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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…
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…
Lent 2024

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year falling on St. Valentine’s Day, February 14th. How to Lent with Kids and How to Lent for Teens are resources for parents and teachers alike, showing how to make a difficult and often confusion season more relevant for the younger people in our homes and faith communities. Each…
Sunday Reflection – February 4, 2024

Making the Community Whole Mark 1 29 As soon as Jesus left the synagogue with James and John, they went home with Simon and Andrew. 30 When they got there, Jesus was told that Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever. 31 Jesus went to her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up. The fever left…
Kids Korner: Serving and helping Jesus (Feb. 4th)

Read Mark 1:29-39 with your family. The Gospel of Mark moves fast. We aren’t even out of chapter 1 and already Jesus has been performing healings and teaching so much he has already become well known. This story starts with Peter’s mother-in-law who was very sick. Jesus asked her to ‘rise up’, the same word…
Sunday Reflection – January 28, 2024

The Unclean Spirit Mark 1 21 Jesus and his disciples went to the town of Capernaum. Then on the next Sabbath he went into the synagogue and started teaching. 22 Everyone was amazed at his teaching. He taught with authority, and not like the teachers of the Law of Moses. 23 Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit in him entered…
Kids Korner: Be silent (Jan. 28th)

Read Mark 1:21-28 with your family. This is the first story of healing in Mark’s Gospel. One of the curious things about this story is how the unclean spirit knew who Jesus really was, but none of the people around Jesus understood that he was the Messiah. Jesus didn’t want any of the people around…
Sunday Reflection – January 14, 2024

Peter, Andrew, James and John Mark 1 14 After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and told the good news that comes from God. 15 He said, “The time has come! God’s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!” 16 As Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw…
Kids Korner: Follow me (Jan. 21st)

Read Mark 1:14-20 with your family. Throughout Jesus’ ministry in Galilee and Judea, he asked many people to follow him. Women, men, children… everyone was invited to spend time with Jesus and learn about God’s love for them, and then share that love with their families, friends and neighbours. Jesus’ followers, known as ‘disciples’ went…
Sunday Reflection – January 14, 2024

Jesus chooses Philip and Nathanael John 1 43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. There he met Philip, who was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. Jesus said to Philip, “Follow me.” 45 Philip then found Nathanael and said, “We have found the one that Moses and the Prophets wrote about. He is…