2nd Sunday After Pentecost Year B: June 3, 2018 First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Young Samuel hears his name being called in the stillness of night. Assuming it is the priest Eli, Samuel goes to...

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...

1st Sunday After Pentecost (Trinity Sunday) Year B: May 27, 2018 First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 Martin Luther King Jr.: The Peaceful Warrior by Ed Clayton (Written for ages 8 and up) Comment: Ed Clayton was a speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He wrote this biography of...

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,...

Name of Book:  Growing in God’s Love; A Story Bible Author:  Elizabeth  F. Caldwell and Carol A. Wehrheim, editors Illustrator:  Various Publisher:  Westminster John Knox Press ISBN:  9780664262914 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  This is a collection of 150 stories from the Old and...

Pentecost May 20, 2018: Year B First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 On that Day: A Book of Hope for Children by Andrea Patel (Written for ages 4-7 years) Comment: In her book On that Day: A Book of Hope for Children, Andrea Patel seeks to empower children to help the world in different...

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 B: May 13, 2018 First Lesson: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: In this text from Acts, the disciples are trying to discern who Jesus is calling to be one of his apostles. In their prayer, they...