Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

Transfiguration Sunday Year 2: February 23, 2020 Mark 8:27–9:8 When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller (Written for ages 5-7) Comment: At the heart of this week’s passage is Jesus’ bravery. He is fully aware that his actions are upsetting those in power, and that they will

6th Sunday After Epiphany Year 2: February 16, 2020 Mark 7:1-23 That’s Not How You Do It! by Ariane Hoffman-Maniyar (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: One approach to this passage is to talk with children about the difference between obeying rules and being bossy. The Pharisees have

5th Sunday After Epiphany Year 2: February 9, 2020 Mark 6:1-29 Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: It seems best this week to focus on Jesus’ sending the twelve disciples out, two-by-two, to proclaim repentance, cast out demons, and cure the sick. You

4th Sunday After Epiphany Year 2: February 2, 2020 Mark 5:21-43 Lovely by Jess Hong (Written for ages 3-5) Comment:  You may be tempted to focus on one or the other of the healing stories that are sandwiched together in Mark’s gospel lesson for today, but taking them as a pair

3rd Sunday after Epiphany Year 2: January 26, 2020 Mark 5:1-20 The Princess and the Fog by Lloyd Jones (Written for ages 5-7) Forget me Not by Ellie Terry (Written for ages 10 and up) Comment: The story of Jesus encountering the “Gerasene Demoniac” grants us an opportunity to

2nd Sunday After Epiphany Year 2: January 19, 2020 Mark 4:1-34 It’s Easy by Deborah Hautzig (Written for ages 2-5) Comment: Big Bird is intent on planting some sunflower seeds, convinced that “it’s easy!” While many of his friends offer him help, he turns them down again and

1st Sunday After Epiphany Year 2: January 12, 2020 Mark 2:1-22 How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: In this passage from Mark, as last week, we hear about Jesus’ healing. In this vignette, however, we see a unique dimension of Jesus’ healing:

2nd Sunday of Christmas Year 2: January 5, 2020 Mark 1:21-45 Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: This collection of stories from Jesus’ early ministry focus on his acts of healing. He heals peoples’ bodies as well as their spirits. In the first

1st Sunday of Christmas Year 2: December 29, 2019 Mark 1:1-20 That Fruit is Mine! by Anuska Allepuz (Written for ages 3 to 5) Comment: We finally get the first story featuring Jesus in this lectionary cycle, and it is striking that Mark’s gospel introduces him in the context of