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 – 18-February-24”
In our gospel story for today, Jesus heals a man who had a very serious skin disease. It was so bad, in fact that he and anyone else who had this disease would have to call out to people while they were still at a distance and warn them not to come any closer.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Epiphany 6b – 11-February-24”
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 – 4-February-24”
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 Epiphany 4b – 28-January-24”
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 Epiphany 3b – 21-January-24”
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 Epiphany 2b – 14-January-24”
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 Baptism of the Lord B – 7-January-24”
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.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Epiphany B – 7-January-24”
Today's story from the gospel tells us about two people who knew, even from the start that Jesus was going to be someone special. When they saw him as an eight-day-old baby, the thanked God for sending him.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Christmas 1b – 31-December-23”
What do you think God looks like? [wait for answers]
Now some of those may be right. The thing is, we just don't know. The gospel writer John tells us that no one has ever seen God. But John also tells us there is a way to know what God is like: He says that, if we see Jesus, we'll understand what God is like.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) Christmas B – 25-December-23”