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A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:26-38 — The Annunciation

March 24, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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As I write, it is two days from the annual celebration of “The Annunciation,” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 1:26-38. “The what?” you ask.  “What’s an Annunciation?” you ask.  Well not many Protestant congregations mark the festive day, but it’s actually a big deal. “Annunciation” means “announcement” — meaning the day […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Advent 4, RCL Years ABC, The Annunciation

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 2:13-23 — 1st Sunday in Christmas Season

March 10, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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This children’s sermon on Matthew 2:13-23 is for a text the lectionary assigned to the first Sunday after Christmas. I missed the opportunity to write on it back then, but I’ve already written on the Sunday coming up as I write. (You can find the children’s sermons for the Second Sunday of Lent in Year […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 1st Sunday after Christmas, prophecy fulfillmemt, RCL Year A

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

February 17, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

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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 Leave a Comment

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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, so I had skipped over this text three years in […]

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

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

January 6, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Matthew 3:13-17

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. If your church is observing the Epiphany this Sunday, you’ll find a Monday Meditation on that text here.) A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17 Good morning […]

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

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