Have you ever saw something that was just not right and it made you angry to see it?
[wait for answers]
Jesus had times like that too. In our gospel story for today, Jesus went to the temple in Jerusalem.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 3b – 7-Mar-21”
Have you ever been listening to something for a while without realizing what you're hearing. Maybe it's a bird calling or a dog barking. Maybe it's your mom or dad calling you. Suddenly you realize that you've been hearing it for a while without really paying attention.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 2b – 28-Feb-21”
How many of you are in school already? Let me ask you something: What is your favorite thing about school? [wait for answers]
I notice that none of you said that your favorite thing was tests. Don't you like tests?… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Lent 1b – 21-February-21”
When I was about your age, I had a friend that I played with almost every day. We knew all kinds of things about each other, but one day she invited me to see her dance recital. I was really surprised.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 6b – 14-February-21”
When something is really important to listen to, what do you do? How can you be sure you can hear that one thing? [Wait for answers]
I'd say the most important thing to do to make sure you can really hear is not be paying attention to a lot of other things at the same time.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 5b – 7-February-21”
What happens when you learn something new? How do you act? What do you do? [wait for responses]
The story from the gospel today is about Jesus teaching and how people were amazed at what he said and how he spoke.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 4b – 31-January-21”
When I was a boy, my dad built a train table in our basement. It was a simple set up, with a few switches and a few buildings and a depot. When friends came over, we could play with the trains on that table, but I couldn't bring the trains and especially couldn't bring the table over to my friends houses.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 3b – 24-January-21”
What do you do when you learn about something really important? [wait for answers]
One thing I do is tell other people about it, especially if it's something really good.
In the gospel story for today, Jesus not only tells some of the people he knows about God's love, but he also asks them to help him to tell other people.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 2b – 17-January-21”
If you had something really important to do, what would you do to start? Today, we're going to hear about the baptism of Jesus, which is the way Jesus started his ministry. That means that Jesus thought baptism was important enough for it to start his ministry.… Read the rest “Alternate Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 1b – 10-January-21”
The wisemen brought three gifts to Jesus. Gold, the metal of kings, incense, used by priests in When the wisemen came to visit Jesus, they brought some gifts. The Bible tells us that they gave gold, frankincense, and myrrh. What kind of gifts do you think you'd bring to a young child Jesus?… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 1b – 10-January-21”