.) What would happen if I spread my corn seeds over here? How about over here? (Go to a different spot.) How about over here? (Return to the front to your pot of soil.) What would happen if I planted my seeds in this pot of soil? The seeds would grow, wouldn't they? Why wouldn't they grow in those others spots? (Let them answer.) They wouldn't grow because there is no soil there.
Jesus once told a story. He said each of us is like one of these seeds. When we fail to listen to God's word we are like a seed that falls over there. (Point to a spot in the church.) When we listen to God's word we are like a seed that falls in good soil. We will hear what God has to say to us. We will understand the word. We will become followers of Jesus. We will become caring people. This week I want you to think about where you would want to be planted if you were a seed. Think about hearing God's word and doing what God asks.
