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 Ordinary 4b – 31-January-21”
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 Ordinary 3b – 24-January-21”
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 Ordinary 2b – 17-January-21”
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 Ordinary 1b – 10-January-21”
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. What kind of gifts do you think you'd bring to a young child Jesus?… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Ordinary 1b – 10-January-21”
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 2b – 03-January-21”
If God is going to use a person to do great things, what do you think would be the most important thing about that person? What would they have to be like? [Pause for answers]
You might think that they would need to be likeable, or good speakers, or strong, or brave.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Advent 4b – 20-December-20”
Let's suppose you had some really good news that you wanted to share with other people. What would you do to let them know? [pause for answers]
When God has some good news to tell us about how much God loves each of us and that Jesus was coming to show us that, God sent John the Baptizer.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Advent 3b – 13-December-20”
Let's suppose you had some really good news that you wanted to share with other people. What would you do to let them know? [pause for answers]
When God has some good news to tell us about how much God loves each of us and that Jesus was coming to show us that, God sent John the Baptizer.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Advent 2b – 6-December-20”
Have you ever know that something was about to happen before it happens? This time of year, you might see that we're using a new color in the sanctuary or you might notice that mom and dad are moving things around to make space for where you know they're going to put the Christmas tree.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Advent 1b – 29-November-20”