Jesus tells the disciples in our story for today to "Go into all the world and make disciples in every nation." What do you think that means? [Wait for answers]
I'm sure he doesn't mean to force people to become disciples.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Trinity A – 31-May-26”
There's a lot of really fantastic stuff in our scripture story for today. There are tongues of fire and people speaking in all the known languages, and 3000 people joining the Church. But the thing is, probably the most important thing in today's story is quite normal.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Pentecost-a – 24-May-26”
Jesus was talking to his disciples right before he left. He said that they would be his witnesses. What is a witness? What does a witness do? [Wait for answers]
One of the most important things about a witness is that they're supposed to tell people about what they have seen themselves.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 7a – 17-May-26”
Have you ever had a really good friend? Someone you could talk to and someone you just couldn't wait to tell about what had happened when you were away from each other?
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Jesus told his disciples that he was going to go away.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 6a – 10-May-26”
When I was young, my family and I went camping a lot, but I do remember one time that we actually stayed in a hotel. I was amazed to see how many rooms there were in the hotel...… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 5a – 3-May-23”
Have you ever been outside playing or maybe at a store and heard your mom or your dad call your name? [Wait for answers] How did you know it was your mom or dad? [Wait for answers]
Jesus tells his disciples a bit about sheep and their shepherd in the gospel for today.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 4a – 26-Apr-26”
Have you ever been somewhere and seen someone you didn't expect to see? [Wait for answers]
You know there's something about them that makes you think you should know who they are, but you can't think of it.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 3a – 19-Apr-26”
When I was a boy my family spent a lot of time outdoors. One day we even took a ride down a river in a canoe. During the ride, my sister though she saw an animal in the bottom of the river.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 2a – 12-Apr-26”
We say that today is a celebration of Jesus' resurrection, do you know what that means? [Wait for answers]
In today's stories from the gospels we see that Jesus was dead and the disciples were going to visit his body to take care of it, but when they arrived at the place where he was buried, they found that he wasn't dead any more.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter Sunday – 5-Apr-26”
What do you do when you have to do something really hard? [Wait for answers]
In today's story from the gospels, Jesus is about to do the hardest thing in his life and he does two things.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Palm/Passion Sunday 29-Mar-26”