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Saving the Ants

For the 15th Sunday after Pentecost or Proper 21 (Lectionary 26) From “Saving the Ants” Adapted from the Christmas Eve sermon Artwork by Elsa Ingulsrud

Phil. 2:5-11 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”

Preparation: Bring a toy ant or a

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Taking It Back

A Children’s Sermon on Gossip (from Barefoot in the Snow) Scripture References:  Matt. 12:34-37 & Eph. 4:17—5:4 Preparation: Bring a large tube of toothpaste, a bowl, and a towel.

We’re going to try to do something this morning that might be a little bit difficult, and I’m going to need a few volunteers to help me. My volunteers can come right up to the front here. I’m going to divide you into two groups: the squeezers and the stuffers. I have brought a tube

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Weeds in the Field

For the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost or Proper 11 (from Saving the Ants) Artwork by Elsa Ingulsrud Biblical Reference: Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43

Preparation: You may bring some weeds and some flowers to show the difference, or even a potted plant with a few weeds growing in it.

When Jesus talked to the crowds of people that gathered to hear him, he often taught them stories called parables. Jesus once told a parable comparing the kingdom of heaven to a field that had been planted with

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