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A Children’s Sermon on John 7:37-39 — Pentecost

May 30, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

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This children’s sermon on John 7:37-39 is designed for Pentecost (the text is one of two Gospels to choose from in the Lectionary for Year A), though most congregations will focus on the Acts text (which you can find here). It will be easy to adapt it to another time of year, say, if you […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Pentecost, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on John 17:1-11

May 17, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

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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 14:1-14 — “I Am the Way”

May 4, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

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Prelude to the Preacher and the Parent Perhaps the main challenge to writing a children’s sermon on John 14:1-14 is finding a truly child-friendly angle.  There are at least three chunks here, each with its own subject matter. They sort of hang together, the way all of Jesus’ long speeches in John hang together — […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 5th Sunday of Easter, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on John 10:1-10 — 4th Sunday of Easter

April 27, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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Here’s a children’s sermon on John 10:1-10 for the Fourth Sunday of Easter — or for any time you’d line to tell the kids a story about one of Jesus’ “I am” sayings. (You can find my “Monday Meditation” on this text right here.) Talking to kids or adults about the “I am” sayings presents an […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 4th Sunday of Easter, Children's Sermons, I am the gate, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48

March 16, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Matthew 5:38-48

Here’s a children’s sermon on Matthew 5:38-48. As I write, we’re coming up on the 4th Sunday of Lent, but I already have a children’s sermon and a Monday meditation on the Gospel text for that day. So I’m filling in on the Gospel I didn’t write about last time it came around. In fact […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

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