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826. Pure Hearts

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... 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 that it was dirty. Show the children the cup with the particles in the water. So now I guess that I can't drink it, can I? (response) Would you like a drink? (No) Maybe there is something that I can do to make the water clean. Hold up the filter. Does anyone know what this is? (response) It's a coffee filter. When you make coffee, you put ...

827. Clothed With Power

Luke 24:36-49

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... winter clothes and we have summer clothes don't we? (response) There are some clothes that we wear all year round. Can you name some? (response) If the kids don't name "socks" then you name it (For the women who are not wearing socks use your shoes). Application: I guess I need to put away this coat until fall when it starts to get cold again. Showing the kids your socks Should I put away my socks too? (response) Well, the Holy Spirit is kind of like these socks. When it's summer and hot outside we don't ...

828. Zip-lock Protection

John 17:11

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... --and zip-lock bags. Lesson: Good morning. (response) I have something to give you this morning. Show them the cookies in the package (or cookie jar) but keep the zip-lock bags hidden for now. What are these? (response) If you have a cookie jar let them guess what's inside. Can anyone tell me why they are in this plastic package? (response) What would happen if we took them out of the package and left them out for a long time? (response) So this plastic/paper wrapping helps protect the cookies. Ok, let's ...

829. A Rainbow Church

1 Corinthians 12:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... what always comes out after the clouds go away? (response) Yes, the sunshine! Now, after the rain has gone and the sunshine comes out, very often we can see something very pretty in the sky? What is it? (response---rainbow) O the pretty rainbow! Who likes rainbows? Guess what I have on this poster board? Show the outline It is an outline of something. But it doesn't quite look like a rainbow without what? (response---colors) Yes it needs colors! I want you to help me color it in. Will you do that? Quickly ...

830. Be Nice!

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and drink. That sure goes down easy! (response) What's wrong? (response) Give them some water? Why? (response) Ok, here's some extra cups. Give two children a cup and pour the water. Here you go. You can take the water to them. As the children are doing this: I guess that wasn't very polite of me was it? Not very courteous. You know...sometimes it's the simple things that mean the most: Like giving a friends a place to stay if they are tired and need a place to sleep, or offering cookies to some one who is ...

831. Mother's Day Gifts

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... tell about how they became Christians. They went around the room, each child telling the details of when he committed his life to the Lord. Finally, it was Tommy's turn. He had no fantastic story to tell. He simply said, "I don't really know. I guess Christianity runs in my family - on my mother's side." It was obvious that his mother had been a positive Christian example! Mother, are you giving your children a Christian example in the way you talk to them and pray with them? Are you presenting a Christian ...

832. Ash Wednesday

Sermon

William Luoma

... asked: "What is it that brings so many people out on a cold night, to get a little dirt smeared on their foreheads, and to be reminded that they are sinners and that they are going to die?" He looked at her somewhat oddly and said, "It's habit, I guess." It must be more than habit. Ash Wednesday strikes a responsive chord in many people. Its theme has a peculiar appeal. It is a time to reflect that we are sinners, that life is finite and that we are but ashes. But it is something we need to do on ...

833. Walking on Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... sink they saw a ghost on the water. Does a ghost float or sink? (response) Sorry, I don’t have a ghost or we would put him in the water and try him out but this ghost was walking on the water and it came close to the boat and guess who it was? (response) It was Jesus! Does Jesus float or sink? (response) That’s right he floats. Actually he walks on the water. Peter was so excited that Jesus was there, and relieved that it wasn’t a ghost, that he asked if he could walk on the water ...

834. Many Parts, One Rose

Romans 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... , and another rose that has been pulled apart; petals, leaves, stem, and thorns. Place both the rose and the pulled apart rose in a box so that they cannot be seen. Lesson: Good morning friends. How many of you like flowers? (response) O good, I like flowers, too. Well guess what I brought with me today? Let’s look in the box and find out. (Pull out the stem, with no thorns or leaves or petals) Isn’t this a pretty flower? (response) No? What’s the matter with it? O, it’s not all together is it? Hmm ...

835. What an Image

Philippians 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... for us. Props: A picture of you as a baby, a small mirror. Lesson: Good morning. I want to show you a picture this morning. What is this picture of? (response) Do you know this baby from our nursery? Who might this baby be? Play with this awhile until they guess it is you. Yes it is me. As I look at this picture, I can see similarities with my brothers when they were babies. I can also see similarities with my mom and dad. When you’re born, you take on the likeness of your mom and dad. So when ...

836. Encounters With Christ III: Jesus and Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James W. Moore

... .” Miraculously, he heard that same small clear voice that he knew so well. “Information.” Paul hadn’t planned this, but suddenly he blurted out: “Could you please tell me how to spell the word “fix?” There was a long pause. Then came the soft answer: “I guess your finger must be all healed by now.” Paul laughed. “So it’s really still you. Do you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time when I was a little boy?” “I wonder,” she said, “if you know how much your ...

837. Temples of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... we really can't do that, can we?" And then proceed. Why not? Why won't you help me do that? (Response) Oh, because this is the sanctuary of God, it's a holy place, and we do not treat a house of God that way. I see. Transition: Well guess what? That reminds me of a Bible verse. In I Corinthians 6:19, we are told that our body is a sanctuary for the Holy Spirit. Say that with me. Our body . . . is a sanctuary . . . for the Holy Spirit. That means that the Holy Spirit dwells in us. And just ...

838. Stumbling On

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... to make walls around our toy army men. Make a small wall quickly around a toy soldier. Sometimes we would build a shelter for our toy animals. Now build a small enclosure for the toy animal But the favorite thing we always tried to do was what? Can you guess? (Responses) We would stack building blocks until they would get really high. Stack a few as you are talking But I had a little brother that would always come and knock them down. Sometimes we would play that game, and looking back on it, I know we had ...

