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Resurrection of the Lord Year A:  April 12, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 10:34-43 Mooshka, A Quilt Story by Julie Paschkis (Written for ages 4 – 8) Comment: Karla has an unusual quilt she named Mooshka.  It had been sewn by her grandmother with scraps of fabric that she called

Easter Day Year C:  April 21, 2019 First Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25 Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: The beautiful poetry of Isaiah paints a picture of peace that resounds through the ages. God brings fulfillment to the hopes of the people and

Easter Sunday Year 1: April 21, 2019 Preaching Text: Matthew 28:1-10 Henry’s Bright Idea by Lauren Bradshaw (Written for ages 2-6) Comment: In Henry’s Bright Idea, Henry the fox and his friends have formed a creative society called the Walnut Animal Society. Each one has

Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Year B:  April 1, 2018 First Reading: Acts 10:34-43 Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: Peter preaches about Jesus Christ, telling everyone who listens that Jesus Christ was, in fact, a message himself—a message of

Easter Sunday Year 4: April 1, 2018 Preaching Text: John 20:1-18 The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: Christ is Risen! Today is a day for sharing stories of resurrection, hope, and new life. This week’s text highlights Jesus’ appearance to

Year A: April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday First Reading: Jeremiah 31:1-6 Lily and the Paper Man by Rebecca Upjohn (Written for 4-8) Comment: God’s love is everlasting meaning it exists before us and it exists after us. The prophet reminds us that even in the wilderness, God has not

Easter Sunday Year 3: April 16, 2017 Preaching Text: Luke 24:1-12 The Day the Stones Walked by T.A. Barron (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: What exactly does it take for a person to believe the unbelievable? This is the question Professor Eric Barreto asks in his commentary on the

Easter Year C:  March 27, 2016 First Reading:  Acts 10:34-43 Horace and Morris but Mostly Delores by James Howe (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  In her commentary on this text, Professor Mitzi J. Smith writes, “Something in Peter died that day and something in Peter resurrected.

Easter Sunday Year B:  April 5, 2015 First Reading:  Isaiah 25:6-9 I am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems    (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:   Gerald and Piggie in Mo Willem’s I am Invited to a Party! dream up what the party might be they are attending. Gerald decides it will be

1st Sunday of Easter Year A:  April 20, 2014 First Reading: Acts 10:34-43 Peace Warriors by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Written for ages 10-14) Comment:  In Peter’s speech to the Gentiles, he tells the Gentiles that they are to “preach to the people, and testify that he is the one