When I was a boy my family spent a lot of time outdoors. One day we even took a ride down a river in a canoe. During the ride, my sister though she saw an animal in the bottom of the river.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 2a – 16-Apr-23”
We say that today is a celebration of Jesus' resurrection, do you know what that means? [Wait for answers]
In today's stories from the gospels we see that Jesus was dead and the disciples were going to visit his body to take care of it, but when they arrived at the place where he was buried, they found that he wasn't dead any more.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter Sunday – 9-Apr-23”
What do you do when you have to do something really hard? [Wait for answers]
In today's story from the gospels, Jesus is about to do the hardest thing in his life and he does two things.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Palm/Passion Sunday 2-Apr-23”
Does anyone here know who Lazarus was? He's actually pretty famous now because of what happened in our story for today, but this story is the only time he's ever mentioned and it's just in one gospel. So, you see, Lazarus wasn't a big deal.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 5a – 26-Mar-23”
Have you ever seen something bad happen to a good person? [Wait for answers] If you haven't yet, you will. It's something that we adults think about a lot and no one's really come up with a great explanation.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 4a – 22-Mar-20”
Have you ever been playing, out on a playground at school or in a park near your home and saw another child, off by themselves with no one to play with? Why do you think that happens? [Wait for answers]
The story from the gospel for today tells about Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at a well.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 3a – 12-Mar-23”
I want you to think of the hardest question you've had to answer. What was it? Did you find an answer? [Wait for answers]
Today's story from the gospel is about something really hard to understand. A man named Nicodemus came to Jesus and he had some questions for Jesus.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 2a – 5-Mar-23”
What's the hardest test you've had so far? What was so hard about it? [Wait for answers]
Today's gospel story talks about a time when Jesus faced a big test. It wasn't about math or reading. It was about what type of person he was.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 1a – 26-Feb-23”
Have you ever had someone bully you? Have you had someone who seems to enjoy bothering you? [Wait for answers]
What do you think you should do when this happens? [again, wait]
In the gospel story for today, Jesus says "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany 7a – 19-Feb-23”
What do you do when someone makes you really angry? [Wait for answers]
Here's what usually happens when someone makes another person angry: Let's call these two people Donny and Nancy. So Donny says something mean about Nancy and Nancy, who gets angry about it, says something a bit meaner right back.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Epiphany A6 – 12-Feb-2022”