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”
Have you ever been really, really scared? [Wait for answers]
I remember the first time I went camping where I was in a tent all by myself. I was a bit scared at the time. I got over it and I found that there really wasn't that much to be scared about, but there are still some things that scare me.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 17-Nov-19”
Jesus was asked a lot of questions when he was doing ministry. In the story for today, he was asked about marriage in heaven. It was a tough question because no one really knows a lot about what is going to happen after we die, but the folks that asked Jesus the question weren't even really interested in the answer.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 10-Nov-19”
Have you ever been at a parade or maybe a football match and something happens and everybody stands up and you can't see what's going on? Something like that is a part of our story for today. The story starts with Jesus coming to a town and most of the folks in the town show up to get a look at him.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 3-Nov-19”
Have you ever done something pretty bad? In our story for today, Jesus is telling a story about two people praying. The first one prays, "Thank you God that I'm so good. Thank you that I'm not like that guy over there." But the second one prays, "I know I've done some things that are really bad, God.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 27-Oct-19”
Let's pretend you need some help and you go to your parents or teachers for it. What do you think they will do? [Wait for answers]
Jesus tells a story about a really horrible judge that just doesn't care about anything.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 20-Oct-19”
When someone does something nice for you, what should you do? [Wait for answers.]
Of, course, when someone does something good for you, you should thank them. Our story for today tells about 10 lepers. Those were people with a really bad disease of the skin that made people stay away from them.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 13-Oct-19”
Which do you think is stronger, a tree or a boulder? [Wait for answers]
I'm going to show you a picture and it may surprise you. [See picture at left]
This is a picture of a tree that started out small, but as it grew, over years and years, it split this boulder in two.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 6-Oct-19”
I'm going to tell you a story today, about a little boy, about your age. The boy had all the really good toys. He had robots that you could move with remote controls. He had planes that actually flew. He had all the best video games.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 29-Sep-19”
A few years ago our cat got outside when we weren't looking. We don't let our cats go outside because they get in fights with other cats and can get hurt. So we were worried about the cat and, for the next several days we would go outside, look through the bushes, and call her name.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for 15-Sep-19”