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Lenten Study 2024 – Week 2
There are many children in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, but they are often overlooked or by-passed by Sunday lectionaries and Bible studies. Even Sunday School curriculums rarely take time just to focus on the children, or the childhood of significant people in Scripture. Through this Lenten series we will be looking at some of…
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Sunday Reflection – Lent II, February 25, 2024
Jesus predicts his death Mark 8 31 Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “The nation’s leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make the Son of Man suffer terribly. He will be rejected and killed, but three days later he will rise to life.” 32 Then…
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Kids Korner: Don’t say that (Feb. 25th)
Read Mark 8:31-38 with your family. Sometimes we have friends who support us in everything we do without a problem. Sometimes we have friends who support us even if they think we are making a bad choice. And sometimes we have friends who try to talk us out of things because they are afraid we…
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Lenten Study 2024 – Week 1
There are many children in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, but they are often overlooked or by-passed by Sunday lectionaries and Bible studies. Even Sunday School curriculums rarely take time just to focus on the children, or the childhood of significant people in Scripture. Through this Lenten series we will be looking at some of…
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Sunday Reflection – Lent I, February 18, 2024
Baptism & Temptation Mark 1 9 About that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. 10 As soon as Jesus came out of the water, he saw the sky open and the Holy Spirit coming down to him like a dove. 11 A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear…
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Kids Korner: Baptism & Temptation (Feb. 18th)
Read Mark 1:9-13 with your family. The Gospel of Mark doesn’t give us story details like the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. We read the outline of a story, and then move on. The Gospel of Mark is very fast. In this scripture lesson we have both Jesus’ baptism and then Jesus going out to…
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Ash Wednesday Reflection – February 14, 2024
Pillars of Lent Matthew 6 When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to the poor, don’t blow a loud horn. That’s what show-offs do in the synagogues and on the street corners, because they are always…
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Sunday Reflection – Transfiguration Sunday, February 11, 2024
Seeing Moses and Elijah with Jesus Mark 9 2 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him. They went up on a high mountain, where they could be alone. There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed. 3 And his clothes became much whiter than any bleach on earth could make them. 4 Then Elijah…
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Kids Korner: Transfiguration (Feb. 11th)
Read Mark 9:2-9 with your family. When Jesus lived, 2000 years ago, the Hebrew people believed that Elijah (their greatest prophet) would return to earth and help end the suffering under the Roman occupiers. They also saw Moses (the giver of the laws of their religious tradition) as the greatest person in Hebrew history. So…
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