839. Mary Remembers

Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... the synagogue, all recognized his unusual, deeply spiritual mind. They confessed they had reached the stage where his answers were more profound than theirs! How could one so young be so wise, so beyond his years? My other four sons and two daughters - I guess I should call them my "natural" children - never could understand him. When my beloved Joseph died at such an early age, Jesus, as the eldest, took charge of the household. Perhaps that is the reason his brothers and sisters resented him. But he was ...

840. The Last Days

Luke 21:5-38

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... Jesus' return? PREACHER: Wait? There's no time to wait! I have things to do, people to see. There are many who don't yet know about the mountaintop. Someone has to tell them. And that someone should be me. He jumps up and rushes out. 3RD WOMAN: Well, I guess he's decided to panic. I was going to tell him that Jesus will be able to find us at home as well as on the mountaintop, but he didn't give me a chance. At least I think that's true. I'd hate to be wrong. (To audience ...

841. Listening To God

John 8:31-41

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... , then! That's it! PAT: And how can I use it to fit into God's plan? LEE: That's an easy one. You should be teaching Sunday school. And I know of an opening. I'll introduce you to the supervisor next Sunday. PAT: (Dubiously) That's fine. I guess. LEE: Good! I'm glad that's settled. PAT: By the way, Lee. What's your gift? LEE: I'm glad you asked that. I took one of those tests I was telling you about and it said that I definitely have the gift of discernment of spirits. PAT: Really ...

842. Watered-down Versions of the Faith

Mark 16:1-20

Illustration

William A. Ritter

... of her story. She begins: I once gave detailed instructions on making a crab casserole to a friend who had often praised the dish when enjoying it in my home. Not long afterward, at a luncheon in her home, she greeted me enthusiastically. "Runa, guess what? I'm serving your gorgeous casserole today." As we entered the dining room, however, she confided that she had made a few small changes. Feeling that fresh crab meat had been grossly overpriced, she had substituted canned tuna fish. Campbell's mushroom ...

843. The Not So Itsy Bitsy Challenges

Mark 7:31-37

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... you don't exaggerate the lip motion. Take care not to pop the "B" as this will give away the phrase. It will be effective and humorous if you print the phrase in your bulletin or post it in someway so the congregation knows what the kids are trying to guess. Lesson: Good morning! (response) I need everyone to sit in front of me so you can see me. Make sure everyone is facing you and in good position to see your lips. I am going to say something in just a minute and I want you to tell me what ...

844. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Mark 8:27-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: The value of the soul is greater than the value of this world. Props: Questions and answers from which the children will guess. Suggestion: Wear a solid colored shirt and tie like Regis. Lesson: Good morning. (response) Let’s play a game. Ok? (response) Let’s play: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (response) We have to choose a contestant first. Who ever can answer this question gets to play: Who Wants to ...

845. The Big Meaning of a Small Gift

Mark 12:41-44

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Third: You were the very rich girl and want to give ten dollars don’t you? (no) Well, that’s what you decided to do anyway! (response) Thank you. Now you were the poor girl, weren’t you? All you have in the world is two little pennies. Guess what you decided? (response) You decided to give both your pennies. (response) Thanks. Application: Now, I have a question for you. Which one of these gave the most? (the one who gave ten) Why is that? (response) Well let me surprise you. She is the one who gave ...

846. All Filled Up

Ephesians 5:18

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... we can play with it? (response-blow it up with air) The balloon has to have air in order to play with it? You mean food, and money, and clothing can't make the balloon work, but air can? Let's see. Blow up the balloon and tie it. I guess you are right. Food, money and clothes won't work, but air will. Application: Did you know that it's the same way with our lives? The Apostle Paul told people in a letter that they should be filled with the Holy Spirit of God and not with other things ...

847. What Reasons to Betray the Savior?

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

... than I did. He really did. Jesus' life was a battle for God's kingdom. "Judge not that you be not judged," Jesus said. Don't look for the speck in your brother's eye, look for the log in yours. We see those as nice little sayings, and I guess I saw them that way too. But that's not what they are at all. "For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few," he said. If we love God's kingdom, we don't have the option ...

848. Compelled to Carry

Matthew 27:11-26

Drama

Joe Barone

... . My stomach tightened, and I shifted slightly, but still the soldier kept on pointing. I was afraid. I wanted to pull back into the crowd. The best way to deal with the Romans is to fade away and not be noticed, but I couldn't do that. I paused, I guess, because the soldier raised his hand as if to slap me from across the distance there between us, and I did what he told me. I did what he told me, and it changed my life. It's not that what I did was all that much, and not that ...

849. In A Newly Hewn Tomb

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

... , but by the time Pilate sent his soldiers to guard the tomb it didn't matter any more. He was accursed of God, this man in whom I'd placed my now unfounded hopes. God had abandoned him, and with him, all of us who'd hoped in him. I guess that's why I gathered with them. God had abandoned him, and with him, all of us who had hoped in him, so there was nothing left to do except to gather. I had so hoped for Jesus. There are probably a lot of you who have felt like I ...

850. The Impossibility of Neutrality

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Robert Allen

... of originally detracts from Jesus' uniqueness. But, to the contrary, when eternal truth, waiting to be revealed, breaks through the clouds and is accepted as truth by many, that simply confirms the revelation. So, long before Copernicus, Pythagoras guessed that the earth circled the sun, long before Columbus, the viking, Eric the Red, discovered America, long before Martin Luther, Tyndale and others rebelled and protested abuses within the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, it is Copernicus the world remembers ...

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