At the end of this Moment are directions to build a Flux Capacitor.
Good morning! We had some interesting things time-related last month I want to talk about. Last week we ended Daylight Saving Time, where all the clocks jumped backward and it gets dark around noon now.
Also, now that Halloween is over, I guess we can officially begin the season of Christmas – so that makes it Christmas Time. Only six more Sundays before Christmas! I know!
Also, we had a celebration a few weeks back – an anniversary that marked a very important date.
(Remove working flux capacitor)
Do you know what this is? This is a Flux Capacitor. You know it’s a Flux Capacitor because you can see it… fluxing.
This device is used to travel in time, backward and forward. Now this model isn’t working right now because we don’t have 1.21 jigawats and we are not moving at 88 miles per hour. This does contain the necessary plutonium, however, so don’t sit too close.
I want to use device to tell you that until we get this working properly, we all have the same amount of time and it’s important that we use it well. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 that “about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” So we always want to be prepared and live our life in light of Jesus’ teachings.
How we spend today is important. You can be a steward of your time by wasting it on unproductive activity or you can use your time wisely – building your body by cheer-leading or playing outside with friends, building your mind by paying attention in school and listening to your folks, and building your spirit by coming to church and participating in Sunday School.
This is your time today and you will want to use it well. Dr. Emmett Brown tells us that, “As for the future, yours hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.“
Presented on November 8, 2015 at Bethany Presbyterian Church.
HOW TO BUILD A FLUX CAPACITOR
I am not an engineer nor even a very handy person. But the result is in the presentation, not the product. This is how I built a Flux Capacitor:
To get the blinking lights, I purchased “SumDirect Pack of 12/30/50/100 Colorful LED Mini Blinking Lights” from Amazon for $12. The container is from the Dollar Store and is just a plastic jar I painted gray. (Okay, black and white spray paint, as I didn’t have any gray.)
Using a 1/2 inch drill bit, holes were punched in the pattern of the Capacitor. Each bulb was inserted (I used tape to make the fit more snug) and just before the moment, the bottom of the bulb was twisted to make the connection.
The Flux Capacitor was carried in a box with warning labels and it was “turned on” just before the Moment.