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Chosen -- Matthew 9:9-13
Teachers or Parents: Jesus' choice of disciples would most
Receiving the call -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A
Parents and Teachers: How does one answer God's call? In this

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Children's Bulletin (ages 8-10) -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A

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Children's Bulletin (ages 5-7) -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A

Adult study

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Matthew: When Others Reject You -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- 2004
A few years ago, I had an unusual thing happen in my church.

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Children's Bulletin (ages 8-10) -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A

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Children's Bulletin (ages 5-7) -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A

Children's sermon

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Loving "bad people" -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A
Good morning, boys and girls. I want to tell you a story this

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The Doctor For Sin -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Wesley T. Runk
Object: a thermometer, a heating pad, and a bad cough

Drama

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Super Christian I -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Robert F. Crowley -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A -- 1998
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Charles Lamb was a noted... -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - B -- 1997
Charles Lamb was a noted nineteenth century English essayist, poet, and literary critic.
The happy spontaneity of the... -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - B -- 1997
The happy spontaneity of the child may eventually become the sour misery of the adult.
We are not Jesus. Thank... -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - B -- 1997
We are not Jesus. Thank God. Nor are we called to do his work, but rather to follow in his way.
We don't talk much about... -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - A
We don't talk much about sin and sinners anymore (perhaps we should).
A magazine article from Japan... -- Matthew 9:9-13 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - A
A magazine article from Japan shows the emphasis the Japanese place upon a long and arduous training

Preaching

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Proper 5 -- Genesis 22:1-18, Matthew 9:9-13 -- George M. Bass -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A -- 1989
The church year theological clue

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Faithful, Not Successful -- Matthew 9:9-13, Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Michael D. Wuchter -- 2006
Today is a day in the church year that is set aside to remember and commemorate the early church apo

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God will provide -- Genesis 22:1-18, Psalm 13, Matthew 9:9-13 -- Paul A. Laughlin -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A -- 1989
Exegetical note: Behind this well-known story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son at G
PROPER 5 -- Psalm 13, Genesis 22:1-8, Matthew 9:9-13 -- Norman A. Beck -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - A -- 1986
All six of the texts selected for this occasion place emphasis on the importance of close personal r
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As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (vv. 12-13)

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Object: This message is a role-play story. If you have enough children, you could have them play the roles of the ten lepers. However, for the most fun, I suggest planning ahead and recruiting ten adults from your congregation to play the roles.

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The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott

Call to Worship:

Jesus healed ten sick people, but nine of them were only interested in themselves and their own condition. Just one was able to look beyond his own concerns and say thank you. In our worship today let us look beyond ourselves and see God.

Invitation to Confession:
Jesus, sometimes we are consumed by ourselves and fail to really care about other people.
Lord, have mercy.
Jesus, sometimes we focus so intently on ourselves that we forget to say thank you.
Christ, have mercy.

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James Evans
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Schuyler Rhodes
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (v. 10). "Perfect love casts out fear" (1 John 4:18). These two powerful statements reveal for us the inadequacies of the translation process of the English language. These two juxtaposing passages reveal only a tiny fraction of the contradictions and conflicts found within our holy Word. No wonder people have trouble reading and understanding.
Scott Suskovic
"... suffer as I do" (2 Timothy 1:12).

It was in 1965 that the Rolling Stones recorded the song, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction." Even today, over forty years later, we are still saying the same words and feeling the same emptiness of trying and trying, but getting no satisfaction. Commercials promise it with whiter teeth and fresher breath. Wall Street promises it with higher returns. Soap operas promise it with a dynamic love life. Yet those who have conquered each of those summits come up with the same cry, "I can't get no satisfaction." Can you?

Stephen M. Crotts
Have you ever had this experience? You walk into a dark room to do something, flick on the light switch, and nothing happens. I suspect a lot of our Thanksgivings are like that. Thursday late in November rolls around and suddenly it's Thanksgiving! So everybody gives thanks! But quite often the gratitude is just not there. Like the light switch, we reach for it at the appropriate time and it won't work. It's burned out.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
Once there was a wise king who died. His son, who was young and rather brash, came to the throne and after only two months ordered a review all of his father's appointments. He called in the royal secretary, the royal treasurer, and the viceroy for interviews. He found them all to be unworthy and sent them into exile with only the shirts on their backs. Next he decided to interview the local bishop. A courier was sent to the bishop's residence with this message: "You are to report to the palace and answer the following three questions: 1) What direction does God face? 2) What am I worth?

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