When Jesus went back to his hometown in our gospel story for today, he tried to explain to them that God's love is for everyone. I guess a lot of them thought that it was just for them and they were upset to hear that God's love was not only for other folks but that those folks might receive it better than they would.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany C4 – 2-Feb-25”
One of the things we do in Church is to read small parts of the Bible out loud. It probably wouldn't surprise you a bit that they did that in Jesus' time too. In fact, our gospel story for today is about a time when Jesus was asked to read scripture in the place he grew up in.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany C3 – 26-Jan-25”
In our gospel story for today Jesus is at a party and, like some parties, this one ran out of things to drink. The person who was having the party was embarrassed. Some of the guests were embarrassed.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany C2 – 19-Jan-25”
In our gospel story for today people were asking John if he was the Messiah, the one who God would send to do amazing things and show God's love and power to people. John said he wasn't the Messiah.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Baptism of the Lord C – 12-Jan-25”
Our gospel reading for today is from John. Now John writes in a way that can be difficult to understand. He talks about light and about being born from above and sometimes it can be hard to figure out what he means.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Christmas 2C – 5-Jan-25”
In our gospel lesson for today, Jesus stays at the temple while his parents start to go back home. When they figure out that he's not with someone else in their traveling group, they get very worried and rush back to find him.… Read the rest “Children’s Momen for Christmas 1C – 29-Dec-24”
Have you ever noticed how some people are treated differently because of the clothes they have ... or don't have? In the gospel story for today, Mary talks about how honored she is to be the one chosen to give birth to and raise the messiah.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Advent 4C – 22-Dec-24”
In today's gospel story, John the Baptizer is talking to a lot of people about how to prepare for the Lord's coming. Some of them ask him, "What should we do?"
He says, "Share what you have with people who don't have it."… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Advent 3C – 16-Dec-24”
[Bring some pictures of road grading (with bulldozers and the like).]
When people are building a road, they try to make the road as level and as straight as possible. That makes it easier for people to get to where they want to go.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Advent 2C – 5-Dec-21”
[Bring some pictures of road signs, like "Stop", "No Passing", and "No U Turn".]
These are some signs that you might see on roads. Why do you think they put these signs out?
[Wait for answers]
Yes. These signs tell you what to expect ahead.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Advent 1C – 1-Dec-24”