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  • Sunday Reflection – January 19, 2025

    Water into wine John 2 Three days later Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at a wedding feast in the village of Cana in Galilee. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there. 3 When the wine was all gone, Mary said to Jesus, “They don’t have any more wine.” 4 Jesus replied, “Mother, my…

  • Kids Korner: Water into wine (January 19th)

    Read John 2:1-11 with your family. One of the stories everyone knows, whether they are familiar with the Bible or not, is Jesus turning water into wine. What a lot of people don’t talk about, however, is how that story showed Jesus being unsure of himself and his mother, Mary, telling him that he was…

  • Sunday Reflection – Baptism of the Lord, January 12, 2025

    Jesus is baptized Luke 3 15 Everyone became excited and wondered, “Could John be the Messiah?” 16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His threshing fork is in…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus is baptized (January 12th)

    Read Luke 3:15-15, 21-22 with your family. Do you remember your baptism? Have you been baptized? What even is baptism? For Christians, baptism is the time we officially join the family of Jesus followers. It is a ceremony that can either have water sprinkled over our head, or our full body dunked in water. It…

  • Sunday Reflection – Advent IV, December 22, 2024

    Song of Mary Luke 1 39 A short time later Mary hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea. 40 She went into Zechariah’s home, where she greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, her baby moved within her. The Holy Spirit came upon Elizabeth. 42  Then in a loud voice she said to Mary: God has blessed you…

  • Kids Korner: Mary is having a baby (December 22nd)

    Read Luke 1:39-55 with your family. Having a baby is very exciting, and it is scary. Mary believed in God and accepted that God chose her to be the mother of Jesus, but that did not mean she was completely relaxed about the whole thing. She was nervous. What would people think? How would they…

  • Sunday Reflection – Advent III, December 15, 2024

    Baptize with the Holy Spirit Luke 3 7  Crowds of people came out to be baptized, but John said to them, “You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment? 8  Do something to show that you really have given up your sins. Don’t start saying you belong to Abraham’s family. God can turn…

  • Kids Korner: Meeting John the Baptist (December 15th)

    Read Luke 3:7-18 with your family. John had been wandering around the countryside teaching about the new world of God before Jesus started his ministry. Many people thought John must be the Messiah, the chosen one, but he constantly told them that someone else was coming, someone who as more special than John believed himself…

  • Sunday Reflection – Advent II, December 8, 2024

    Prepare the Way Luke 3 For 15 years Emperor Tiberius had ruled that part of the world. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was the ruler of Galilee. Herod’s brother, Philip, was the ruler in the countries of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene. 2 Annas and Caiaphas were the Jewish high priests.…

  • Kids Korner: Meeting John the Baptist (December 8th)

    Read Luke 3:1-6 with your family. John the Baptist was a cousin of Jesus, and they had probably visited when they were children and teenagers. They knew each other well. John was the one given the task of telling the world what to experience in Jesus. In today’s story, John quoted parts of the Hebrew…