Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

6th SundayAfter Pentecost Year 3: July 16, 2017 Preaching Text: Ephesians 1:1-14 How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers by Mordicai Gerstein (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In the opening to his letter to the Ephesians, Paul lays out God’s plan of grace, set into

5th Sunday After Pentecost  Year 3: July 9, 2017 Preaching Text: Psalm 150 Jazz by Walter Dean Myers (Written for ages 10+) Comment: This psalm is a poetic, musical celebration of praise. Myers book of poetry explores the musical art of Jazz. The poem “Now I Come In”

4th Sunday After Pentecost Year 3: July 2, 2017 Preaching Text: Psalm 30 The Tree: An Environmental Fable by Neal Layton (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Professor Carolyn J. Sharp says it’s important to note that this psalm does not suggest

3rd Sunday After Pentecost Year 3: June 25, 2017 Preaching Text: Psalm 23 Imogene’s Last Stand by Candace Fleming (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: The Psalmist proclaims a God whose shepherding care is persistent, ever present whether we are safe or in danger, with enemies

2nd Sunday After Pentecost Year 3: June 18, 2017 Preaching Text: Psalm 13 Baby’s Got the Blues by Carol Diggory Shields (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: The lament of this Psalm is universal and familiar to people of all ages and in all places. How long must we endure

Trinity Sunday Year 3: June 11, 2017 Preaching Text: Psalm 100 The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: So often we approach worship as a serious, stoic time, but the psalmist remind us that there is a place for overflowing joy in worship. Reverend

Pentecost Year 3: June 4, 2017 Preaching Texts: Acts 2:1-4 and Galatians 4:1-7 Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: These Pentecost texts touch on identity- who we are as Spirit-filled children of God. On

Seventh Sunday of Easter Year 3: May 28, 2017 Preaching Text: Galatians 3:1-9; 23-29 Lucía the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Regina Langley emphasizes that “being clothed with Christ… ushers in a new way of

Sixth Sunday of Easter Year 3: May 21, 2017 Preaching Text: Galatians 1:13-17;2:11-21 Big Bob, Little Bob by James Howe (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: The Jewish Christians weren’t sure the Gentile Christians belonged in the community if they were unwilling to adopt Jewish