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The Zoom Christmas Pageant!

December 3, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Zoom Christmas pageant

Okay, it’s December. It’s Advent. Christmas is coming. But it’s also a pandemic, and church is back to being online, not in person. How are we going to have a Christmas pageant? It’s time for the Zoom Christmas Pageant! The Zoom Christmas Pageant! A few years back I wrote a Christmas play. Better to say […]

Filed Under: Bible, books, Church Year, Worship Tagged With: Christmas pageant, Christmas Play, Zoom Christmas Pageant

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 — Easter

April 9, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

Matthew 28:1-10

This particular sermon is written with two particular bits of cultural context in the background. It is for Easter, so you might think a children’s sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 would be easy picking. However… 1. Our culture, both the Protestant and Catholic sides of Western Christianity, doesn’t really have a good grasp on the importance […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry, Worship Tagged With: Children's Sermon, Easter, Matthew 28:1-10, RCL Year A

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 — Palm Sunday

April 3, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 5 Comments

a children's sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 -- Palm Sunday

In writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 — Palm Sunday — I try to emphasize both what is unique to Matthew’s version and what kids can connect with. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text through this link.) If you are a regular reader of my children’s sermons you will have […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Ministry, Worship Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Liturgy of the Palms, Matthew 21:1-11, Palm Sunday, RCL Year A, Triumphal Entry

The Lord’s Supper and the Coronavirus — Wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas

March 9, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Lord's Supper and the Coronavirus

I was supposed to preach Sunday. I was getting over a cold. Love of neighbor meant I needed to tell the pastor who invited me in case he wanted to cancel. He still wanted me to come. Still, I told the congregation I wouldn’t be shaking hands. They didn’t want to catch what I’d had […]

Filed Under: Saints, Worship Tagged With: Communion, Concomitance, Coronavirus, Eucharist, Lord's Supper, St. Thomas Aquinas

A Children’s Sermon on John 1:29-42

January 17, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

John 1:29-42

Last week I included a little children’s sermon as part of my Monday Meditation. One reader suggested I do more of these, and maybe post them separately. So here you go with one for this Sunday on John 1:29-42! If people like the idea I’ll do more, so let me know. By the way, you […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry, Worship Tagged With: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Children's Sermons, John 1:29-42, RCL Year A

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