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A Children’s Sermon on John 17:1-11

May 17, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on John 17:1-11

Writing a children’s sermon on John 17:1-11 brings the same challenges as many other passages of John’s Gospel. Rather than telling stories, John really likes to present long speeches of Jesus. They are theologically rich, but they are complex and abstract.  No story, complex, and abstract — that’s basically three strikes against any children’s sermon!  […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 7th Sunday of Easter, Children's Sermons, Prayer, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on John 17:6-19

May 14, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

a children's sermon on John 17:6-19

On the 7th and last Sunday of Easter season each year, the Revised Common Lectionary appoints a portion of John 17. It’s a little strange to me when the Gospel readings in Easter are on passages prior to the resurrection, but so it goes. My task this year is to write a children’s sermon on […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 7th Sunday of Easter, John 17:6-19, RCL Year B

Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter 7, John 17:1-11

May 21, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

John 17:1-11

If it feels like you heard Sunday’s lectionary Gospel in church recently, maybe you are having a flashback to this time last year. Or the year before. Or any other year. On the 7th Sunday of Easter, the lectionary always gives us one chunk or another of John 17. It is a chapter of Scripture […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 7th Sunday of Easter, John 17:1-11, RCL Year A

Monday Meditation — RCL Year B, 7th Sunday of Easter, John 17:6-19

May 7, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

John 17:6-19

In Between Next Sunday’s Gospel text comes at a unique moment in the Church year. We had 40 days of Lent in preparation, culminating with Holy Week and the events of the Passion. Then the great even itself, Easter Sunday, which begins a new season of 50 days ending at Pentecost with the outpouring of […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation, Worship Tagged With: 7th Sunday of Easter, Being Sent, John 17:6-19, RCL Year B

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