Seventh Sunday of Easter Year 4: May 13, 2018 Preaching Text: Philippians 2:1-13 Why Am I Here? by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Religious journalist Marv Knox shared a fellow church member’s understanding of the incarnation as an expression of God’s...

Name of Book: Courage  Author:  Bernard Waber  Illustrator: Bernard Waber  Publisher: Houghton-Mifflin  ISBN: 978-0618238552 Audience: Preschool-3rd grade  Summary: This little book explores and celebrates many kinds of courage. Kids can get overwhelmed by thinking that they do...

Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B: May 6, 2018 First Lesson: Acts 10:44-48 The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Acts reports that even the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit, an act that left the circumcised believers in a state of...

Sixth Sunday of Easter Year 4: May 6, 2018 Preaching Text: Philippians 1:1-18a The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: In this text, Paul is writing the Philippian community from prison, commending them on the ways they have been a friend to him in...

Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B: April 29, 2018 First Reading: Acts 8:26-40 Ask Me by Bernard Waber (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: In the dialogue between Phillip and the eunuch, questions abound! Phillip asks the eunuch if he understands what he is reading, and the eunuch asks...

Fifth Sunday of Easter Year 4: April 29, 2018 Preaching Text: Acts 17:16-31 Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In his commentary on this text, professor O. Wesley Allen Jr. notes that while Paul calls out idolatry, he does not condemn those to whom he...

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B: April 22, 2018 First Reading: Acts 4:5-12 Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Peter explains to the authorities that he was filled with the Holy Spirit and empowered by Jesus to “do a good deed” to “someone who w...

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year 4: April 22, 2018 Preaching Text: Acts 16:16-31 What Happens Next by Susan Hughes (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Professor Mitzi J. Smith focuses on the first few verses, not likely where we’d tend to pause and...