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A Pack Rat and His Grudge Collection

Grudge the Rat has a new collection but it’s not a very healthy one. He’s collecting grudges. Every time someone hurts him, he slaps a bandage on his fur to remind him to never forget and never forgive. The grudges are piling up and he’s not feeling so good. But it’s so hard to give up a grudge! What’s a poor little pack rat going to do? Can he ever learn to forgive?

Scripture Reference: Matthew 18:21 – 35

In order to receive a

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Giving Up the Grudge

Children’s sermon from August 2015 at Lake Nojiri:

Crusty Grudges

“What’s a grudge?” “It’s what forms inside when someone says or does something bad to you and you refuse to let go of the hurt. It stays inside you and gets all crusty and hard and you end up carrying it around forever.”

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Fair Wages

Would anyone like to earn some money this morning? I need four volunteers. Iâ€™ll give each of you a job and pay you when youâ€™re done. (Choose four kids and have them line up.) Now, Iâ€™ll ask my first volunteer; if I pay you one nickel, will you carry these three books to the back of the church and up here to the front again, three times? (If they agree, let them start right away, while you continue to speak.) Now, to the second volunteer; will you carry two books down the aisle and back, two times? (Let second volunteer begin their job.) Now, the next; will you carry one book down the aisle and back just one time?(They may begin.) And for the last one; your job is to walk to the first pew and back. You donâ€™t have to carry any books.

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Seventy Times Seven

For the 14th Sunday after Pentecost or Proper 19 (Lectionary 24) From “Saving the Ants”

Artwork by Elsa Ingulsrud

Matt. 18:21-22 Â â€œLord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?â€ â€œNo!â€ Jesus replied to Peter, â€œSeventy times seven!â€ (NLT)

Preparation: Bring a large pad of paper and a fat marker.

Have you ever hurt another person? If youâ€™ve either accidentally or purposefully stepped on someoneâ€™s foot, or pushed someone, or called your sister or brother a mean name, or made

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Meanie in the Quicksand

We’re all sinners. We all do things that we shouldn’t do. In a way, we’re all like that meanie, stuck in the quicksand. But even before we say, “Please, help me,” God has already thrown us the rope and pulled us out. (As you speak, you can throw one end of the rope out, or do the action of throwing a rope.) God loves all of us and he sent Jesus to save us.

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St. Patrick’s Day Children’s Sermon

St. Patrick’s Day; â€œSt. Patrick’s Forgivenessâ€

Mark 11:22-25

Preparation: You may bring shamrock stickers or a hand stamp to give to the children at the end.

Lots of people celebrate St. Patrickâ€™s Day. They wear something green, they might decorate their classrooms or homes with shamrocks, or they may even eat Irish food like corned beef and cabbage for dinner. But most people donâ€™t know very much about St. Patrickâ€™s life and what he did. I want to see how much you know about him.

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An Eye for an Eye

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany From “Saving the Ants” (Download book at left!)Â

Scripture Reference: Matt. 5:38-48 and 1 Cor. 3:18-19Â

Preparation: Bring an organ donation card with you; your own or one from a member of the congregation.

Can anyone tell me what the word revenge means? (Discuss meaning and examples of revenge with children.) Revenge is getting back at someone who hurt you. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus talks about revenge. The people that Jesus was talking to knew about the old

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All Puffed Up

(Show balloons.) This balloon will play the part of the proud Pharisee, and this balloon will be the humble tax collector. I need two volunteers, one to hold each balloon. (Hand â€œPhariseeâ€ balloon to a child old enough to blow it up.) Now as I read the story, whenever I look at the person holding the Pharisee balloon, I want you to blow some air into the balloon and then hold it shut. The person holding the tax collector balloon can just let it rest on your hand.

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Erasing the Mark

None of us has leprosy, but when we do bad things, itâ€™s like having leprosy inside. We know weâ€™ve done wrong, and we feel ugly inside. We feel bad, and we feel like everyone is staring at us, like nobody loves us or wants to be around us. Have you ever felt that way after you did something wrong? (Let children respond.) Now even though no one would be able to tell from the outside that weâ€™ve done something wrong, Jesus knows. And when weâ€™ve sinned, and we ask Jesus for help, what does he do for us? He forgives us and washes away our sins completely. He heals us and makes us clean inside.

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