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A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 2:13-23 — 1st Sunday in Christmas Season

March 10, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Children's sermon on Matthew 2:13-23

This children’s sermon on Matthew 2:13-23 is for a text the lectionary assigned to the first Sunday after Christmas. I missed the opportunity to write on it back then, but I’ve already written on the Sunday coming up as I write. (You can find the children’s sermons for the Second Sunday of Lent in Year […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 1st Sunday after Christmas, Children's Sermons, prophecy fulfillmemt, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 11:2-11 — Advent 3

February 27, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on Matthew 11:2-11

Here you go: a children’s sermon on Matthew 11:2-11. The lectionary brings this text up on the 3rd Sunday of Advent in Year A, but churches might focus on this text at other times too. In any case, I didn’t write on this one back in Advent, and I already posted a children’s sermon for […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Advent 3, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

New Children’s Sermon on John 1:29-42

January 13, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

new children's sermon on John 1:29-42

I sat down to write a children’s sermon on John 1:29-42, and there it was: I’d already posted one, three years ago. Looks like I’ve been at this for about one cycle through the ol’ lectionary. (You can find my earlier version here. You can find my Monday Meditation on this text here. At a […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17 — The Baptism of Jesus

January 6, 2023 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Matthew 3:13-17

Sunday is the “First Sunday after the Epiphany” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Matthew 3:13-17. (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here. There is also a sort of mini children’s sermon within that post — the one that started me writing them regularly. If your church is observing […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: 1st Sunday after Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Children's Sermons, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Luke 2:1-20 — Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning

December 29, 2022 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

children's sermon on Luke 2:1-20

CC by whistlepunch-NC-SA 2.0 This children’s sermon on Luke 2:1-20 was going to come out in time for people to use it on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Well, it’s a busy season. I worked on it in bits and pieces, but the days slipped past before I had time to give it a polish […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, RCL Year A, RCL Year B, RCL Year C

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