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Assurance -- Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - C
Good morning! This morning I want to do an exercise in faith.
Think thankful thoughts -- Philippians 4:4-9 -- Thanksgiving Day - C
Today please pretend with me that this is a crystal ball. Some
It's good to be here -- Matthew 17:1-9 -- Transfiguration Sunday - A
Good morning! Once, Jesus went up on a high mountain and he
Sheep and goats -- Matthew 25:31-46 -- Christ The King (Proper 29) - A
Good morning! The Bible tells us that Jesus is the King of
The baptism of Jesus -- Mark 1:4-11 -- The Baptism of our Lord | Epiphany 1 | Ordinary Time 1 - B
Good morning! Did you know that we are in the season of Epiphany? Can you say Epiphany?
What the signs tell -- 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 -- Third Sunday of Advent - B
Good morning, boys and girls. I have a question for you. When
A glass of water, please -- Matthew 10:40-42 -- Proper 8 | Ordinary Time 13 - A
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a cup of cold water
You're paid for -- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Good morning! Have you ever gone shopping in a big store, a
Ephphatha -- Mark 7:24-37 -- Proper 18 | Ordinary Time 23 - B
Good morning! What is this I have here in my hand? (Show the
Jesus, our Commander in Chief -- Matthew 18:15-20 -- Proper 18 | Ordinary Time 23 - A
When I was your age, I liked to collect toy soldiers like
Swimming with your clothes on -- John 21:1-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - C
Good morning! Today we read a very interesting story about
Right now! -- 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
I have a game here that perhaps you know how to play. I used
An empty tomb -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A
Happy Easter! Christ the Lord is risen today! Alleluia!
Surround yourself with Christ -- Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19) -- Proper 12 | Ordinary Time 17 - C
I brought two eggs with me today. Eggs are really neat. There's a hard shell on the outside.
The peanut butter -- Matthew 3:1-12 -- Second Sunday of Advent - A
I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I a
Waiting for a new heaven -- 2 Peter 3:8-15a -- Second Sunday of Advent - B
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have
Lamb of God -- John 1:29-42 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - A
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a picture to show you.
God looks for you -- Luke 15:1-10 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - C
In today's scripture reading, Jesus tells us two short stories. In the first, a man has 100 sheep.
It's not complicated -- 1 John 3:16-24 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - B
Good morning! I want to show you something today and see
A warning -- Luke 16:19-31 -- Proper 21 | Ordinary Time 26 - C
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have a smoke detector in
No illusion here! -- John 20:19-31 -- Second Sunday of Easter - B
I want to show you something here. (Show them the optical
Jesus measured up -- Matthew 4:1-11 -- First Sunday in Lent - A
Jesus spent 40 days in the desert and for 40 days he did not
What belongs to God -- Matthew 22:15-22 -- Proper 24 | Ordinary Time 29 - A
Good morning. This morning I'm going to ask you some
Jesus doesn't play games -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Hello again! Today we're going to play a game. Who knows the game Simon Says? Good.
Suffering for Jesus -- Luke 6:17-26 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - C
Good morning! I want to tell you a story today and then ask

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! Let’s get started!

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Thomas Willadsen
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Dean Feldmeyer
George Reed
For June 22, 2025:

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John E. Sumwalt
But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,  for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.  As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. (vv. 25-28)

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Frank Ramirez
Mark Ellingsen
1 Kings 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a
Life can be frightening sometimes. Thus it is both comforting but disconcerting to find a giant of faith like Elijah to fear the future. On that matter Martin Luther once claimed:
David Kalas
We’re not far from the 4th of July. And while for so many Americans, it seems that the holiday has become more about long weekends, cookouts, and fireworks shows, the theme of freedom is still there at least in the background. We might take advantage of that, therefore, and give some thought to the theme of freedom as it is revealed in our assigned texts for this week.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

The madman cried out to Jesus, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?" In our worship today let us explore what Jesus has to do with us and invite him to heal our brokenness.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, we often find ourselves thinking, saying and doing things that we quickly regret.
Lord, have mercy.

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Constance Berg
When Jill was five, she began to have headaches. The headaches were so severe she would throw up. Sometimes she would pass out. They usually came once a month. Jill could be playing, resting, or watching television when the headaches would come. Her only warning was a sudden pain in her head, then a blinding light would appear, and she would be rocked with pain. In her teenage years, they became debilitating, causing Jill to be in bed for three days at a time.
Stan Purdum
I'm not sure when the term "burn out" ceased being only a description of what happened to a campfire when you ran out of firewood to a term describing the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, usually coming immediately after an extended period of overwork, but the expression seems to fit that later situation, doesn't it? Exhaustion, deep weariness, all used up, nothing more to give, wiped out, burned out -- call it what we will, its symptoms are all too familiar to many of us.
April Yamasaki
In the classic movie, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews plays a no-nonsense, yet delightful, nanny to two young children. As a nanny to a wealthy family, she is part teacher, part parent, and part disciplinarian. She gets the children up in the morning, puts them to bed at night, supervises their many adventures, and guides them in many ways. While they are in her care, she is responsible for their overall safety and well-being.

Julia Ross Strope
Zoos are no longer in people's good graces.
Religion faces the same problem.
Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.
-- Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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