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Kids Korner: The Holy Spirit (May 28th)

Read Acts 2:1-21 with your family. Pentecost (meaning “50 days” in Greek), was a festival for the Hebrew people where they celebrated the harvest of wheat, read the whole story of Ruth, remembered King David, and recognized the anniversary of Moses getting the 10 Commandments from Mount Sinai. It was an important time and the…
Sunday Reflection – Ascension Sunday, May 21, 2023

Jesus offers prayer John 17 After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you. 2 And you gave him power over all people, so he would give eternal life…
Kids Korner: Jesus Leaves (May 21st)

Read Luke 24:44-53 with your family. Remember back to Good Friday, how sad everyone was that Jesus had died? Jesus came back Easter morning and everyone was shocked. Then they started getting used to Jesus appearing to his closest followers and they were happy again. This week we hear about Jesus leaving for good, but…
Sunday Reflection – May 14, 2023

Promise of the Holy Spirit John 14 15 Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command. 16 Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you. 17 The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot…
Kids Korner: Promise of the Holy Spirit (May 14th)

Read John 14:15-21 with your family. Jesus knew he was leaving. His friends knew he was leaving, although they didn’t know the rest of the Easter story like we do. Everyone was sad. But in the middle of all those feelings of worry and loss, Jesus gave them hope and love. He told them another…
Sunday Reflection – May 7, 2023

Jesus is the way 14 Jesus said to his disciples, “Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. 2 There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I wouldn’t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. 3 After I have done this, I…
Kids Korner: I am the way (May 7th)

Read John 14:1-14 with your family. Did you know that the very first Christians did not call themselves “Christians”, but rather People of The Way? That name comes from this story in the Bible, where on the night before he died Jesus told his followers all sorts of important things, including that he was the…
Sunday Reflection – April 30, 2023

Follow the Shepherd John 10 Jesus said: I tell you for certain only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen. 2-3 But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd’s voice. He calls each of…
Kids Korner: I am the doorway (April 30th)

Read John 10:1-10 with your family. In the Gospel of John, Jesus uses a lot of “I am” statements to explain who he is and how he knows about God’s world. In today’s story the “I am” statement can either be “I am the gate” or “I am the doorway” (the Greek word is better…
Sunday Reflection – April 23, 2023

Road to Emmaus Luke 24 13 That same day two of Jesus’ disciples were going to the village of Emmaus, which was about eleven kilometers from Jerusalem. 14 As they were talking and thinking about what had happened, 15 Jesus came near and started walking along beside them. 16 But they did not know who he was. 17 Jesus asked them, “What…