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For the 21st Sunday after Pentecost or Proper 27 (Lectionary 32) From “Saving the Ants” 1 Thess. 3:12  “May the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you.” (NLT) Preparation: Bring a small pot with a healthy flowering plant growing in it. I brought a little plant with me this morning. It’s a very nice-looking plant with green leaves and flowers. It has its own pot with lots of rich soil. Continue reading Overflowing Love For the 11th Sunday after Pentecost or Proper 17 (Lectionary 22) (from Saving the Ants) Artwork by Elsa Ingulsrud Scripture Reference: Jer. 15:16 “[Your] words were found, and I ate them, and [your] words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart . . .†RSV and Rom. 12:21 “Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.” NIV Preparation: Pour a box of alphabet-shaped cereal into a bowl to distribute at the end of sermon, or prepare small bags Continue reading Sweet Words Responding to the Call of Christ Scriptures: Matthew 9:9-13 “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,†he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” Preparation: You will need to arrange to have an obedient dog who loves crowds of people be ready at the back of the church to be called to the front. If you cannot get the dog to come when it is called, you may ask its Continue reading Come! The March 2011 East Japan Earthquake Scripture References: Luke 13: 4 – 5 and Matthew 25:34 – 36
Preparation: Bring photos or a short video clip demonstrating the damage caused by the tsunami. Photos of families in refugee centers might also help the children understand what the conditions are like now in northern Japan.
On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm Tokyo time, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. The ground shifted and shook very hard and out in the Continue reading Love in Action: Children’s Sermon Response to 3/11 Characters: Narrator, Wrinkles the Dog, A Scruffy Kitten, Dog 1 (lines can be split up between several dogs) Narrator: Would you like to hear a love story? Don’t worry; there’s no kissing in this one. This is a story about an old dog and a little kitten. Once upon a time, there was an old dog who really knew what it was to love. Wrinkles: Love is lovely. Love is a many splendoured thing. I just love to love. Narrator: He was patient and kind Continue reading A Love Story With No Kissing (1 Cor. 13:1-13) |
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