SOLAR ECLIPSE
This Children’s Moment was given on May 19, 2012. The next time it can be used is in 2021. You can find a solar eclipse calendar online. Hey – they can’t all be winners!
I had some metal washers which had been painted in “fire” colors of red, orange and yellow. If you have video screens at your church, you may want to put photos of previous solar eclipses and, as the Children leave, close with Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” Well, at least that was my plan.
LESSON: God’s Love is Everlasting – with no beginning or end
What is the largest thing you have ever seen – something everybody in this room has seen? It is so big, it is not even on earth, and you see it every day. That’s right – the sun! The sun is so huge and we see it every day. But today, God is using the sun to send us a very special reminder – of how much God loves us and how God’s love is everlasting.
This evening, God is going to put the moon between the sun and where we are on earth and we are going to see this amazing ring – this ring of fire. What God is reminding us is that God’s love has no end or no beginning. As a reminder of that love, I have some fire rings here for you – careful, they’re hot – which you can keep and remember that God’s love is always present with you.
Let’s say “thank you” to God for the amazing love given to us and the knowledge that, regardless of where we are in our lives, God’s love will be ever present. And for this great gift, we say “thank you” and “amen.”
This Moment was presented on May 20, 2012 at Parkside Congregation Church. It can also be viewed at God’s Unending Love.