Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on John 13:1-17 may be useful when Maundy Thursday rolls around, or in Year C when it comes up for the 5th Sunday of Easter. However I’m writing now for my friends at the Lakeview Mennonite Church. They needed a children’s sermon on John 13:1-17 for the […]
Vocabulary Lesson: “Maundy Thursday”
Today is the day in the Church year that wins the prize for the most peculiar name. Generation by generation, we ask, “What on earth is a ‘maundy’?” If you were too embarrassed to ask, I’ll tell you: It is from a Latin word meaning “commandment.” It is like our English word “mandate.” This is […]