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326. All in All

Colossians 3:1-17

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... their M&M's: Now on the count of three, without looking at your M&M's, open your mouth, and eat them. 1, 2, 3! Make sure everyone follows the instructions. After the children have eaten: What colors did you eat? Who ate a red one? (response) Who ate a green? (response) Keep asking until someone says, "We don't know," or "They all taste the same." Application: That's right. Inside the different shells they all taste the same. Did you know that in a way Christians are like those M&M's? That's what the Apostle ...

327. Bound for Glory

Hebrews 13:1-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... who are sick or in trouble, because we are all part of the same body. That means that when their web goes down, ours goes down, too. That's when we need to lift their web up, right? (response) What are some ways that you can lift someone's web if they are feeling sad? (response) What if they are sick, what can we do? (response) Let's keep in mind this week that we can lift the web and help someone up who is down or sick. Let's Pray: Gracious God, thank you for putting us all together as Christians, and ...

328. Little Big Man

Luke 19:1-10

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... anyone know his name? (Zacchaeus) That's right. His name was Zacchaeus, and one day, as Jesus entered the city of Jericho, there was a crowd of people around Jesus. Zacchaeus, being a short man, couldn't see Jesus. What do you do when you can't see over people? (response) He was jumping up and down but he just couldn't see over that crowd. What would you do if you were trying to see Jesus, but you couldn't see him because of a big crowd. (climb) Do you know what Zacchaeus did? (climbed) That's right. He ran ...

329. Children Get Ready!

Matthew 3:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... another way to get ready (Hold the gift up before them) and of all the ways we get ready for Christmas it is the most important. TWO ENDINGS TO CHOOSE FROM Teddy Bear: Slowly open the present. Position it so the kids can see what's inside. What is it? (response) Take out the gift and hold it close to you. I love Teddy Bears. But it is Christmas. Hand the gift to the smallest child. This is the way we get ready for Christmas. By having a giving heart. John the Baptist was telling everybody to the get ready ...

330. Don't Open Until Christmas

James 5:7

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... the children should be bursting to give an answer. Continue making them wait. Use your judgment on how long to keep this up. Okay, tell me, what does it mean to be patient? (response) When are times that you have to be patient? (response) Did you have to be patient just now? (response) What are some other times when you have to be patient? (response) At this time, pull out the wrapped "present" from a bag. Look what I snuck from under the tree. I don't think it's supposed to be opened until Christmas, but I ...

331. I'm Afraid

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... hurt the baby Jesus, in fact King Herod wanted the baby Jesus to die. Use your own judgment on how this information should be expressed. So he sent a bunch of soldiers out to get Jesus. Would you be scared if you knew someone was trying to take your baby? (response) Well, Joseph was told in a dream to run away. So he took Mary and the baby Jesus and they ran far away. A couple of years went by and they came back home. King Herod was dead and everything was OK. So you see it's O.K. to ...

332. A Great Flashlight

Matthew 4:12-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... bulb to see if it is working in the dark. Continuing to work on the flashlight: Have any of you ever been in a really bad storm and the lights in the house go out? (response) That’s when you really need to have a good flashlight shake the flashlight that works. What’s wrong with this thing? (response) Hand the children the flashlight. Can you figure out what’s wrong? (it doesn’t have any batteries) You know what? I know who has the batteries. Point to the congregation. They’ve got the batteries ...

333. They Recognized Him

Luke 24:13-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... help this morning. Introduce the optometrist or person who will hold the eye chart. They should sit up front and be ready to stand with the chart at this time. (Eye chart holder's name) has brought an eye chart. Does anyone know what an optometrist is? (response) And what is an eye chart? (response) Very Good. In just a minute (eye chart holder's name) is going to hold up the eye chart and I am going to have Gladys and Mike to read the chart but before we do that I am going to ask Gladys to give me her ...

334. Pure Hearts

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Christians are to live holy lives and love one another. Props: A cup of water with two or three tiny pieces of clean rocks or debris that can be filtered out, a coffee filter, an empty cup. Lesson: How many of you ever get thirsty? (response) What do you like to drink when you get thirsty? (response) Well, when I get thirsty, I like to just drink a cup of water. But I've got a problem today. I wanted to show you a good cup of water that I could drink, but when I brought it into the church, I noticed ...

335. Getting the Prize

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... brittle, just like these prizes that I brought today will do. He also said that we as Christians should practice being Christians every day so that we will receive a reward that will not ever get old. What kind of reward will God give us that will never get old? (Response) Yes, heaven. Paul wanted us to know that if it's important to win races here on earth for prizes that will get old, how much more important is it for us to live our lives to win a prize that never gets old? So the next time you are ...

336. Good News

Mark 1:14-20

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... can find some good news. The bicyclist should know this as their cue. Where are we going to find some good news? Let the bicyclist do their job without you doing any commenting. Good News! Good News! When he has left the sanctuary: What was that? (response) What did he deliver to us? (response) A Bible? Look its marked! Let's see what it says. Mark 1:15, "The time has come," Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and Believe the Good News!" Here's the Good News. It wasn't in the paper after all it ...

337. A Chemical Reaction

Mark 9:42-50

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... our chemicals. I have here our dish and our cup; here is our base element baking soda—now this is not just any old baking soda this scientific bubble making baking soda—and our acid element vinegar. Do you think we can make bubbles with our scientific stuff here? (response) Let’s see. I am going to pour some baking soda in our cup. Fill the cup about a third full with baking soda and place the cup on the plate. Rehearse this before hand to make sure the over flow doesn't flow out of the plate. The ...

