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Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... always are unless somebody teaches them not to be. Maybe there is a lesson there for sophisticated grown-ups, a lesson about who is or who is not worthy of our kindness and care. Maybe children know better than anyone else that it's not the color of skin or the gender or the size of one's home or one's political affiliation or kind of car one drives that makes a person worthy and special. Children seem to understand that everyone is worthy just because God made them, and that is enough. "Let the children ...

2927. You Can Be Intelligent

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... the very brightest and best educated were among the most theologically deprived I have ever met. I encountered educators and scientists who hung on every word of the children's sermons because those moments made new information accessible to them." Indeed, there are all kinds of "smart," and we are all ignorant, just about different subjects. Tradition says the wisest person on the Bible's pages was King Solomon, son of David. When he ascended to his father's throne, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a vision ...

2928. God's Broadcasters

1 John 1:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of job. They are newspeople. They let us all know what is going on all over the world. All we have to do is turn on our television set at the right time, and we find out what is happening everywhere. These men and women are kind of like our direct line to the world. Remember when the big earthquake hit the Los Angeles area? (Let them respond.) These people went to work right away, didn't they? If you turned on your television or radio, you would have seen and heard about everything that happened to ...

2929. I Can't Say No

Romans 7:15

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and girls? (Let them respond.) I want to tell you about a friend of mine who really needs to lose weight. She weighs about 250 pounds and the doctor has told her that she must stay on a diet, otherwise she will get sick from being too fat. What kinds of things will she have to stop eating if she goes on her diet, boys and girls? (Let them tell you.) Yes Ä all those "fun" foods, like cake and cookies, ice cream, soda pop, potato chips, candy, and probably lots of other things. What do you think would happen ...

2930. Happy New Year Noises

Romans 8:28-32

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... in the new year with noisemakers like these. (Share whatever noisemakers you can find. Let them make noise together.) This is a very old custom. It goes back to the time when people thought that there were bad spirits about and these bad spirits could cause them all kinds of trouble. People also thought that by making a lot of noise, they could scare the bad spirits away and the bad spirits would not enter the new year with them. It was a way of asking for good things to happen to them in the coming year ...

2931. Satisfaction Gauranteed

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... the year that King Uzziah died" (Isaiah 6:1ff), which was in 740 B.C. Isaiah responded immediately when God called. "And who shall I send, and who will go for us?" Remember Isaiah's response? "Here I am. Send me." Isn't it great that God uses every kind of person? God called Jeremiah, too, more than a hundred years later, in 626 B.C. in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, not to be confused with Uzziah. Jeremiah's response to his call, though, was a bit different. When the Lord said, "And who shall ...

2932. Fishers Of Men

Mt 4:9 · Mk 1:17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... that and it is really fun. Sometimes I let the fish go after I've caught them, 'cause it's the fun of the catch that I enjoy most. Although sometimes if I'm out camping I fry the fish and have a good meal. There are lots of different kinds of fish one can catch. Can you name any that you have caught? (Responses -- Trout, bass, perch, and so forth.) Sounds like good fish stories to me! Do you know that there are people who are paid to fish? They do it for a living. They go out in big ...

2933. Forgiveness Of Sins

Ps 51:1 · Jer 31:34 · 1 Jn 1:7

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Erasers or pencils with erasers Good morning, boys and girls. Ever make a mistake? I've made a great many in my lifetime. What kind of mistakes have you made? (Take four or five responses.) Well, today I want to talk about the kinds of mistakes we make when we are doing paperwork, like in school, on a test, or when you make a mistake writing a letter or drawing a picture. If you suddenly think of the answer to a question after you've already written in an answer, what can you do ...

2934. Captives Set Free

Jn 8:32 · Gal 5:1

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... and interesting looking keys.) Aren't keys fun? Do you like keys? How many of you have your own keys? And what are your keys for? (Responses.) Keys are very useful things, except when they get lost. Without keys we sometimes find it impossible to carry on. What kind of a key would you say is a most important one? (Responses -- car, house.) Do you know that there are lots of people in the world who are in prisons? They are not free. Sometimes they are locked up because they have broken the law and are being ...

2935. With All Your Heart

1 Peter 1:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , it is a little harder because we haven't really ever seen God face to face the way the Apostles saw Jesus. Loving God is kind of like having a pen-pal who lives thousands of miles away. You can read his letters, but since you have never met him, you ... do we get to know God? (Let them answer.) Good. We get to know God by listening to the scripture readings which tell us all kinds of things about him, about Jesus, and about all that they did for us. We do the same thing with people like George Washington and ...

2936. Better Than A Shadow

Romans 8:38-39

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... guesses but they are wrong. I'll just have to tell you. This is my shadow! Isn't he a nice fellow? (Let them answer.) What kind of a person is a shadow, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Right. A shadow belongs only to you. It goes wherever you go, regardless of ... with good things -- good words and good deeds. God's love is with us all the time to help us live those kinds of lives. Boys and girls, the next time you see your shadow following you around (Hold up cut-out of shadow.) remember that there is someone ...

2937. Follow The Directions

1 Thessalonians 1:6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... good as my mom's! One day I told her that I wanted to learn how to make chocolate chip cookies that tasted as good as hers. So she let me help her. Mom put out all of the things I would need for the cookies. Can you guess what kinds of things I needed? (Let them guess.) Yes. I needed sugar, flour, baking powder, shortening, eggs, nuts -- and of course the chocolate chips. I got to put everything into the bowl. Then my mother showed me how to mix it all up. She showed me how the batter should look ...

