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  • Sunday Reflection – September 10, 2023

    Jesus is the Messiah Matthew 18 15  If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower. 16  But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures…

  • Kids Korner: Working out conflict (Sept 10th)

    Read Matthew 18:15-20 with your family. The people who lived around the time that Jesus lived were just like us. They loved and the fought, they cried and they laughed, and sometimes they didn’t agree with each other. When those disagreements got too big, they pulled in others to take sides. Jesus didn’t want his…

  • Sunday Reflection – September 3, 2023

    Jesus is the Messiah Matthew 16 21 From then on, Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “I must go to Jerusalem. There the nation’s leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make me suffer terribly. I will be killed, but three days later I…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus predicts his death (Sept 3rd)

    Read Matthew 16:21-28 with your family. In last week’s story when Peter told Jesus he knew Jesus was the Messiah, Jesus was so happy he said Peter’s statement would be the foundation for the new community Jesus was trying to build. This week we realize Peter didn’t understand fully what being the ‘Messiah’ meant. Peter…

  • Sunday Reflection – August 27, 2023

    Jesus is the Messiah Matthew 16 13 When Jesus and his disciples were near the town of Caesarea Philippi, he asked them, “What do people say about the Son of Man?” 14  The disciples answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah or Jeremiah or some other prophet.” 15 Then Jesus asked, “But who do…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus is the Messiah (August 27th)

    Read Matthew 16:13-20 with your family. One of the more confusing things Jesus said was not to tell anyone he was the Messiah, even though we know that is who he was. Why wouldn’t he want people to know that? Perhaps it has to do with what the people who lived around Jesus thought the…

  • Sunday Reflection – August 20, 2023

    Challenges and frustrations Matthew 15 10 Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. 11 The food you put into your mouth doesn’t make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.” 12 Then his disciples came over…

  • Kids Korner: Frustrations (August 20th)

    Read Matthew 15:10-28 with your family. Today’s Bible readings give us two stories of frustrations and challenges. First a Pharisee challenges Jesus and his followers for not washing their hands properly before they ate and how that made their meal ‘unclean’. The second story is Jesus being challenged by a mother from Canaan who wanted…

  • Sunday Reflection – August 13, 2023

    Walking on water Matthew 14 22 At once, Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and start back across the lake. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away. 23 Then he went up on a mountain where he could be alone and pray. Later in the evening, he was still there. 24 By this time the…

  • Kids Korner: Walking on water (August 13th)

    Read Matthew 14:22-33 with your family. Even people who don’t know much about Jesus have heard about Jesus walking on water. Too often we pay attention to the extra things Jesus did, like turning water into wine or walking on water, or even healing and feeding large numbers of people. When we have stories of…