Climate Change and Children: Children's Sermon

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Have the children hold their breath for as long as they can and then raise their hands when they've exhaled and breathed in again.

Now, imagine that a friend kicked a soccer ball really hard and accidentally hit you in the stomach knocking the wind out of you. Think how desperate you would be for a breath. That's what it can be like when you have asthma.

Who knows what asthma is? (if a child raises their hand ask them to explain it for others)

Who knows someone with asthma?

Is it any fun when they get an asthma attack and have trouble breathing?

One of the things that brings on an attack of asthma is dirty air or air pollution. Where does air pollution come from?

It comes from cars and trucks that use gasoline and from power plants that use coal to create electricity. The Bible tells us that Jesus healed people who were hurt or sick. Do you think Jesus would want us to help children with asthma by reducing our pollution?

How can we do that?

Jesus calls each of us to love our neighbors, and our families and our friends. One way that we can do that is by protecting the Earth, God’s Creation so that we all have a safe and clean place to live where we can be happy.