Preface for Parents and Pastors This children’s sermon on Mark 2:23-3:6 is for the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost. This year that’s “Proper 4 (9).” This would have been the Gospel for the 9ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany, by that time we were already in Lent. Pity the poor texts of Proper 1(6) , Proper 2(7), and […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 2:1-12 — The Healing of the Paralytic
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 2:1-12. It was the Gospel lesson assigned for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany. This year, however, Easter came pretty early. By the 7th Sunday after Epiphany we were already in Lent. So I’m filling in for future years. (If you’re stopping by the week […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 1:40-45
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 1:40-45. It is actually the text assigned in the lectionary for the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany. This year Easter came on the early side, so on Epiphany 6 we were already celebrating the Transfiguration. As I write, the coming Sunday is Pentecost. Since I’ve […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 24:44-53 — The Ascension
Preface for Parents and Pastors This children’s sermon on Luke 24:44-53 is for the celebration of the day of Christ’s Ascension. The official day is the Thursday before the seventh Sunday of Easter — that’s 40 days after Easter, when the Gospels date the event. But I ask you, how many congregations have a special […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 15:1-8 — The Vine and the Branches
Preface for Parents and Pastors I’m bringing you this children’s sermon on John 15:1-8 because it is the Gospel assigned for the 5th Sunday after Easter in Year B ol the lectionary. Why this text is assigned in the season of Easter is a bit of a mystery as I noted in my “Monday Meditation” […]
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