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Day of Pentecost Year A:  May 31, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 Drawn Together by Minh Lê (Written for ages 4 -7 years) Comment: Pentecost was one of the three festivals each year that Jews celebrated, in Jerusalem if possible.  So five weeks after the resurrection, there were

Pentecost Sunday Year 1: June 9th, 2019 Preaching Text: Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39 The Dark by Lemony Snicket (Written for ages 5-6) Comment: The Narrative Lectionary offers two texts for Pentecost: the first an excerpt from the Pentecost story in Acts, where the Holy Spirit

Pentecost Sunday Year C: June 9, 2019 First Reading: Acts 2:1-21 God’s Big, Big Church by Pamela Kennedy (written for ages 2-8) Comment: Pentecost is the Sunday we celebrate the Church. In Kennedy’s God’s Big, Big Church, children are shown that in different places around the

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

Title: Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities Author: Jonathan Litton Illustrator: L’Atelier Cartographik Publisher: 360 Degrees Publication Date: September 1, 2016 ISBN: 9781944530006 Audience: Ages 7-10 Summary: “Hello starts friendships.  Hello opens doors. 

Pentecost Year A:  June 4, 2017 First Reading: Numbers 11:24-30 Me, Too! by Annika Dunklee (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In this text some of the people are jealous on Moses’ behalf, as if there is only room for God’s Spirit to rest upon one person. Often jealousy

Pentecost Year 3: June 4, 2017 Preaching Texts: Acts 2:1-4 and Galatians 4:1-7 Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: These Pentecost texts touch on identity- who we are as Spirit-filled children of God. On

Title: The Day When God Made Church Author: Rebekah McLeod Hutto Illustrator: Stephanie Haig Publisher: Paraclete Press Publication Date:  February 2016 ISBN: 9781612615646 Audience: Ages 4 – 10 Summary: We wait together, people of all ages, fearful because Jesus has gone.

Year C: May 15, 2016 Day of Pentecost First Reading: Genesis 11:1-9 The Newbies by Peter Catalanotto (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Luke will soon be a big brother, but he does not like the fact that Mom and Dad are no longer just his. When he asks his parents to play with him