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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Do?
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The feast continues! We celebrate the feast of Jesus dying and rising to new life,...
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Apr 21, 20233 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): We Recognize Truth
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday again takes place on the day that Jesus rises from the dead,...
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Apr 21, 20234 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Retreat
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On this third Sunday of Easter, we hear an account of people meeting Jesus, raised from...
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Apr 21, 20234 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious
John 20:19-23 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday actually begins on the evening of the day that Jesus rises...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community
John 20:19-31 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Easter has two parts. It begins on the...
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Apr 15, 20233 min read
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Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you...
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Apr 8, 20233 min read
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Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very...
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Apr 8, 20233 min read
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Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The...
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Apr 8, 20235 min read
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Passion Sunday (Ages 3-6): Best. News. Ever.
Matthew 26:17-20, 26-30 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...
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Apr 1, 20233 min read
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Passion Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Promise of Until
Matthew 26:17-35 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, begin by reading aloud the portion of the Gospel provided here, unless...
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Apr 1, 20234 min read
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Passion Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Prayer of Jesus
Matthew 27:24-54 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Begin by reading the portion of the Gospel provided. Sometimes it is good to have...
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Apr 1, 20235 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): The Voice That Calls By Name
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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Mar 25, 20232 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): The Voice That Calls To Life
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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Mar 25, 20233 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): The One Coming Into The World
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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Mar 25, 20234 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Jesus Is.
John 9.1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (full reading: John 9.1-41) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know things about Jesus. We know that he...
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Mar 17, 20233 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Gift First
John 9.1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (full reading: John 9.1-41) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus...
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Mar 17, 20233 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Signs and Siloam
John 9.1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (full reading: John 9.1-41) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus...
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Mar 17, 20234 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Living Water
John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We have had two Sundays of Lent; now we come to the third...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Springs of Water, Gushing Up
John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On the third Sunday of Lent, we hear a conversation Jesus has...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Word, Worship, Witness
John 4.5-15, 19-26, 39-42 (full reading: John 4.5-42) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we read the Bible, we can ask ourselves,...
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Mar 11, 20235 min read
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2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Peek At The Risen Life
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus taking three of his best friends away by...
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Mar 3, 20232 min read
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2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Making A Dwelling
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent, Jesus takes three of his best friends,...
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Mar 3, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): A Moment For Them
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent always features the Transfiguration. This...
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Mar 3, 20234 min read
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