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  • Kids Korner: The greatest commandments (October 31st)

    Read Mark 12:28-34 with your family. This story happens after Jesus has entered Jerusalem and everyone celebrated his arrival. In this passage Jesus is quoting the Hebrew Scriptures: Deuteronomy 6:4-5 says “Israel, listen! Our God is the Lord! Only the Lord! Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your being, and all your strength.” Leviticus 19:18…

  • Teen Time: Christianity & Halloween, what’s the deal? (October 31st)

    Over the past 2000 years Christianity has become a significant faith in almost every country in the world, making us a universal faith. And when people see their old festivals and celebrations through the lens of their new faith, cultures start to merge. Some facts about the celebration of Halloween: 1. The name itself means…

  • Sunday Reflection – October 24, 2021

      healing of blind bartimaeus 46 Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus’ son, was sitting beside the road. 47 When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, show me…

  • Kids Korner: Bartimaeus sees again (October 24th)

    Read Mark 10:46-52 with your family. This is the last story in Mark before Jesus heads for Jerusalem, where he will meet people shouting Hosanna! The really interesting thing about this story is that Bartimaeus is the first person to call Jesus “Son of David”, and Jesus doesn’t tell him to be quiet. Earlier in…

  • Teen Time: Science, Christianity and the beginning of the universe (October 24th)

    Christians have always believed in science. Scientists are often Christians. There is no problem between the two, and the more science discovers – the more theology broadens its perspective towards inclusivity – the more the two help each other in our discovery of the universe.

  • Sunday Reflection – October 17, 2021

      Jesus predicts his death and resurrection Mark 10 32 Jesus and his disciples were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus in the lead. The disciples were amazed while the others following behind were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he told them what was about to happen to him. 33 “Look!” he said. “We’re going up…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus talks to his friends about being a ‘ransom’ (October 17th)

    Read Mark 10:32-45 with your family. This is the third time Jesus tells his closest friends that he is going to die soon. And just like the last two times, the disciples don’t want to hear it and don’t understand what Jesus’ death means. In this story John and James go to Jesus privately and…

  • Teen Time: Why is Christianity so confusing? (October 17th)

    Jesus was Hebrew. Christianity on the other hand, combines the Hebrew, Greek and Roman cultures. That many different types of thinking all in one place creates conflict in thought as well as practice.

  • Sunday Reflection – October 10, 2021

      a rich man’s question Mark 10 17 As Jesus continued down the road, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?” 18 Jesus replied, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except the one God. 19 You know the commandments: Don’t commit murder. Don’t commit adultery.…

  • Kids Korner: Money makes it hard to follow Jesus (October 10th)

    Read Mark 10:17-31 with your family. Jesus was talking with a young man who had a lot of money and wanted to know what else he had to do to be part of God’s world. Jesus told him he had to give away his wealth – not all his money, just his extra money that…