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The parable of the weeds
Children's sermon
Object:
a weed and a flower
Good morning! I brought two plants to show you this morning.
I brought this beautiful flower. (Show the flower.) And I brought
this ugly weed. (Show the weed.) Now let me ask you something.
Which of these two plants do you want to grow in your garden?
(Let them answer.) Yes, of course, we want the pretty flowers to
grow, not weeds.
Have any of you ever weeded a garden? Have you pulled out
the weeds from a garden? (Let them answer.) If you do pull
weeds, you must be very careful that you don't pull up the
I brought this beautiful flower. (Show the flower.) And I brought
this ugly weed. (Show the weed.) Now let me ask you something.
Which of these two plants do you want to grow in your garden?
(Let them answer.) Yes, of course, we want the pretty flowers to
grow, not weeds.
Have any of you ever weeded a garden? Have you pulled out
the weeds from a garden? (Let them answer.) If you do pull
weeds, you must be very careful that you don't pull up the
