Parable of the Sower Alliterations

God willing, I am going to preach on the so-called Parable of the Sower from Mark 4 for our harvest family service.

I might go alliteration-tastic with a look at:

The Sower = Jesus

The Seed = The Word of God

The Soils = Different groups of hearers, how they recieve and respond to the Word of God from Jesus

Satan, stoney, sidewalk (path), suckers (weeds), shallow (though that doesn't quite work), sound soil are all additional possible "s"s.

And then there are Vaughan Roberts headings which I reall from OiCCU days. Obviously alliteration can sometimes be memorable:

(1) The Problem of the Word

(2) The Purpose of the Word

(3) The Produce (or Power) of the Word

Or even:

(1) The Apparent Problem of the Word

(2) The Actual Purpose of the Word

(3) The Abundant Produce (or Power) of the Word

I might ask Mrs Lloyd to make up some pots of each type of soil and get some seed. The boy would enjoy "helping". And some pictures for the PowerPoint and Bob is a relative.