Today's gospel lesson is about Jesus being the Light of the World? What are some things that light does? What do we need light for? [Wait for answers]
Yes. Light is useful because it helps us see things clearly.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Christmas 2A – 4-Jan-25”
A lot of the things that happen in today's stories from the gospel are startling and even a bit scary, but through all those things, Jesus came into the world to teach us about loving God and each other.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Christmas A1 – 28-Dec-25”
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-25”
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-25”
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 – 21-Dec-25”
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 – 14-Dec-25”
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 – 07-Dec-25”
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 Advent A1 – 30-Nov-25”
When people make fun of you and say mean things about you, it probably makes you angry and maybe even angry enough to think about mean things you could say about them.
But when Jesus was being made fun of and the people around him said very mean things to him, he didn't do that.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Reign of Christ C – 23-November-25”
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 Proper C28 – 16-Nov-25”