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A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 11:2-11 — Advent 3

February 27, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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Here you go: a children’s sermon on Matthew 11:2-11. The lectionary brings this text up on the 3rd Sunday of Advent in Year A, but churches might focus on this text at other times too. In any case, I didn’t write on this one back in Advent, and I already posted a children’s sermon for […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Advent 3, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 — Ash Wednesday

February 17, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

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Here’s a Children’s Sermon on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, the Gospel for Ash Wednesday in all three years of the lectionary.  As I write, we are coming up on Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent. However, I’ve already written a children’s sermon on that text. (You can find it here. And you can find my […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Children's Sermons, RCL Years ABC

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 — Epiphany

February 10, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 10 Comments

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The Magi, Rosary Basilica, Lourdes (CC BY Lawrence OP-NC-ND 2.0) This children’s sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 comes outside my usual sequence. It’s the story of the coming of the Magi, and in all three years of the lectionary it’s assigned for Epiphany, January 6. I’ve been writing children’s sermons for the regular Sunday Gospel readings, […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Epiphany, Magi, RCL Years ABC, Three Kings, Three Wise Men

New Children’s Sermon on John 1:29-42

January 13, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

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I sat down to write a children’s sermon on John 1:29-42, and there it was: I’d already posted one, three years ago. Looks like I’ve been at this for about one cycle through the ol’ lectionary. (You can find my earlier version here. You can find my Monday Meditation on this text here. At a […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17 — The Baptism of Jesus

January 6, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

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Sunday is the “First Sunday after the Epiphany” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Matthew 3:13-17. (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here. There is also a sort of mini children’s sermon within that post — the one that started me writing them regularly. If your church is observing […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 1st Sunday after Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

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