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Bare or green?
Children's sermon
Object:
a bare branch and an evergreen branch
Today is the first Sunday of a season called "Advent."
There are four Sundays in Advent. The church year has seasons
that change just as the year has seasons that change. One way we
can tell the changing seasons in the natural year is by branches.
(At this time take the bare branch and show the children.)
When
it's wintertime, does this type of tree have leaves? (Let them
answer.)
No. When a tree that normally has leaves on it is
bare, like this branch, then we know it is winter. What happens
There are four Sundays in Advent. The church year has seasons
that change just as the year has seasons that change. One way we
can tell the changing seasons in the natural year is by branches.
(At this time take the bare branch and show the children.)
When
it's wintertime, does this type of tree have leaves? (Let them
answer.)
No. When a tree that normally has leaves on it is
bare, like this branch, then we know it is winter. What happens
