Lectionary Links:Narrative Lectionary

14th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: August 26, 2018 Preaching Text: Mark 10:17-31 Mine by Caryn Rivadeneira (Written for ages 0-3) Comment: Young children (and many adults as well) can identify with the shock and grief the man with many possessions experiences as he walks away

13th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: August 19, 2018 Preaching Text: Matthew 6:19-34 Pandora by Victoria Turnbull (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: This text highlights the trouble with materialism and how it connects to our worries about life. Many people acquire more and more

12th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: August 12, 2018 Preaching Text: Ruth 4:1-22 Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: When Boaz meets with the unnamed relative at the city gate, the man is excited at the prospect of purchasing Elimelech’s land. His

11th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: August 5, 2018 Preaching Text: Ruth 3:1-18 Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend by Naseem Hrab (Written for ages 34-8) Comment: “My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you,” Naomi says to Ruth. She knows

10th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: July 29, 2018 Preaching Text: Ruth 2:1-23 Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Professor Kathryn M. Schifferdecker highlights God’s action “through the faithfulness of ordinary human

9th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: July 22, 2018 Preaching Text: Ruth 1:1-22 A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O’Leary (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: “Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” In

8th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: July 15, 2018 Preaching Text: 1 John 4:7-21 Love by Matt de la Peña (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: “Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.” This text invites us to

7th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: July 8, 2018 Preaching Text: 1 John 4:1-6 I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoët (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: This passage is complicated for young children. Use it as a springboard to help children reflect on knowing how Jesus lived helps us to

6th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: July 1, 2018 Preaching Text: 1 John 1:5-2:2 When God Made Light by Matthew Paul Turner (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: If God is light, to be in fellowship with God is to live in the light. When God Made Light explores God’s relationship to