In our story from the Gospel today, Jesus says that the disciples will become people who fish for people. What do you think that means? [Wait for answers]
The thing about caching fish is that it's really not that good for the fish.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 26-Jan-20”
Have you ever talked to one of your friends about Jesus? Have you ever invited a friend to go to church with you? If you did, what kinds of things did you say? [Wait for answers]
Talking to other people about Jesus can be difficult.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 19-Jan-20”
Today we'll hear the story about Jesus coming to be baptized. Do you know what it means to be baptized? [Wait for answers]
One thing baptism meant for the folks that came to John that day. It meant that they were repenting; that they were saying "No."… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 12-Jan-20”
Today's gospel story is about the wise men visiting the young Jesus. The wise men were people who studied the stars and they'd seen a star in the sky that they believed meant that a new king would be born.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 5-Jan-20”
Sometimes really bad things happen. Sometimes it's a flood or a hurricane. Sometimes, even worse, it's because someone who has power does things that hurt people. In the story for today, Joseph, Mary, and Jesus fled their home country and went to Egypt to avoid King Herod, who thought that Jesus was a threat to him and wanted to kill him.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 29-Dec-19”
There's a special word that we find in our gospel reading for today that describes Jesus. That word is "Emmanuel". Does anyone know what that means? [Wait for answers].
Emmanuel means "God with us", but those three small words mean a lot.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 22-Dec-19”
When you talk to friends and other people about church, what do you talk about? [Wait for answers] Do you talk about studying who God is and how the church works? [again, wait]
Those might be some things you talk about, but when John's disciples came to Jesus to find out who he was, Jesus just said, "Tell John what you see and hear."… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 15-Dec-19”
When something important is about to happen. What do we do to let people know? [Pause for answers] When Jesus was about to begin his ministry, God didn't have the Internet. God didn't have newspapers or even telephones. Instead, God sent John the Baptizer to let people know that God was about to send someone really important and that they really needed to listen to him.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 08-Dec-19”
Have you ever had to wait for something? [Wait for answers] Maybe it was a birthday that seemed like it took forever to come. Maybe it was something special, a present. How did it make you feel to have to wait?… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 01-Dec-19”
Let pretend that you're invited to dinner with a mighty leader. As you sit down to dinner, you'd expect to see servants bringing out trays and waiting on you and this leader. But that doesn't happen. Instead, the leader gets up, goes into the kitchen and brings out the food and sets it before you.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 24-Nov-19”