Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

20th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: October 20, 2019 2 Samuel 5:1-5; 6:1-5; Psalm 150 An Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: The story of David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem with song and dancing is a concrete example of worship – celebrating

19th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: October 13, 2019 Ruth 1-17 A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza (Written for ages 2-5) Comment:  Choco is a bird looking for his mother. He goes to various animals, who look nothing like him, before he finds Mrs. Bear. She wants to include Choco

18th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: October 6, 2019 Deuteronomy 5:1-21, 6:4-9 The Worst Day of My Life EVER!  by Julia Cook (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  RJ is really not living his best life. Waking up with gum in his hair, getting in trouble for running in school, and making

17th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 29, 2019 Exodus 1:8-14 [1:15-2:10], 3:1-15 My Name is Elizabeth by Annika Dunklee (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Elizabeth knows what she likes to be called – not Lizzie, Betsy, or Eliza, but ELIZABETH. She lists off the reasons that

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 22, 2019 Genesis 32:[9-13] 22-30 Everywhere, Wonder by Matthew Swanson (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: Without the eyes of faith, Jacob might have wrestled a mysterious stranger and come away not with a blessing or a new name, but a

15th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 15, 2019 Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 Wish by Matthew Cordell (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: Last week’s text focused on the relationship between two people; this week’s passage continues the theme of relationship but expands it to

13th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: September 8, 2019 Preaching Text: Genesis 2:4b-25 Best Friends: We are Better Together by Roger Priddy (Written for ages 1-3) Comment: The creation story that opens this year of the Narrative Lectionary ends with the creation of Eve,

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 1, 2019 Preaching Texts: Acts 2:1-18; Matthew 28:17-20 Here We Are: Notes for Living On Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In Matthew 28, Jesus tells the disciples to go to all nations and make more disciples, and

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Year 1: August 25, 2019 Preaching Texts: John 1:1-18; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 The Hat by Jan Brett (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Rev. Karl Jacobson says of these passages, “Creation, incarnation, and revelation are all confessed by John chapter 1. The