338. The Blind Leading the Blind

Mark 10:46-52

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... a crowd of people who didn’t care very much for him. Did you know that sometimes we are blind? I don’t mean with our eyes; I mean with our hearts. When you first started to help me what happened? Did you fight a little bit? (response) Was it a little confusing? (response) When that happens we forget about the people who need help. We don’t see the blind man (or woman) we only see the person we are arguing with. Close your eyes. So, we can be physically blind. Or, you can be blind to other people’s ...

339. Wake Up!

Isaiah 50:1-11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ) That’s right. This is usually what adults need to wake them up. Continue this with the other items using the theme “waking up.” Application: I have one other thing to show to you. Hold up the Bible What is this? (response) Yes, it’s a Bible. What does this have to do with waking up? (response) The Bible is God’s word, right? Did you know that in the book of Isaiah, it tells us that God’s word can wake us up? Sometimes we do things that God doesn’t want us to do, and that’s a lot like ...

340. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... wanted it on his own terms. He wanted to be blessed in doing what he wanted to do - not what the emperor wanted him to do. He wanted to be blessed right where he was, not moved out of his comfortable customs. He wanted the blessing, but not the responsibility that went with it. Too often we are that peasant. The Bible says many wonderful things about us Christians. Paul says, "We are the children of God; if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ." (Romans 8:16-17) In 1 Peter 2:9 we ...

341. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

Sermon

... What do you want to hear? Is it your wish to be congratulated or to be challenged? To be confirmed in your opinions or shocked into new awareness? To be soothed and comforted or aroused to repentance and action? Can you be counted on for a more sensitive response than Micah found in his audience or than Jesus witnessed in the nine lepers? And now to conclude all this let me remind myself and you that I have been speaking, for the most part, from within a limited, segmental view of the ministry. I have been ...

342. The Housing Problem

Luke 11:14-28

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... that a whole host of new demons won't start tearing you apart. Then you can get married and really learn that the old adage "two can live cheaper than one" is a complete illusion. The parable is clear. There is no freedom without responsibility; no deliverance without constant vigilance. Even today we know Jesus' parable to be true. Consider some of the illusions under which we live. Some people live under the illusion that if we just create better outward conditions then we are free from problems. Outward ...

343. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

344. Thanksgiving Eve/Day

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon Aid

... : Living lives of thanksgiving. Pastoral Invitation to the Thanksgiving Celebration Suggestion: Invite the people to remember and recall their vows of church membership. Print the vows in the order of worship. Ask them to spend some time thinking about them as their response in gratitude to God's call to them, as persons, and as a congregation. At the conclusion of this reflection, ask the people to respond several times, in several ways, with the words, "Our praise will never end; our thanks will never ...

345. Listen To Jesus

Matthew 17:1-13

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) Single out individual opinions. Pit the children’s suggestions against one another. She thinks I should get a game what do you think I should do with it. (turn it in) What do you think? (response) He thinks I should turn it in what do you think? (response) Get as many opinions as possible and return to the person who suggested turning it in. Now, he said I should turn it in. Why should I turn it in? (‘cause it’s somebody else’s money) Well, let’s see. Let’s ask. Stand up and address the ...

346. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... to do exactly what Christians always do when they get stirred. Do you know why more professing Christians do not do more? They have never yet been really stirred about spiritual matters. Paul was deeply stirred and he tried to do something constructive in response. He knew immediately that the only antidote to the idolatry of Athens was to proclaim Jesus Christ and him resurrected. He began in the synagogue, disputing with the Jews. He talked with God-fearing Gentiles. He talked with those persons he met in ...

347. Double Citizenship

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... debt, we must meet it. When we have an obligation, we keep it. When we make a commitment, we are good for it. Whatever we do, we do well; so because we live in the world, in the community, in the state, we should do our part and take our responsibilities seriously. In an invocation prayer at the United States Senate, Peter Marshall said, "Lord Jesus, Thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make men free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but ...

348. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... to us to be the kind of man who speaks well to his children by action 24 hours a day. Secondly, God measures us and our children hear us also by the way that we deal with our fellowmen. No child is born with prejudices. Here the father has the responsibility. If he’s harsh and critical and bull-headed and belligerent toward people, his children will end up being the same way. The home "bigshot" who is always right while everyone else in the world is wrong, cuts quite a figure for a while. His children are ...

349. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... things that God did to restore Elijah’s faith after he was burned-out. 3. On a blackboard or newsprint, list at least seven kinds of people in your church or community whom you feel susceptible to being burned-out by their jobs or family responsibilities. Be sure to include volunteer postions in your church that tend to burn people out. 4. Looking at the first list you made, how does God use your church to provide physical or spiritural restoration to burned-out people? In what ways could your church ...

350. Epiphany 2

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, John 1:35-42, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... visions either infrequent or nonexistent. Call to Worship Leader: People of God, let us be receptive to the voice of God, for it may come at the most unexpected times and places. People: OUR EARS, OUR MINDS, OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN! Leader: And let us be responsive to the voice of God whenever and wherever it is heard. People: WE ARE READY TO RESPOND WITH THE BOY SAMUEL: "SPEAK, LORD, FOR YOUR SERVANT HEARS." Collect O God of revelation, who called the boy Samuel from his slumber to your service, direct your ...

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