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1st Sunday In Advent Year B: December 3, 2017 First Reading:  Isaiah 64:1-9 Are We Still Friends? by Ruth Horowitz (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Beatrice and Abel are the best of friends. They live next door to each other and share the fruits of their labor with each other,

Title: M is for Manger Author: Crystal Bowman and Teri McKinley Illustrator: Claire Keay Publisher: Tyndale Kids Publication Date: October 1, 2015 ISBN: 978-1496401953 Audience: Ages 2 – 6 Summary: This book introduces the narrative of Jesus birth by pairing specific

4th Sunday of Advent Year A:  December 18, 2016 First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16 The Barefoot Book of Children by Tessa Strickland and Kate DePalma (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “God’s sign of a child… matters in a world that continues to worship a vengeful God who can crush

4th Sunday of Advent Year 3: December 18, 2016 Preaching Text: Luke 1:26-49 Nobody Rides the Unicorn by Adrian Mitchell (Written for ages 5-9) Comment:  In her commentary on this text, Ruth Anne Reese discusses God’s tendencies toward status reversal. “Gabriel… is

3rd Sunday of Advent Year A:  December 11, 2016 First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10 Chicken and Cat by Sara Varon (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Fred Gaiser suggests that one of the things we pray as we read this text is “that we ourselves become signs of the kingdom to those

3rd Sunday of Advent Year 3: December 11, 2016 Preaching Text: Isaiah 61:1-11 A Christmas Tree for Pyn by Olivier Dunrea (Written for ages 5-9) Comment:  Dunrea’s story of Pyn and her Papa brings the idea expressed in Isaiah to life. Readers experience Papa as a cold, oaf

2nd Sunday of Advent Year A:  December 4, 2016 First Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 The Winter Train by Susanna Isern (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: This text describes an image of the peaceable kingdom, where hunter and prey lie down, eat, and play together. The Winter Train will help

1st Sunday of Advent Year A:  November 27, 2016 First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 No! by David McPhail (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall

1st Sunday of Advent Year 3: November 27, 2016 Preaching Text: Daniel 6:6-27 Frog by Susan Cooper (Written for ages 5-9) Comment:  It’s interesting that readers experience Daniel’s evening in the den of lions through the perspective of King Darius rather than Daniel.

Title: Song of the Stars Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones Illustrator: Alison Jay Publisher: ZonderKids ISBN: 978-0-310-72291-5 Audience: Ages 3+ Summary: “The Skies Shouted it to the seas that thundered it to the waves that roared it to the great white whales that sang it to the