18th Sunday after Pentecost 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B: September 23, 2018 First Reading: Proverbs 31:10-31 Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler By Margery Cuyler (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: In Feasting on the Word, H. James Hopkins connects this passage from Proverbs to a...

18th Sunday after Pentecost Year 1: September 23, 2018 Preaching Text: Genesis 39:1-23 Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: Joseph’s early life was a series of troubles. First, thrown into a well by his own jealous, brothers and sold away by them into...

6th Sunday after Pentecost 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B: September 16, 2018 First Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33 Through Your Eyes: My Child’s Gift to Me by Ainsley Earhardt (Written for ages 4-8 ) Comment:  The wisdom of a child causes us to slow down and see the world with...

17th Sunday After Pentecost Year 1: September 16, 2018 Preaching Text: Genesis 12:1-9 Walk This World by Jenny Broom (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: In Jenny Broom and Lotta Nieminen’s beautiful book, Walk This World, an unnamed character begins a journey from his home and...

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: September 9, 2018 First Reading: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Maverick and Me by Katherine Schwarzenegger (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: These verses from Proverbs call for justice for the poor, for the least of these. Scarlett and her mother...

16th Sunday After Pentecost Year 1:  September 9th, 2018 Preaching Text: Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17 La La La: A Story of Hope by Kate DiCamillo (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In the story of Noah and the ark, after the ordeal of the waters rising and covering the earth, they...

Name of Book:  What Do You Do with a Problem? Author:  Kobi Yamada Illustrator: Mae Besom Publisher: Compendium, Inc. ISBN: 978-1943200009 Audience: 5-6 years old, but I believe the book would serve better as a conversation starter for older children and youth Summary: A young...

15th Sunday After Pentecost Year B: September 2, 2018 First Reading: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia by Margriet Ruurs (written for ages 5-9) Comment: Ruurs’ book brings to the pages the real-life story of a Zambian boy Aaron...