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The ransom is paid!
Children's sermon
Object:
a newspaper clipping about a kidnapping (newspaper
archives at the library will have one)
Good morning! I have here a newspaper article about a
kidnapping. It seems that ... (tell them about the story in the
clipping). Now when somebody is kidnapped, the usual reason for
kidnapping them is money. The kidnappers want somebody to pay
them money to release the prisoner. Does anybody know what we
call the money paid to get someone released from the kidnappers?
(Let them answer.) It's called a "ransom." A ransom is paid in
order to get someone released by the bad guys.
kidnapping. It seems that ... (tell them about the story in the
clipping). Now when somebody is kidnapped, the usual reason for
kidnapping them is money. The kidnappers want somebody to pay
them money to release the prisoner. Does anybody know what we
call the money paid to get someone released from the kidnappers?
(Let them answer.) It's called a "ransom." A ransom is paid in
order to get someone released by the bad guys.
