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Baptism of the Lord 1st Sunday after the Epiphany Year A:  January 12, 2020 First Reading:  Isaiah 42:1-9 One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recyling Women of Gambia by Miranda Paul (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  For 39 chapters of Isaiah the prophet has had mostly bad

BAPTISM OF THE LORD YEAR C: January 13, 2019 First Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7 Hello, Hello by Brendan Wenzel (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: The prophet Isaiah assures readers with good news of God’s steadfast presence among us. God has called us each by name, claims us as God’s own,

Jesus’ Baptism Year 1: January 13, 2019 Preaching Text: Matthew 3:1-17 A River by Marc Martin (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: In our passage, John comes to the river Jordan and begins baptizing people, exhorting them to repentance—that is to head toward something new, rather than

Baptism of the Lord Sunday  YEAR B: January 7, 2018  First Reading: Genesis 1:1-5  The Story of Creation by Martina Smith  (Written for ages 8-12)  Comment:  Too often we read the story of creation, or other Bible stories for that matter, with a past-tense mentality. Doing so

Baptism of Our Lord Year 4: January 7, 2018 Preaching Text: John 1:35-51 Come With Me by Holly McGhee (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Come and see… follow me,” Jesus says when people ask him what he’s doing and where he is going. I wonder if his disciples had any idea what they

Year A: January 8, 2017 Baptism of the Lord First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-9 You Wouldn’t Want to be a Suffragist! by Fiona Macdonald (Written for 8-11) Comment: The subtitle of this book is: A Protest Movement That’s Rougher Than You’d Expected. The Suffragist and the Suffragette

Baptism of the Lord Year 3: January 8, 2017 Preaching Text: Luke 3:1-22 The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: John describes what it might look like to live a fruitful life shaped by repentance and baptism. This description was helpful for those

Baptism of the Lord Year C:  January 10, 2016 First Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7 My Beautiful Child by Lisa Desimini (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Author Anne Lamott is often quoted as saying the two best prayers she knows are “help me, help me, help me” and “thank you, thank you,

Baptism of the Lord Sunday YEAR B:  January 11, 2015 First Reading:  Genesis 1:1-5 Where the River Begins by Thomas Locker (Written for ages 3-5) Comment:  The opening of Genesis describes how all things began: everything was formless and void, but God was there. God is our

BAPTISM OF THE LORD Year A: January 12, 2014 First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-9 The Little Duck by Judy Dunn (Written for ages 3-7) Comment:  Stephanie A. Paulsell writes, “True leadership protects what is weak until it is strong enough to stand”, and “this is the kind of leadership we