In today's story from the gospel, Jesus says a lot of things about the types of people who will be happy and think that God has blessed them. What are some thing that make you feel happy? [Wait for answers]
Well, Jesus says that people who are kind to others, even when they don't deserve it will have kindnesses done to them as well.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany A4 – 29-Jan-23”
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 Epiphany 3A – 22-Jan-23”
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 Epiphany 2A – 15-Jan-23”
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 Baptism of the Lord A – 8-Jan-23”
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 Epiphany A – 8-Jan-23”
In today's story from the gospel, Jesus tells us one very important thing that we should be doing to show that we love God: He said that the people who know God are the ones that care for people, especially the people that don't get noticed by everyone else, the people in prison, the hungry, the poor.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for New Year’s Day – 1-Jan-23”
What are words for? What do they do? Why do we use words? [Wait for answers]
Words let us talk to each other so that we can understand each other better. Imagine trying to tell someone something important to you without using words.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Christmas Day – 25-Dec-22”
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 Advent A4 – 18-Dec-22”
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 Advent A3 – 11-Dec-22”
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.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Advent A2 – 04-Dec-22”