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...

Title: The Bad Seed   Author: Jory John Illustrator: Pete Oswald Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: August 29,2017 ISBN: 978-0-06-246776-8 Audience: 4-8 years old Summary: The main character is a sunflower seed who is behaves badly but eventually decides he doesn’t want...

26th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: November 18th, 2018 First Reading: I Samuel 1:4-20 Harold’s Hungry Eyes by Kevin Waldron (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: Hannah’s desire for a child may be complicated to explain to children, but all of us know what it is to want something...

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...

25th Sunday After Pentecost Year B:  November 11th, 2018 First Reading: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: At the beginning of the book of Ruth, Naomi has lost her husband and both her sons. Upon returning to the people...

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...

24th Sunday after Pentecost Year B:  November 4th, 2018 First Reading: Ruth 1:1-18 Before Morning by Joyce Sidman (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: In Before Morning, a little girl dislikes the rush of her family’s activities, and doesn’t want her mother to go off to work the next...

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...