17th Sunday After Pentecost Year 1: September 16, 2018 Preaching Text: Genesis 12:1-9 Walk This World by Jenny Broom (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: In Jenny Broom and Lotta Nieminen’s beautiful book, Walk This World, an unnamed character begins a journey from his home and...

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: September 9, 2018 First Reading: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Maverick and Me by Katherine Schwarzenegger (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: These verses from Proverbs call for justice for the poor, for the least of these. Scarlett and her mother...

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year 1:  September 9th, 2018 Preaching Text: Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17 La La La: A Story of Hope by Kate DiCamillo (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In the story of Noah and the ark, after the ordeal of the waters rising and covering the earth, they...

Name of Book:  What Do You Do with a Problem? Author:  Kobi Yamada Illustrator: Mae Besom Publisher: Compendium, Inc. ISBN: 978-1943200009 Audience: 5-6 years old, but I believe the book would serve better as a conversation starter for older children and youth Summary: A young...

15th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: September 2, 2018 First Reading: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia by Margriet Ruurs (written for ages 5-9) Comment: Ruurs’ book brings to the pages the real-life story of a Zambian boy Aaron...

15th Sunday after Pentecost Year 4: September 2, 2018 Preaching Text: Luke 12:13-34 It’s Not Fair! A Book About Having Enough by Caryn Rivadeneira (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In this passage, pastor Karl Jacobson suggests that Jesus’ words here to not be afraid show a...

14th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: August 26, 2018 First Reading: 1 Kings 8: (1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 And God Created Squash by Martha Whitmore Hickman (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Today’s reading invites us to remember the vastness of God. While the Israelites are...

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...