1st Angle

2nd Angle

WHAT YOU NEED:

• Blow-dryer
• Ping pong balls
• Big blower
• Light rubber toy ball (about 6 inches in diameter)
• Smaller light rubber toy ball (about 3 inches in diameter)
• Toilet paper – Get the rolls that have the most sheets (~1,000) or else the roll will empty FAR too soon
• Stick

DEMONSTRATION:

• You can start with the hair dryer and ping pong ball.  Depending on the strength of the dryer, it will levitate the ball into the air a few inches and while it is ok, it isn’t that impressive.  
• Get out the leaf blower or some other very strong blower.  Hold it vertically, turn it on and place the smaller of the two balls on top.  Replace the smaller ball with the bigger ball and you will a find that the is held relatively firmly in a stream of air surrounding the ball.  You can then begin to point the blower lower and lower until the ball is nearly horizontal with the ground and the ball will not fall down until the angle is very extreme.
• Finally, you can use the big blower or leaf blower to completely empty entire roll of toilet paper in about 5 to 10 seconds. The best way is to tape a paint roller to the end of the leaf blower and slide the toilet paper on to the roller. Alternatively, slide the toilet paper over a small stick or piece of PVC pipe and then have 2 volunteers hold either end of the stick while you blow the toilet paper off.

LESSON:

The Bible talks over and over about the Holy Ghost.  We aren’t talking about the spooky kind of Halloween ghost but about JESUS, the God that made us and everything around us coming to live inside of you. The Holy Ghost is AWESOME and not something to be afraid of.  The first time the Holy Ghost was poured out was a LONG time ago.

Does anyone know how they knew the Holy Ghost was coming? Because of the sound of the RUSHING MIGHTY WIND!

Wind is powerful and can do some amazing things – If strong enough it can knock trees down or destroy houses.

The Holy Ghost also has the ability to change our lives and to LIFT US out of our surrounding to become more than we ever could be without Him

Sometimes we try to lift ourselves out and do it on our own and this is what is looks like

Use hair dryer & ping pong balls

Not very impressive is it? It is kind of sad the results we have when we try to do everything on our own.  But then there is the Holy Ghost.

Pull out big blower

“It can handle little problems”

Point the blower straight up, turned on and then place the smaller ball in the stream of air.

AND big problems

Change out the smaller ball for the larger one.

OR BOTH AT ONCE

Use both balls

It is amazing how the Holy Ghost can support us even when we don’t think it should be able to. Watch this!

Placed just the larger ball in the stream of air and then begin to gradually tilt the blower. You will be very surprised how far sideways you can tilted before the ball will fall out of the stream. It’s just amazing.

Then pull out the toilet paper.  You can either put it on a paint roller and attach it directly to the blower or you can have volunteers come up and hold either side of a stick on which you slip the roll or rolls.

Blow the toilet paper off the roll!  It’s amazing!