3rd Sunday after Pentecost 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A:  June 25, 2017 First Reading:  Genesis 21:8-21  Barfburger Baby, I Was Here First by Paula Danziger (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Sarah is jealous of Hagar and Ishmael, and allows the jealousy to overtake her. In...

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...

Title: What Will Grow? Author: Jennifer Ward Illustrator: Susie Ghahremani Publisher: Bloomsbbury USA Childrens Publication Date: February 14, 2017 ISBN: 978-1681190303 Audience: 3 – 6 years Summary:  The bright cover, dominated by green fields and a giant sunflower opens to...

2nd Sunday after Pentecost/11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A:  June 18, 2017 First Reading:  Genesis 18:1-15  Imani’s Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood (Written for ages 6-9) Comment: Sarah had been told that she is going to give birth to a baby, but time has passed and she has begun to...

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 A:  June 11, 2017 First Reading: Genesis 1:1-2:4a How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In this text we see God’s creative process and read of God’s delight in all that God has made. In this story of creation,...

Name of Book: Thunder Boy, Jr. Author: Sherman Alexie Illustrator: Yuyi Morales Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: 2016 ISBN: 9780316013727 Audience:  4-7 years Summary: Sherman Alexie set out to write a children’s book featuring a non-white child. He did that and more in...

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...