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Kids Korner: Not welcome (February 2nd)

Read Luke 4:21-30 with your family. This is part two of the passage we looked at last week. Jesus sat down when he spoke, which was not the usual practice from someone visit. They usually stood and gave their opinions on the scripture they had read. Not Jesus. They he proceeded to do something that…
Sunday Reflection – January 26, 2025

Water into wine Luke 4 14 Jesus returned to Galilee with the power of the Spirit. News about him spread everywhere. 15 He taught in the Jewish synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath. When he stood up…
Kids Korner: Spirit of the Lord (January 19th)

Read Luke 4:14-21 with your family. The video of our story shows part one and two, but this week we are focusing on part one: Jesus reading the scrolls and then sitting down to start teaching. This is the first story of Jesus returning to the town he grew up in after his baptism, and…
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…