Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

4th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: June 17, 2018 Preaching Text: Exodus 20:17 Peanut Butter and Jellyfish by Jarrett J. Lrosoczka (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: This verse is tied up in coveting and desire. This type of behavior can present itself in a variety of ways, we may

3rd Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: June 10, 2018 Preaching Text: Exodus 20:12-16 Louise and Andie: The Art of Friendship by Kelly Light (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In these commandments we hear examples of the ways we can love our neighbors. According to Professor Rolf

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Year B: June 3, 2018 Preaching Text: Exodus 20:3-11 Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson (Written for ages 2-6) Comment: The first four commandments shared in today’s text draw our focus to God, the intiator and sustainer of the covenant relationship

Trinity Sunday Year 4: May 27, 2018 Preaching Text: Exodus 19:1-6; 20:1-2 Lola’s Rules for Friendship by Jenna McCarthy (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: This week’s text sets the stage for God’s giving the ten commandments. First God establishes a relationship with the people,

Pentecost Year 4: May 20, 2018 Preaching Text: Acts 2:1-21; Philippians 4:4-7 In Your Hands by Carole Boston Weatherford (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Because our website offers a number of resources for Pentecost, I chose to focus on the themes of prayer and prophecy that

Seventh Sunday of Easter Year 4: May 13, 2018 Preaching Text: Philippians 2:1-13 Why Am I Here? by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Religious journalist Marv Knox shared a fellow church member’s understanding of the incarnation as an expression of God’s

Sixth Sunday of Easter Year 4: May 6, 2018 Preaching Text: Philippians 1:1-18a The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In this text, Paul is writing the Philippian community from prison, commending them on the ways they have been a friend to him in

Fifth Sunday of Easter Year 4: April 29, 2018 Preaching Text: Acts 17:16-31 Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In his commentary on this text, professor O. Wesley Allen Jr. notes that while Paul calls out idolatry, he does not condemn those to whom he

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year 4: April 22, 2018 Preaching Text: Acts 16:16-31 What Happens Next by Susan Hughes (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Professor Mitzi J. Smith focuses on the first few verses, not likely where we’d tend to pause and