In our gospel reading for today, Jesus says, "I am the vine. You are the branches." Do you know how plants work? Well a plant needs two things to keep it going: It needs the light from the sun and it needs water and nutrients from the soil.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 5b – 28-April-24”
Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd." What does a shepherd do? [wait for answers]
Yes. A shepherd cares for the sheep. A shepherd makes sure that the sheep don't get themselves into trouble. A shepherd makes sure they have food and a safe place to stay.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 4b – 21-April-24”
We have two different stories from the gospels today, one from Luke and the other from John. Both of them are stories about the disciples meeting Jesus after he rose from the dead. John tells us that Jesus met his disciples on the shore of the Galilean Sea where they had gone back to fishing.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 3b – 14-April-24”
We have some other stories today of the disciples seeing Jesus after the resurrection. All of them were amazed. Some of them doubted and needed more proof. Thomas needed to actually touch Jesus in order to believe it.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter 2b – 7-April-24”
The gospel story for today talks about a lot of people seeing Jesus after the resurrection. When you see something important what do you do?[Wait for answers]
One of the most important things we can do is to tell people about what we've seen ourselves.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Easter B – 31-March-24”
Hosanna! That's what the people were saying when Jesus rode into town on a donkey. Do you know what "hosanna" means? It's sort of like "Hurray!" or "Yay God!" and people were very excited to see Jesus at this time.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Palm Sunday B – 24-March-24”
In one of today's Psalm, the writer asks God to create a clean heart within him. What do you think it means to have a clean heart?
[wait for answers]
I think that part of what the writer is asking God for is to forgive him for all the times he's hurt other people in some way.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 5b – 17-March-24”
Have you ever saw something that was just not right and it made you angry to see it?
[wait for answers]
Jesus had times like that too. In our gospel story for today, Jesus went to the temple in Jerusalem.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 3b – 3-March-24”
Have you ever been listening to something for a while without realizing what you're hearing. Maybe it's a bird calling or a dog barking. Maybe it's your mom or dad calling you. Suddenly you realize that you've been hearing it for a while without really paying attention.… Read the rest “Children’s Moment for Lent 2b – 24-Feb-24”
How many of you are in school already? Let me ask you something: What is your favorite thing about school? [wait for answers]
I notice that none of you said that your favorite thing was tests. Don't you like tests?… Read the rest “Children’s Moment (Gospel) for Lent 1b – 18-February-24”