7th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 19, 2020 2 Corinthians 2:1-10 I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: This week, it may be helpful to remind children that 2 Corinthians is a letter Paul wrote, and that he was responding to real-life concerns from...

Title: We Gather at This Table Author: Anna V. Ostenso Moore Illustrator:  Peter Krueger Publisher: Church Publishing Incorporated ISBN:  9781640652521 Audience: 2-8 years Summary: This book uses the central and unifying symbol of the communion table as a way to explore both the...

6th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 12, 2020 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 One Drop of Kindness by Jeff Kubiak (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: As we move from the previous series on Job to this new series on 2 Corinthians, there is a natural bridge between the chronicle of Job’s...

5th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 5, 2020 Job 38:25-27; 41:1-8; 42:1-6 When God Was a Little Girl by David Weiss (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Last week’s passage focused on God’s power in creation, whole this week centers on God’s creativity. The passage, in contrast to...

Title: Here in the Real World Author: Sara Pennypacker Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication Date: February 4, 2020 ISBN:  978-0062698957 Audience: Ages 8-12 years Summary:  A perfect summer awaits Ware.  Staying with his grandmother in Florida while his parents work double...

4th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 28, 2020 Job 31:35-37; 38:1-11 Older Than the Stars by Karen Fox (Written for ages 7-10) Comment: After several weeks of hearing from Job, we finally hear God’s “out of the whirlwind.” God begins at the very beginning, focusing on the act...

3rd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 21, 2020 Job 14:7-15; 19:23-27 Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In the passage from chapter 14, Job gives us a concrete image of persistent hope. Even an old, dried-up stump – in which it seems there...

2nd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 14, 2020 Job 3:1-10; 4:1-9; 7:11-21 The Feeling Flower by Leah Dakroub (Written for ages 2-5 Comment: After the devastation Job has experienced in the previous two chapters, he expresses his pain and sorrow in no uncertain terms: “Let the...