HOLD THE FLOW 
- Try to push back and hold water to compare God's power to their own.
  Supplies Needed:
  1. 1 straw per child
  2. 9-inch aluminum pie plate
  3. water
  4. towel
  Instructions:
  1. Set out the pie pan and towel you prepared before the session.
  2. SAY, "I've created a tiny Red Sea so we can see if we can create dry land across it.  You can try different ideas, but you can only use your own power.  The water has to stay in the pie plate, just like the water stayed in the Red Sea in the Bible story."
  3. ASK, "What do you think might happen if we all try really hard to make a dry space in the pie plate?"
  4. Let each child take a turn trying to scoop the water to one or both sides as the other watch.  As each child makes an attempt, give him or her a drinking straw to try to blow the water away.  When the child's turn is finished, dispose of the straw he or she used.  Encourage the rest of the children to make observations as they watch.  After each child has had a turn, gather the children in an area away from the water.
  5. ASK, "Why was it so hard to hold the water back?"  "Do you think it's possible for people to hold back water with their own power?"
  6. SAY, "God did something that no human can do.  Our God is more mighty and powerful than we are.  God is more powerful than the water, or the clouds, or fire, or anything!  Let's celebrate God's power with this rhyming prayer.  Watch what I do, and do it along with me."
  7. SAY, "You held back that water." (Point upward; then put the backs of hour hands together in front of you.  Push your hands toward the sides.)  "You moved that noisy sea."  (Pat your hands on your thighs.)  "If you can do those mighty works,"  (Make muscles.)  "Then you can care for me!"  (Hug yourself.)