2938. Members Of A New Family

Acts 10:23b-48

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... alone and hunt down wild animals and do a lot of other things too to prove they were not afraid. Once they were initiated, the young Indians were ready to take on all of the harder jobs of the rest of the Indian tribe. We have to go through a kind of testing, too, in order to prove that we are ready to become Christians. When we are babies, our parents and godparents help us out by promising for us that we will live good Christian lives when we get bigger. Then water is poured over our heads as proof that ...

2939. The Inside And The Outside

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... at all this stuff we use to take care of the outside of our bodies. Soap, shampoo, combs, razors, perfume, make-up, all kinds of things. We spend a lot of time making sure the outside is neat and clean and that we look attractive and smell good. But many times we ... forget about the inside; we forget about our hearts. If we are going to be the kind of people that God wants us to be, we have to spend at least as much time taking care of the inside as we do taking ...

2940. Figuring The Answers

Proverbs 3:5-6

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... problems, but some things cannot be figured out. We believe them even though we don't understand them or have the answers. Preparation: A hand-held calculator. Have you ever used a calculator? You punch in a problem and the calculator figures the answer for you. Kind of neat, huh? Let's give it a try. 23 + 12. (Put in the problem.) Boom, the calculator says that 23 + 12 = 35. How about 103 - 22? (Put in the problem.) The calculator says 103 - 22 = 81. Someone give me a problem. (Choose a volunteer. Make ...

2941. False Advertising

Matthew 23:1-39

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... we are supposed to live and act the way Jesus taught us to, but -- but, then they watch the way we behave when we are away from church. They watch to see how we treat others and how we talk. They watch to see if we are loving, kind, and fair. Just like television commercials tell us about things we want to buy, our behavior tells other people what we believe about God. It is disappointing when a commercial has not told the truth about something it is trying to sell. It is even more disappointing when ...

2942. How Much Protection Do You Have?

Psalm 119:9-11

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... us not get burned so quickly. If you've ever had a sunburn, you know how painful that can be. Sunscreen protects us from that kind of pain. Let me show you something. (Display SPF number.) See this number? This number tells us how much protection we have. If the ... , like thirty or forty-five, we're well-protected and we can stay out longer. Wouldn't it be great if we had some kind of sin screen? Something we could rub on to protect us from sin? Something that would keep us from doing wrong things? That would ...

2943. Change

Isaiah 43:14-28

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... respond that you are standing in a different place.) Put on your thinking caps and think with me this morning. What kind of things do we change? (Allow children to respond. Prompt them if necessary.) We change our socks. We change our clothes. We ... television anymore. You grow a year older and have to move to a new Sunday School class and leave behind the teacher you love. These kinds of changes can be hard to handle at first, but they are not necessarily bad. If your friend moved away, you would be sad, ...

2944. Expectations

Romans 15:7

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... None Lesson: People should be able to expect the church to be a place that is warm, kind, accepting, and fair. How many of you love to go to school? Raise your hands. Suppose you ... and there was something else in its place, or if you went to the toy store and there were no toys. People coming to church hoping to find God's loving, kind, and fair people will be terribly disappointed if they get to church and find people who are unkind and cruel. Let's make sure that people looking to find God and God's ...

2945. The Best Presents

Matthew 1:21

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... you to be honest. Here's my question. Who gives the best Christmas presents, Santa Claus or Jesus? Santa gifts are lots of fun! Trucks, cars, dolls, tea sets, video games, stereos, new clothes, all kinds of stuff to play with! Santa gifts are great, but what about the gifts that Jesus gives? What kinds of gifts does Jesus give us? (Children respond. Direct their answers, if necessary.) Jesus gives us hope, peace, love, strength, rest, joy, and all the things that really matter in life. Jesus can give us ...

2946. A Birthday Party

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... around and we spend lots of time worrying about gifts, but many times we forget that Christmas is Jesus' birthday, not ours. Maybe we should spend more time giving Jesus gifts at Christmas. Jesus probably doesn't care about video games or mittens or toys, but what kinds of things can we give him for his birthday? (Children respond.) We could give him our time by reading our Bibles and praying more often. We could give him our love by loving others. Maybe we could go to a nursing home and share love with ...

2947. The Good Soldier

John 20:1-9

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... to see gods, why don't you go look for some Roman gods? Why do you have to get involved with this Jewish kind? LUCIUS: (Thoughtfully) I don't know. This one just seems more intriguing. Roman gods push people around, as you said. This one seems ... would that matter? FLAVIUS: You wouldn't want them laughing at you, would you? I mean, well, getting all religious like that. It's not the kind of thing a soldier does. Not a real soldier. LUCIUS: (Dryly) I'll take my chances. If they laugh, I'll beat them up. Is that ...

2948. A Great Gift

Luke 6:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... ! I've been hoping to have a chance to tell you: There's just something about the way you play the piano that sends the chills down my spine. BETH: And the organ, as well. You have a master's touch. BOB: (Graciously) You ladies are too kind! ANN: No, no! We're not being kind. We're being truthful. BETH: Ann's right! I come to this church just to hear you play. ANN: I agree with Beth. Your accompaniment of the choir is perfection. BETH: But your solos are even more inspiring. When you play, I hear the angels ...

2949. Discern How Things Grow

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth." Here are the Pauline principles of church growth. First, he underscores that God relies on workers to do a variety of kinds of functions in the vineyard. Paul frequently served as evangelist, missionary, and organizing pastor of new churches. He had a special calling to proclaim the gospel to win first-time converts and to provide a basis for a new flourishing Christian community. But that ...

2950. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... gift of our lives. We should use it to its fullest for as long as God gives us to enjoy this existence. Physical death is something that we do a good job of avoiding. We steer clear of problems; we don't take any unnecessary risks. There is another kind of deadness, that which keeps us from being all that we want to be. This deadness does not allow us to live the fullness of the Christian life. Such deadness is all around us and we do little if anything to avoid it. In this deadness we are prisoners ...

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