My friend Mary did her first all age service this week and came up with a great ideas for responding to John 15:1-11 in prayer! You will need: Lots of balloons, stickers, pens, string, a very long ribbon, grapes still in the bunch. Show the children the bunch of grapes and link this to the teaching that Jesus is the true vine and we are like the branches growing off the vine. If we keep his commandments and love others then we will grow much fruit (have God's love and joy!). Taste the grapes and talk about how sweet they are. This sweetness reflects the sweetness and joy of what growing in Jesus' vine is like. Speak about how it can sometimes be hard to do what we know God would want and that some people don't even know who Jesus is or that they can be part of the vine too. Encourage the children to pray for help when they are finding it hard to do what God wants and for people to find out about Jesus. Get them to write or draw their prayers on a sticker...