Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

Christmas Eve Year 1: December 24, 2018 Preaching Text: Luke 2:1-14 Mouse’s Christmas Gift by Mindy Baker (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: The story of Jesus’ birth is a story of people moving and gathering. The Emperor decrees a registration which spurs the movement of all people

Fourth Sunday of Advent Year 1: December 23, 2018 Preaching Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Ooko by Esme Shapiro (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Jesus’ very name, as proclaimed by the angels and prophets, is comforting to us: Emmanuel, which means God is with us. His name and his coming

Third Sunday of Advent Year 1: December 16, 2018 Preaching Text: Isaiah 42:1-9 Tiny, Perfect Things by M. H. Clark (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In Tiny, Perfect Things, a little girl goes on a walk with her grandfather and they take the time to notice all kinds of tiny,

Second Sunday of Advent Year 1: December 9, 2018 Preaching Text: Esther 4:1-17 Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell (Written for ages 4-9) Comment:  What do we do when we are faced with challenges and fear for the future? That’s the situation Esther faces in our

First Sunday of Advent Year 1: December 2, 2018 Preaching Text:  Habakkuk 1:1-7; 2:1-4; 3:[3b-6], 17-19 Yard Sale by Eve Bunting (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In Eve Bunting’s Yard Sale, Callie sadly watches as her family’s possessions are sold in a yard sale. Her family has to

Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: November 25, 2018 Preaching Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10; 7:1-11 Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Jeremiah is commissioned by God to go and speak to God’s people, and he speaks to those entering the Lord’s

Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost Year 1: November 18, 2018 Preaching Text: Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4 After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In our passage, King Hezekiah of Judah is distraught after

Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: November 11, 2018 Preaching Text: Micah [1:3-5]; 5:2-5a; 6:6-8 King of the Sky by Nicola Davies (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In King of the Sky, a little boy and his family have moved from Italy to the UK, where the boy is lonely. He

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: November 4, 2018 Preaching Text: 2 Kings 5:1-15a Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: For most of us, it is hard to change or do things a new way. That is true of Naaman, in our passage, and Chester and Wilson