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...

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B:  October 28, 2018 First Reading: Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Wanda’s Roses by Pat Brisson (Written for ages 5-7) Comment:  At the end of the book of Job, it tells us that “the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before”. Job has suffered and been down...

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: October 28, 2018 Preaching Text: 1 Kings 3:4-9, (10-15), 16-28 The Tawny Scrawny Lion by Kathryn Jackson (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: King Solomon knows that he will need wisdom to be a good king and take care of God’s people. He...

22nd Sunday after Pentecost YEAR B: October 21, 2018 First Reading: Job 38: 1-7 (34-41) We Are in a Book by Mo Willems (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: As the book of Job concludes, God finally responds to the speeches of Job and his friends. God says that for all their speeches,...

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: October 21, 2018 Preaching Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27; 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: The story of the hurt David caused to Bathsheba, the destruction he brought...

We are happy to welcome back and celebrate with Storypath guest author Anna V. Ostenso Moore as she shares ways to use her new book that is being published on September 15, 2018. One of the joys of my ministry is working with people of all ages preparing for baptism. When I...