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Christ the King Sunday 24h Sunday after Pentecost Year C:  November 24, 2019 First Reading:  Jeremiah 23:1-6 The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy (Written for ages 8-12) Comment:  Jeremiah preaches in the years before the fall of Jerusalem.  He has special words of judgment

Christ the King Sunday Year 2: November 24, 2019 2 Kings 22:1-10 [11-20]; 23:1-3 When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Commentator Rolfe Jacobson rightly points out that the central irony of this story – about people rediscovering an ancient

Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday Year B: November 25th, 2018 First Reading: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 Old Pig by Margaret Wild (Written for ages 4-6) Comment: Our text says that these are the last words of King David. King David is going to die, but before he does, he remembers where

Christ the King Sunday Year A: November 26, 2017 First Reading:  Ezekiel 34:11-16 The Dumpster Diver by Janet S. Wong (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: The reading from Ezekiel is about transformation and reversals. What is viewed as poor and powerless becomes rich and powerful

Reign of Christ Year 3: November 26, 2017 Preaching Text: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 Milly and the Macy’s Parade by Shana Corey (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: As she concludes her commentary on this text, Professor Juliana Claassens highlights how this text might connect to our own

Reign of Christ  Sunday Year C:  November 20, 2016 As we celebrate the Reign of Christ, we are invited to reconsider our of notions of power and leadership. Certainly Jesus does not look like the kind of king or messiah the people expected. Each of the stories suggested today

Reign of Christ Sunday Year 3: November 20, 2016 Preaching Text: Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; then 31:31-34 Mommy, Do You Love Me? by Jeanne Willis (Written for ages 5-9) Comment:  The selection and ordering of these texts is interesting. Were we to leave off the last selection

34th Sunday in Ordinary Time Christ the King Sunday Year B:  November 22, 2015 First Reading:  2 Samuel 23:1-7 The Night Eater by Ana Juan (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Samuel compares the king of Israel to the light of a sunrise. There is something special about the light at

34th Sunday in Ordinary Time Christ the King Sunday Year A:  November 23 2014 First Reading:  Ezekiel 34:11-16, 2024 I Will Protect You from the Jungle Beasts by Martha Alexander (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: This passage from Ezekiel is one “I will” after another spoken by

Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday Year A:  November 20, 2011 First Reading:  Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Have you Seen My Duckling?  By Nancy Tarufi (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  In Ezekiel’s prophecy, God is a shepherd searching for all of the lost sheep.  God says, “As