Easter: Easter is a Joke! (Text: Ads 2:12-24)

This sermon invites us to picture Easter as a gigantic joke, a joke played by God on the devil. While there are a lot of things in our world to be sad about, Easter proclaims that life is not ultimately a tragedy, but a comedy, a story whose ending comes out right.

Snap Your Fingers (An object lesson using your fingers)

In Sudan, people don't shake hands when they meet friends, they snap their fingers. So, in the language of Sudan, being reconciled to God is translated: "Meet, snapping fingers together again." This kids' sermon reminds us that God wants to snap fingers with us!

Living With an Eraser (An object lesson with an eraser)

"Why would a person want to invent an eraser?" is the question for children in this sermon. One reason is that we all make mistakes and the eraser helps us to correct those mistakes. Our faith in Jesus also gives us an eraser -- the forgiveness of God.