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A Children’s Sermon for Ash Wednesday

March 1, 2022 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

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Today, by special request of a faithful reader, I offer you a children’s sermon for Ash Wednesday. (You can see a more historical and exegetical post on Ash Wednesday here.) If you are a regular here, you know I publish a children’s sermon each week based on the Gospel reading assigned in the Revised Common […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, RCL Years ABC

A Children’s Sermon on Luke 9:28-36–The Transfiguration

February 22, 2022 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on Luke 9:28-36

It’s Transfiguration Sunday this week, so here’s my children’s sermon on Luke 9:28-36. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.)  The lectionary makes the next section of the chapter an optional extended version of the reading. I’m opting not to include it. Since it’s Transfiguration Sunday, the first part is crucial. […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Luke 9:28-36, RCL Year C, Transfiguration

A Children’s Sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22 — The Baptism of Jesus

January 4, 2022 by Gary Neal Hansen 26 Comments

children's sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22

This Sunday is “The Baptism of the Lord,” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22. As I wrote in my Monday Meditation on this text a while back, this is the story that the Orthodox celebrate at Epiphany. They call it “Theophany.” This is the key moment that reveals the nature […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Baptism of the Lord, RCL Year C, Theophany

A Children’s Sermon on John 1:1-18

December 28, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

children's sermon on John 1:1-18

Word Cloud of John 1:1-18 NRSV For the second Sunday after Christmas (in “Year C” of the lectionary) here’s a children’s sermon on John 1:1-18. One sometimes hears the comment that Scripture is like the ocean—more that deep and wide enough for the most accomplished swimmer, but with shallows along the shore for any child […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 2nd Sunday after Christmas, RCL Year C

A Children’s Sermon on Luke 2:41-52

December 23, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Luke 2:41-52

For the first Sunday after Christmas (this year the very day after Christmas) I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 2:41-52. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) As texts for children’s sermons go, I think of this as low-hanging fruit.  It’s a story It’s about a kid—about Jesus, no less, […]

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

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