Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: June 23rd, 2019 Preaching Text: Psalm 69:1-16 Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: The writer of Psalm 69 describes the terrible situation of being troubled in spirit, tormented by others, and gossiped about at the

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year 1: June 16th, 2019 Preaching Text: Psalm 113 All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon (Written for ages 3-8) Comment: Psalm 113 begins by praising the Lord and says that the Lord ought to be praised all day long. The Psalm writer knows that in a

Pentecost Sunday Year 1: June 9th, 2019 Preaching Text: Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39 The Dark by Lemony Snicket (Written for ages 5-6) Comment: The Narrative Lectionary offers two texts for Pentecost: the first an excerpt from the Pentecost story in Acts, where the Holy Spirit

Seventh Sunday of Easter Year 1: June 2nd, 2019 Preaching Text: Romans 6:1-14 Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  Part of Paul’s assurance in this letter to the Romans is that because of Christ’s death and resurrection, and our death and resurrection in

Sixth Sunday of Easter Year 1: May 26, 2019 Preaching Text: Romans [3:28-30] 5:1-11 Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In Wemberly Worried, Wemberly worries about everything, all the time. She is most worried about going to school. When she first

Fifth Sunday of Easter Year 1: May 19th, 2019 Preaching Text:  Romans 1:1-17 Wolf In the Snow by Matthew Cordell (Written for ages 2-6) Comment: In his letter to the Romans, Paul says that he wants to come visit them, and at first says he wants to strengthen them with a spiritual

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year 1: May 12, 2019 Preaching Text: Acts 13:1-3; 14:8-18 Rupert Can Dance by Jules Feiffer (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: In our Acts story, the crowds around Paul and Barnabas are so amazed when they heal a man that they call them gods, like Zeus and

Third Sunday of Easter Year 1: May 5, 2019 Preaching Text: Acts 10:1-17, 34-48 The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Peter has had his ups and downs as a disciple, but one thing he can claim for sure is that he has always followed the

Second Sunday of Easter Year 1: April 28, 2019 Preaching Text: Matthew 28:16-20 Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: When Jesus commissions the disciples, he sends them out with instructions and a promise. He has already spent his ministry teaching