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Giving thanks -- Philippians 4:4-9 -- Thanksgiving Day - C
Good morning! Who can tell me what today is? (Let them
He is here! -- John 6:51-58 -- Proper 15 | Ordinary Time 20 - B
Jesus said that he is the "living bread." He told those
Comforting mourners -- Matthew 5:1-12 -- All Saints Day - A
Good morning! Today is All Saints' Sunday. How many know why we call it that?
It happened in Bethlehem -- Micah 5:2-5a -- Fourth Sunday of Advent - C
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been
Second chance -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
Good morning! Today I have a branch from an apple tree (or
Finding a saint -- John 11:32-44 -- All Saints Day - B
Good morning! Today is All Saints' Sunday. Can anyone tell
We have an inheritance -- Ephesians 1:3-14 -- Second Sunday after Christmas - A
Good morning! Can anybody tell me what it means to get an
Standing in line -- Luke 2:1-20 -- The Nativity of our Lord - C
Merry Christmas! How many of you ever got a new car for Christmas?
We can get in -- Hebrews 10:16-25 -- Good Friday - C
When I left my house today, I locked it up with this key.
Come on down! -- Luke 14:25-33 -- Proper 18 | Ordinary Time 23 - C
Boys and girls, COME ON DOWN! (Hold up the large price tag.) I want to
Sometimes, we need help -- Romans 8:22-27 -- Day of Pentecost - B
Good morning! I brought something good for all of you this
God's mystery novel -- Romans 16:25-27 -- Fourth Sunday of Advent - B
Good morning! I brought this book to show you this morning.
"Follow the leader" -- 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - C
How many of you like to play games? (Let them answer.) So
Let's get together -- Hebrews 10:16-25 -- Good Friday - C
Hello, boys and girls. I brought a grocery bag because I want to talk about groceries with you.
Sad clowns -- Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 -- Ash Wednesday - B
Greetings, boys and girls. Today is the beginning of the Lenten season.
Health clinic -- James 5:13-20 -- Proper 21 | Ordinary Time 26 - B
Where do you see medical objects like this? (Let them
The seed -- John 11:1-45 -- Fifth Sunday in Lent - A
When you look at a seed, it looks dead. It's all dried up and
The real number one -- Colossians 1:11-20 -- Christ The King (Proper 29) - C
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so tha
Taking a deep breath -- Matthew 14:22-33 -- Proper 14 | Ordinary Time 19 - A
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been afraid?
What is heaven really like? -- Revelation 21:1-6 -- Fifth Sunday of Easter - C
Today I want to talk about heaven. What do you think heaven
Have the right answer -- Matthew 22:1-14 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - A
Good morning! There are several radio or television shows
Watching for signs -- Ephesians 5:15-20 -- Proper 15 | Ordinary Time 20 - B
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know what the word "danger" means?
An image of God's kingdom -- Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 -- Proper 12 | Ordinary Time 17 - A
Hello again! (hold up the poster) Have any of you ever drawn dot-to-dot pictures? They're fun.
Jesus, the true vine -- John 15:1-8 -- Fifth Sunday of Easter - B
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought two vines with me this
Help for my weakness -- Romans 8:26-39 -- Proper 12 | Ordinary Time 17 - A
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you love to watch

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Object: This is a role play activity for the children.

Note: You will need an older volunteer to help with this activity. One option would be to find a teenager with some physical ability. If a teen is not available, an adult could be used instead. For simplicity here, I will refer to my older volunteer as “TOM”. You will also need to select three of your younger children to serve as volunteers in the story.

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Naaman seeks healing. He travels hoping healing will come to him when he visits the king of Israel. Yet, healing does not come in that way. Rather healing comes through Elishah. Healing comes from believing and being cleansed in the River Jordan. Healing comes through Naaman’s faithfulness and through God’s grace. Psalm 30 also reminds us to seek healing; to seek God and God will heal and restore us. Do we believe that? Do we believe that God can bring healing?

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John E. Sumwalt
But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ (vv. 10-11)

When I visit your church for the first time, consider the possibility that I might be looking for a church home. I am a good-looking old guy, but I have gray hair and I dress down in the summer, so don’t be put off by my cargo shorts and tank top. Talk to me!

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Damien and Ora grinned at each other in excitement. The time had come - at last! They'd been with the Leader for months and months, waiting for this moment. Not that it had felt much like training. They'd simply lived with the Leader, listening to his stories, hearing about the Kingdom, learning to get along really well with all the other people at Mission Headquarters. Now all seventy of them were ready, the spaceship had docked, and the Mission was about to begin. Ora was glad she'd been paired up with Damien again.

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(See Epiphany 6/Ordinary Time 6, Cycle B, and Easter 3, Cycle C, for alternative approaches.)

Anyone who has ever had the experience of losing a friend because of some conflict or dispute, and then has had the friendship restored because of love and forgiveness, has a unique insight into the meaning of this psalm. Although the poem begins and ends with praise, there is in the middle of the poem a brief moment of confession and contrition that puts the praise portions of the psalm in an entirely different light.

April Yamasaki
A word of encouragement came from an unlikely source the other day in a television interview with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The former football player, wrestler, and now actor was asked about a low time in his life when he was very discouraged about his career and future.

"How did you make your way back from that?" he was asked.

The Rock replied, "You have to put yourself out there. You have to get out there and fail, and learn from your failures."

Larry D. Powell
In the summer of 1983, I participated in a ministerial exchange program sponsored by my denomination. My assignment was to a circuit of churches on the Isle of Man, a tiny island located in the Irish Sea. The months preceding the exchange included considerable correspondence with the minister on the island with whom I would exchange pastoral duties for six weeks.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
A wealthy businessman decided to take a walk and eat his lunch at the same time. He strolled by a park. There he purchased a hot dog and a soft drink. As he walked through the park two different "street people" approached him one by one. Each asked, "Can you help me? I am hungry." Each time the businessman looked straight ahead and kept walking. After finishing his lunch, he stopped and bought a chocolate eclair for dessert. As he was about to take the first bite, he was forced to jump out of the way as a young boy raced by on his skateboard. The eclair went flying and landed on the ground.

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