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  • Kids Korner: Don’t look for warnings (November 17th)

    Read Mark 13:1-8 with your family. It is understandable that we want to look for warnings about dangers that might happen so we can be better prepared, but some people think everything is a warning and encourage people to live in fear. God does not want us to live in fear. In this story Jesus…

  • Sunday Reflection – November 10, 2024

    Do not boast, live your faith quietly Mark 12 38 As Jesus was teaching, he said: Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes and be greeted in the market. 39 They like the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 40 But they cheat widows out of…

  • Kids Korner: Bragging is not God’s way (November 10th)

    Read Mark 12:38-44 with your family. If you talk to people outside of church these days, most of them think being Christian is not a good idea, or even that we hate other people. Some of the reason others think that is because all they see on the news is people making a big show…

  • Sunday Reflection – November 3, 2024

    Greatest Commandments Mark 12 28  One of the teachers of the Law of Moses came up while Jesus and the Sadducees were arguing. When he heard Jesus give a good answer, he asked him, “What is the most important commandment?” 29  Jesus answered, “The most important one says: ‘People of Israel, you have only one Lord and God. 30 You…

  • Kids Korner: Loving our neighbour (November 3rd)

    Read Mark 12:28-34 with your family. Jesus was asked a lot of questions, but the only questions he answered were from people who truly wanted to know what Jesus was teaching about God’s world. When asked about the greatest commandments, Jesus replied by quoting two verses found in the Hebrew Scriptures (or Old Testament). First…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 27, 2024

    I want to see Mark 10 46 Jesus and his disciples went to Jericho. And as they were leaving, they were followed by a large crowd. A blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting beside the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus from Nazareth, he shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity…

  • Kids Korner: Being important (October 27th)

    Read Mark 10:46-52 with your family. Have you ever been at church or in a theatre or concert, and you wanted to see something so you demanded for people to move only to be told by adults to be quiet and sit still? That was what was going on with Bartimaeus in this story. Bartimaeus…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 20, 2024

    To sit beside Jesus in glory Mark 10 32 The disciples were confused as Jesus led them toward Jerusalem, and his other followers were afraid. Once again, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and told them what was going to happen to him. He said: 33 We are now on our way to Jerusalem where the Son of…

  • Kids Korner: Being important (October 20th)

    Read Mark 10:32-35 with your family. So often when people are important they are celebrated. We are important at our birthdays when friends or family celebrate us becoming a year older. In school the important students are usually brought up front and nice things are said about them. In church the people at the front…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 13, 2024

    Giving away wealth Mark 10 17 As Jesus was walking down a road, a man ran up to him. He knelt down, and asked, “Good teacher, what can I do to have eternal life?” 18 Jesus replied, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good. 19  You know the commandments. ‘Do not murder. Be faithful in marriage. Do…